One of my clients had a problem with processing GPO on client computers. Different computers applied different settings from the same GPO but from different domain controllers. All tests related to replication was successful, all GPOs are applied, but replication between domain controllers was a problem, and because of that most clients had a different … Read moreForce synchronization for DFSR-replicated SYSVOL
When running a DCDiag at a customer site today I had the following error occur: It is a bug when we pre-create a computer account in ADUC and then promote it as DC, the UserAccountControl is set to 532512 instead of the default 532480. You need to manually set the vaulue to 532480 in ADSIEDIT.MSC. … Read moreHow to Fix: Attribute userAccountControl of DC is: 0x82020
Security Groups are great for managing large groups for permissions. Â A client requested that they needed to have Read-Only, Read-Write, and Ready-Modify (allow for deleting) for all their file shares for better management. Getting the Share Names In order for me to create the groups I needed the share names. PowerShell to the rescue! Type … Read moreCreating Security Groups for File Shares in Bulk using PowerShell
Many accounts in your AD might need a password change. What if you want to do this in bulk ? First, we need to the userlist. Depending on your requirements we need to get a list of users (specifically samaccountname). For random password generation I recommend using http://manytools.org/network/password-generator/ as it can generate up 1000 for … Read moreActive Directory: Changing passwords for users in bulk using a .csv file
By default Office365 limits Resource booking days to just 180 days. The maximum days it can be booked for 1080 days. I like to make resource booking days 1 year from the day of making the reservation/ appointment. Now instead of visiting each calendar and making the change, powershell can help us out.
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#Connect to Office365 $cred = Get-Credential Import-Module MSOnline Connect-MsolService -Credential $cred $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection $importresults = Import-PSSession $s #Get all the Rooms and make the booking days to 365 Get-MailBox | Where {$_.ResourceType -eq "Room"} | Set-CalendarProcessing -BookingWindowInDays 365 |
Happy … Read moreExtending the Booking days for Conference Room Calendar (Resource)
Use File System Check Your Mac seems stable and healthy, and you figure you’ve got it made. Because of this, you’re probably thinking you don’t need to check the file system for errors. Don’t do that though, because there may be problems lurking in the background that you can’t see. Just as it’s a good … Read moreMaintain Your Mac – Check the File System for Errors