Blog
This is my blog section. Here all new blog posts will be showed in reverse-chronological order. Just a fancy way to say newest-top.
At the left, you can view the categories, and on the right you can find the tags and Table of contents.
Active Directory FSMO roles
Tuesday, February 04, 2025 in Windows Server
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4 minute read
What are the FSMO roles of Active Directory? FSMO stands for Flexible Single Master Operations. Active Directory is normally multi-master, meaning changes can be made on any domain controller. However, some operations must be handled by one specific …
Get Device serial number on Windows 11 24H2 and up
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 in PowerShell
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less than a minute
To get your device’s serial number, use the following command in Windows PowerShell: POWERSHELL Get-WmiObject win32_bios | select SerialNumber Its as simple as that! End of the page 🎉 You have reached the end of the page. You can navigate …
Stop OneNote printer from being default printer in AVD
Friday, January 10, 2025 in Azure Virtual Desktop
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3 minute read
This can be very annoying for our end users and ourselves as we want real printers to be the default printer. Today I will show you how to delete this printer for current and new session hosts permanently. The issue itself The issue is that OneNote …
10 ways to use tags in Microsoft Azure
Friday, January 10, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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7 minute read
What are Tags in Azure? Tags are a pair of editable values in Microsoft Azure. These are in this pair-convention: Name : Value We can define ourselves what the Name and Value actually are, if we stay within these limits: Name: maximum of 512 …
My Azure Naming Framework
Saturday, January 04, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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3 minute read
My Azure Naming Framework The picture below shows how I name my Azure Resources in my own environment. Creating a good naming strategy from the very beginning is a great way to maintain overview over your resources and instantly know what they do. …
How to upload PowerShell script to Gallery with Github Actions
Thursday, January 02, 2025 in PowerShell
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8 minute read
When using the PowerShell Gallery to upload and publish your scripts and PowerShell modules to the world it’s recommended to use Github Actions for CI/CD to automatically update your live packages on the PowerShell Gallery. At first, this …
Azure VPN Gateway Maintenance - How to configure
Wednesday, January 01, 2025 in Microsoft Azure
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3 minute read
Why configure a maintenance configuration? We would want to configure a maintenance configuration for our VPN gateway to Azure to prevent unwanted updates during business hours. Microsoft doesn’t publish when they perform updates to their …
Create AD users with on demand script
Friday, December 27, 2024 in PowerShell
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4 minute read
Today I have a PowerShell script that creates users by asking the user what to fill in. This works by having a fully prepared “New-ADUser” command with all the properties filled in to have all users using the same attributes. I will …
Module 5: Storage in Azure
Saturday, December 21, 2024 in Azure Master Class
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10 minute read
This module focuses purely on the various storage services that Azure offers and provides. Additionally, we will explore the different options available to increase redundancy and apply greater resilience. The importance and types of storage Storage …
Managing Hyper-V server without Active Directory
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 in Windows Server
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4 minute read
When you use Hyper-V server, you want to manage this with the management tools. However, by default Hyper-V only allows connections from domain-joined machines by design because of security and trust reasons. We can bypass this requirement by …