How to Create New Active Directory users with a PowerShell script
The PowerShell script discussed here allows you to create new Active Directory (AD) users, one of the most common tasks that IT admins tend to automate when it comes to employee provisioning. The...
View ArticleHow to Configure Ubuntu with SAMBA and Set Up the Domain Controller
 You must have heard or have worked on Windows Domain Controller but its time to configure Ubuntu Linux Domain Controller. In this article we will show you how to setup and configure Ubuntu Linux as a...
View ArticleHow to Disable Updates in Windows 10 1607 using Group Policy
In Windows 10 1607 (Anniversary Update), the Windows Update setting no longer offers a drop down menu to disable updates. However, you can still turn off Automatic Updates with Group Policy. New is a...
View ArticleHow to Disable Web Search on Windows 10 Start Menu using Group Policy
By default, when you enter a keyword in the search box of the Start menu, Windows 10 will also search the web via Bing. In my view, it makes a lot of sense to disable this feature on all the computers...
View ArticleHow to Configure RAID 5/6 (erasure coding), deduplication, and compression -...
In this article I will show you how to configure RAID 5/6 (erasure coding), deduplication, and compression on VMware vSAN.Erasure coding is a general term that refers to any scheme of encoding and...
View ArticleHow to Automatically Log Off idle Users in Windows
If you deal with computers at reception desks, in call centers, or in lab environments where users log in and never log off, computers can get really slow because of the applications left running by...
View ArticleHow to Configure VMware High Availability (HA) Cluster
The VMware High Availability (HA) cluster supports two or more hosts (up to 64 per cluster) to reduce the risk of unplanned downtime. In this article, first I will introduce the basic concepts of...
View ArticleSelf-Service User Password Reset - Specops uReset
Managing user account password resets and account lockouts is a resource-intensive task that few administrators enjoy. Learn how Specops uReset can both simplify password resets and enhance your...
View ArticleHow to Configure Private VLANs in Juniper Switch
I have come across a requirement to split a broadcast traffic or to restrict communication between hosts within a same VLAN. Private VLAN or PVLAN is a feature that is used to split broadcast traffic...
View ArticleHow to Configure Dual ISP Link Failover in Juniper SRX
If you have two ISPs or two different links for same destination, then you can configure floating static route. Floating static route allows you to failover the link if the primary link fails. This is...
View ArticleHow to Load Balance Dual ISP Internet in Juniper SRX
There are different methods for load balancing internet traffic in Juniper SRX series devices. Two of them are per flow load balancing and filter based load balancing. You can use any method to load...
View ArticleHow to Configure Firewall Rule in Juniper SRX
Firewall rules or also called security policies are methods of filtering and logging traffic in the network. Juniper firewalls are capable of filtering traffic based on source/destination IP address...
View ArticleHow to Configure Filter Based Load Balancing in Juniper SRX
Filter based forwarding and per flow load balancing methods are quite popular. These type of load balancing can be configured in many Juniper devices like, MX series, J series, SRX series, etc. I will...
View ArticleHow to find a logged-in user remotely using PowerShell Script in Windows
A common task any Windows admin might have is finding out, locally or remotely, which user account is logged onto a particular computer. Many tools exist for this purpose, and one of them, of course,...
View ArticleHow to Create Hyper-V Containers in Windows Server 2016
Microsoft's been pretty busy integrating Docker containers into Windows Server 2016, and some of the terminology can be confusing. I'm going to show you what Hyper-V containers are and how to use them...
View ArticleHow to Configure High Availability Cluster in Juniper SRX
Juniper SRX series firewall provides high availability options for continuous service operation. There are different ways of configuring high availability cluster in Juniper SRX. I will show you how to...
View ArticleHow to configure inter-vlan routing in cisco router
Communication between different VLANs require router or some form of routing. Routing between the VLANs can be done using layer 3 switch or use more popular form of inter-vlan routing called router on...
View ArticleHow to Map VMware Virtual Disks and Windows Drive Volumes with a PowerShell...
The PowerShell script (using PowerCLI) I discuss in this article maps virtual disks of a VMware vSphere host to volumes on Windows drives. This information is useful if you have to extend the storage...
View ArticleHow to Match Physical Drives to Volume Labels with PowerShell
The idea of this article and a script described came to me couple of days ago after one of the readers commented on my article about VMware virtual disks and Windows drive volumes. The question was: is...
View ArticleHow to Restore Accidentally Deleted Public Folder Database on MS Exchange Server
Though the architecture of public folder database has changed in recent versions of Exchange Server making it less susceptible to corruptions and other errors, some human errors like accidental...
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