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IT guy with something like 40 years in the industry.  I'm a generalist, and so have had my hands in just about everything to some extent.

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Little summary of the "European Identity and Cloud Conference 2023"

In May 2023, I attended the "European Identity and Cloud Conference 2023" as part of the Experts Exchange Reconnect program. In this summary, I will give you the list of trend subjects of this conference
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Modern Active Directory part 2/2

This document presents the Modern Active Directory project, which aims to bring a more modern view on your Active Directory, whether to view key indicators or to perform advanced searches in a simple way. With this PowerShell module that accesses your Active Directory in read-only mode, ...
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Modern Active Directory part 1/2

This document presents the Modern Active Directory project, which aims to bring a more modern view on your Active Directory, whether to view key indicators or to perform advanced searches in a simple way. With this PowerShell module that accesses your Active Directory in read-only mode, ...
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Microsoft Expanding Availability of Azure OpenAI Services

Azure OpenAI service, a cloud-based service offered by Microsoft, has recently been made generally available to the public, providing developers with access to large advanced AI models.
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Introducing and Migrating to a Windows Server 2019 Domain Controller

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As Microsoft comes out with new, updated versions of their server operating system, it becomes necessary to upgrade the domain controllers in your environment. This document will walk through the process of adding a new domain controller, migrating to it, and decommissioning the old one.
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Securing Active Directory Domain Controllers

It is more important than ever to ensure that your domain controllers are as secured as possible. This article walks you through a number of settings and procedures to harden your domain controllers.
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Domain Controller Migration - intermediate concepts

A companion article that expands upon basic DC migration strategy - as per my earlier article @ https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/35714/How-to-migrate-to-new-Domain-Controllers-a-Step-by-Step-guide.html
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How to migrate to new Domain Controllers - a Step by Step guide

A step by step guide for migrating/upgrading Domain Controllers
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Going passwordless

This is a showcase article for admins, who intend to go passwordless. I finally got there and it was quite a ride, so to say.
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Migrating from FRS to DFS-R for sysvol

Migrating from FRS to DFS-R is required when moving from older Domain controllers (such as Server 2008 R2) to newer Domain controllers (such as Windows server 2016 or 2019)
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SmartCard 2-factor domain authentication for free!

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This article is about my concept of combining TPM Virtual SmartCards with standard USB sticks to achieve true 2-factor windows domain authentication at no additional cost. If you feel like trying it for yourself, you will need a domain certification authority as well as a computer with a TPM chip.
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Account lockout policies - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

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The following article deals with account lockout policies as you may find in (but not limited to) Windows domains. The issues discussed apply to all Windows domains whose authentication relies on passwords alone (as opposed to multifactor authentication).
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Quest Migration Manager (QMM) for MS Exchange - CAS FQDN Issue and Resolution

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This article covers the Quest Migration Manager (QMM) for MS Exchange configuration issue with regards to CAS FQDN. Quest support docs are available to resolve some issues but don't cover the base issue. The Article should be useful to engineers working on Quest MS-Exchange migration projects.
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Deploy Teams Background via Active Directory

Teams - Deploy Team Background via Active Directory GPO

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Microsoft Teams has begun to roll out the much anticipated Background Effects feature. This article describes how to deploy a custom Microsoft Teams backgrounds to users by leveraging Active Directory Group Policy File Preferences
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ERROR_GEN_FAILURE [code 0x0000001f] When Attempting to Join vCenter to Active Directory

It is a common practice to join vCenter to Active Directory in order to enable AD logins and authentication to various virtual machines. However, there are times where this simple task fails. Fortunately, one of the most common reasons is due to an SMB1 issue and this describes how to resolve it.
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We have bitlocker ...so we need MBAM, too?

We have bitlocker ...so we need MBAM, too?

In this article, I will take a look at Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring (“MBAM”) and conclude, why I prefer my own scripts for deployment and management.
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Delegation of access to Bitlocker Recovery Passwords – this way, please!

In this article, I will show you how delegation of control for Bitlocker recovery passwords in Active Directory is supposed to work using the common wizard, and why I think that you should do it differently.
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SHA1 to SHA2 Migration Needs, Prerequisites and available options

byMahesh
This article explains SHA1 to SHA2 migration requirements in a simple way by putting all data on table, while explaining SHA1 and SHA2 algorithms, SHA1 deprecation plans and possible migration paths to SHA2.
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ADCycleGroups - Multi-Level GPO Phase-In Tool

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ADCycleGroups is a multilevel GPO phase-in tool I developed to automate the moving of computers and users from one GPO version to the next, until it finally gets to the latest GPO policy. This allows me to gradually move computers and users from one version of a policy to the next.
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Powershell script for AWS security group for Active Directory use

I had to put together a security group that conformed to Microsoft's requirements for Active Directory domain server use between an EC2 instance on AWS and domain servers in our private WAN. I was surprised there was no script for this and decided to put one together.

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