sysadmin
2017
Legacy BIOS and UEFI PXE coexistence
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system-administration
tech
bios
dhcp
powershell
pxe
sccm
sysadmin
technology
uefi
windows-server-2012-r2
More and more enterprises are moving towards the modern UEFI devices in their fleet, whether that be desktops, laptops or convertibles.
How to restore a tree of objects from the Active Directory Recycle Bin
·710 words·4 mins
system-administration
tech
active-directory
powershell
sysadmin
technology
In a previous post I detailed how to setup the Active Directory Recycle Bin and restore single deleted objects back in your Active Directory.
Export users of one AD group and import to another
·196 words·1 min
system-administration
tech
active-directory
powershell
sysadmin
technology
windows
It’s quite common for members of one Active Directory security group to be replicate in another.
Transfer SQL Authentication Credentials between servers
·755 words·4 mins
system-administration
tech
mssql
sql
sysadmin
technology
Have you ever had to migrate a SQL instance from one server to the next?
The Group Policy Client service failed to logon - Access is denied
·157 words·1 min
system-administration
tech
group-policy
sysadmin
technology
windows
windows-7
Access is denied is a truly wonderful error.
Get the Windows 10 Creators Update
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system-administration
tech
1703
creators-update
redstone-2
sysadmin
technology
windows
windows-10
With a drop in testing and in it’s place, a variety of fast and slow rings to roll out updates to Windows 10 users globally, many are clamouring for the latest major revision to Windows 10 entitled ‘Creators Update’ (or for those with a liking for codenames or versions, that’s Redstone 2 and 1703 for you).
Testing your PowerShell code in different versions from the one workstation
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system-administration
tech
powershell
sysadmin
technology
windows
I hit a brick wall today while smashing together various PowerShell code snippets for a script I am working on (that I’ll share later).
2015
RSAT and MDOP for Windows 10 released
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system-administration
tech
mdop
mdop-2015
rsat
sysadmin
technology
windows
windows-10
Sysadmin’s start your engines (err… servers?
Windows 10: Revert File Explorer default view
·188 words·1 min
tech
sysadmin
technology
windows
windows-10
One of the new features of Windows 10 is Quick Access.
Windows 10: Prevent Wi-Fi settings being shared with contacts
·169 words·1 min
tech
sysadmin
technology
windows
windows-10
wireless
Windows 10 introduced a feature named Wi-Fi Sense.