A fully functional and activated 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Session Host server displayed the following message: This was a simple setup on one server with the: connection broker, Session Host and Licensing server with 2012 R2 CAL’s installed. Even though the licensing seems to be configured correctly, in server manager: and PowerShell: Licensing diagnostics: everywhere […]
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Admins often need to automate things, like creating a dedicated account for joining machines to an Active Directory (AD) domain. Â This is useful for things like System Center Configuration Manger task sequences and System Center Virtual Machine Manager templates or similar needs. First create a standard Windows user account. Â Next, right-click on the Computers Organization […]
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Prerequisites: VM/ Physical – It is recommended to have the time server as a physical server, but VMs should be okay depending on your setup and requirement. My virtual lab environment is VMware based so here’s the guide for a VM. Once the CentOS Minimal is installed on the VM make sure to install open-vm-tools. […]
Continue ReadingI noticed the DNS broke on my servers after Windows Update. The problem was KB3145126. Read more about it here. After a quick removal and reboot, DNS was operational again. To remove/uninstall KB3145126, open powershell and run the following: wusa.exe /uninstall /KB:3145126 Hope this helps.
Continue ReadingTo check the proxy settings like ProxyOveride or if it is enabled or not: Get-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” To disable proxy from PowerShell: Set-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” ProxyEnable -value 0 To enable proxy from PowerShell: Set-ItemProperty -Path “Registry::HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” ProxyEnable -value 1
Continue ReadingApplies to: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012R2, Windows Server 2016 From the command prompt on the source DHCP server run the following command: netsh dhcp server export c:\dhcp.dat all 2. Copy the “dhcp.dat†file to the new, or destination, DHCP server and run the following command: netsh dhcp server import c:\dhcp.dat all While […]
Continue ReadingOne of my CAS Hub servers was acting up and started queuing email. I needed to move the message to another working server while I needed time to troubleshoot what was causing the queuing. This is what I had to do. On the non working server: Create a Folder on C: called MailsExport Open Exchange Management […]
Continue ReadingTo update, use the command below (2008 and 2012 server compatible) w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:”ntp_server” /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update change the ntp_server with your source. Check http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi for servers Restart the time service net stop w32time net start w32time Resync the time w32tm /resync Verify your sync status w32tm /query /status Commands above should be fine if your […]
Continue ReadingOpen up command prompt Type:Â %windir%\system32\inetsrv\appcmd list site > c:\sites.csv Open the Sites.csv file in Excel!
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