Traditionally, IT may delegate permissions in Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) to managers or other users who need to create new accounts. However, with Power Automate for Desktop, IT admins have another tool that may prove helpful in delegating Active Directory tasks, such as creating Active Directory users.
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In my last article, we created a new VM for Kali Linux, mounted the ISO file to its virtual DVD drive, and changed the boot order so that the VM could boot from the virtual DVD drive. Here, I will show how to start and stop a Hyper-V with PowerShell. You'll also learn how to disable secure boot with PowerShell.
The post Start and stop a Hyper-V VM with PowerShell first appeared on 4sysops.In this guide, I'll take a closer look at the process of restoring a BitLocker-encrypted drive from an image backup. Along the way, you'll learn about a solution for BitLocker backups that allows you to avoid re-encryption of the system drive after the restore.
The post Restore BitLocker-encrypted drives from image backup first appeared on 4sysops.If, at logon, you receive an error message that the trust relationship between a workstation and the primary domain failed, and you cannot logon, there are several ways to deal with the issue. These solutions also work on Windows 11 systems, where you may still log on, but the network connections tray icon in the system claims that the computer is part of an unidentified network.
The post When the trust relationship between a workstation and the primary AD domain fails first appeared on 4sysops.Exchange administrators should know the maximum possible mailbox size in the environment they are managing, whether on-prem or in the cloud. In an on-prem installation, admins can use this information to prevent excessive database growth. In the cloud, excessive mailbox sizes might require an upgrade of the M365 plan. The configuration of the mailbox quota is possible both in the Exchange admin center (EAC) and via Exchange PowerShell.
The post Configure mailbox size and quota in Exchange 2016/2019 and Exchange Online first appeared on 4sysops.In this new post of my Hyper-V management series, I will explain how create a Hyper-VM with PowerShell.
The post How to create a Hyper-V VM with PowerShell first appeared on 4sysops.Failed Request Tracing is the most important IIS feature for diagnosing and troubleshooting any problem. It helps you determine what is exactly going on with your requests and why, provided you could reproduce the problem after enabling the failed request tracing feature.
The post IIS Failed Request Tracing first appeared on 4sysops.A comment on the previous post about deploying Chrome extensions posed the question of whether PowerShell could be used to remove Chrome extensions.
The post Remove or block Chrome extensions with PowerShell first appeared on 4sysops.Certificate-based authentication is an extremely robust and secure mechanism for validating a user's identity. However, until recently, you had to deploy Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) to make it available for Azure AD. Microsoft has recently introduced an Azure AD certificate-based authentication service (Azure CBA), which significantly simplifies implementing certificate-based authentication.
The post Azure AD certificate-based user authentication first appeared on 4sysops.It is important for an administrator to know what Windows PowerShell and PowerShell edition and version are installed on a system, especially due to script compatibility. This article covers all the ways to check the PowerShell version on Windows, Linux, and MacOS and offers tips and tricks. The methods discussed here also work with PowerShell 7, 7.1 and 7.2
The post How to check the PowerShell version first appeared on 4sysops.By default, the IIS server is set to show detailed errors for local requests only, whereas it displays a custom error page for remote requests. This is done for security reasons, since detailed errors could reveal potentially detailed technical information about the web server and website.
The post Enable detailed IIS errors first appeared on 4sysops.The widgets in Windows 11 are essentially the successors of News and interests, known from Windows 10. Like these, the widgets are often annoying in professional environments and therefore not desired. You can only completely disable Windows 11 widgets with Group Policy.
The post Disable Windows 11 widgets using Group Policy first appeared on 4sysops.This guide has been updated for the latest Windows versions Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. You'll learn how to install the Active Directory (AD) module for PowerShell Core 6.0, PowerShell 7 and Windows PowerShell. For Windows PowerShell, the tutorial describes how to install the AD module for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2010 and Windows Server 2022. You'll also learn how to work with the AD module on other systems such as macOS or Linux with the help of PowerShell remoting.
The post How to install the PowerShell Active Directory module first appeared on 4sysops.The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of the possibility of sending mail anonymously through Microsoft Exchange Servers and to show mitigations for the resulting risks. After setting up Exchange Server 2019, you might be unaware that it's possible to send mail anonymously to internal recipients by default. This means that, using PowerShell, for example, anyone in your LAN may send messages to internal accounts without revealing their identity.
The post Sending email anonymously through Exchange Servers first appeared on 4sysops.Microsoft started to provide language packs as Language Experience Packs (LXP) in Windows 10 1903. At the same time, LPs have still been shipped as CAB files. The duplicate formats have led to inconsistent administration of language settings. Windows 11 now removes some of these issues.
The post Add a language pack in Windows 11 first appeared on 4sysops.Pass-through authentication is an alternative to AD FS and password hash synchronization in Azure AD. This technology allows users to access cloud apps after authenticating against the local Active Directory. The configuration of pass-through authentication is less complex than that of AD FS, for example.
The post Configuring SSO between Active Directory and Azure using pass-through authentication first appeared on 4sysops.In this second post in my series about Hyper-V management with PowerShell I will explain how to create a Hyper-V virtual switch with PowerShell. In my previous post I explained how to install Hyper-V with PowerShell.
The post Create a Hyper-V virtual switch with PowerShell first appeared on 4sysops.In this first post of my series about managing Hyper-V with PowerShell I will outline how to install Hyper-V Server and the Hyper-V role with PowerShell.
The post Install Hyper-V with PowerShell first appeared on 4sysops.In this second post in my series about Hyper-V management with PowerShell I will explain how to create a Hyper-V virtual switch with PowerShell. In my previous post I explained how to install Hyper-V with PowerShell.
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