by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Apr 26, 2017 | Applications, Microsoft, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Powershell, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016
This is a very short article but I thought I would highlight this as I had the requirement for this while working on a client’s site. This would be very useful for when resetting service account passwords, this is often required as part of compliance processes.... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Apr 4, 2017 | Azure, Microsoft, Virtualization, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016
Update: 06/04/2017 – The customer has now had a further update from Microsoft: “We have decided to roll back the OS disk size change, and we are waiting on the replication of the images to occur worldwide. In the meantime, you can still expand your OS... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Oct 5, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 was officially released on the 1st of October and is available for evaluation. There are many new features in Windows Server 2016, Such as Nano Server and Shielded Virtual Machines. You can see the feature differences in the editions below as... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | Aug 2, 2016 | Microsoft, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
I had the requirement to create a group policy to disable Skype for Business from starting upon login as this was significantly reducing login times. I found the below command that removes the Lync key from the start-up folder on the machine. REG DELETE... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 26, 2016 | Microsoft, Powershell, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Small Business Server 2011
I recently wanted to check what accounts I have in my organization that the passwords are set not to expire, this is potentially a security risk as the users password will never expire. By default I would advise a 30/60/90 day password expiration policy to provide the... by Jacob Gardiner-Moon | May 25, 2016 | Horizon 7, Microsoft, VMware, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
I recently completed a Horizon View deployment in my Home Lab as I wanted to review the various deployment types. I come across this tool via the VMware Flings website (https://labs.vmware.com/flings) and thought it was worth a mention as I found it very useful when...
