Quite often when creating new Organizational Units (OUs), an Active Directory administrator has to create a structure of nested containers inside a new OU. For example, when a company opens a new branch office, you need to create AD containers for users, groups, servers, and service accounts in the new OU. To avoid manually creating nested OUs and assigning permissions in the ADUC snap-in (dsa.msc), you can use the PowerShell script from this article to create and configure nested OUs in bulk. The script not only creates new organizational units but also creates administrative security groups and grants them permission to new OUs.
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PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
Windows Security Won’t Open or Shows a Blank Screen on Windows 10/ 11
May 17, 2022Windows 10 and 11 have a built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus (quite good, I should say) managed through the Windows Security Center. In some cases, Microsoft Defender or Security control panel…
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PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
How to Manually Install Windows Updates from CAB and MSU Files?
May 16, 2022Windows updates are released as packages with the MSU or CAB file extensions. If the Windows Update service is not working (or disabled), you can manually download and install the…
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Windows 10Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
RDS and RemoteApp Performance Issues on Windows Server 2019/2016
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Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Deploying Software (MSI Packages) Using Group Policy
May 12, 2022In this article, we will show how to install software on user computers in an Active Directory domain using GPO. The built-in Windows GPO features allow you to deploy programs…
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In this article, we’ll show how to manually patch a VMware host from the command line, and how to upgrade your ESXi version (in this example, we will upgrade a…
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You can enable, disable, or get the Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) status for users in your Azure/Microsoft 365 tenant using Azure Portal, Microsoft 365 Admin Center, or PowerShell. In this article,…
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PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
Fix: You’ll Need a New App to Open This Windows Defender Link
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Active DirectoryPowerShell
How to Reset an Active Directory User Password with PowerShell and ADUC?
April 27, 2022In this article, we will look at how to change (reset) the password of one or multiple Active Directory users using the Active Directory Users and Computers graphical snap-in (ADUC),…
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MS OfficeSCCMWindows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Completely Uninstall Previous Versions of Office with Removal Scripts?
April 26, 2022Before installing a new version of Microsoft Office on a computer, it is recommended to remove all previous versions of Office (simultaneous use of different versions of Office products on…