According to the official VMware documentation, reinstalling ESXi from scratch is the only supported way to reset the root password (https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1317898). You can also reset your password using Host Profiles (vCenter and Enterprise Plus license required). However, your ESXi host configuration will be completely lost after a reinstall. Virtual machine data and configuration files remain on the VMFS/NFS datastore and can be quickly imported to the host after reinstallation.
- Azure and Microsoft 365PowerShell
How to Query and Change Teams User Presence Status with PowerShell
March 11, 2024It may be necessary to check the user’s presence status (Online/Away/Busy) in Microsoft Teams before performing a particular action for some integration scripts. Let’s have a look at how to…
If you have Ubuntu Linux virtual machines, it is highly likely that you will need to expand your virtual hard disk and increase the partition in the guest OS. By…
Ansible is the popular free open-source configuration management system used primarily to manage Linux hosts. This article describes how to use Ansible to remotely manage the configuration of Windows servers…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11
Installing Language Pack in Windows 10/11 with PowerShell
September 20, 2023In modern versions of Windows 11 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2+, you can use PowerShell to install and manage language packs and language interface language packs (LIPs). In previous builds…
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Configure Email Forwarding for Mailbox on Exchange Server/Microsoft 365
March 15, 2024In Exchange Server and Exchange Online (Microsoft 365), you can enable email forwarding at the mailbox level (configured by the administrator using the ForwardingAddress attribute), through mailbox Inbox rules, or…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to View and Change BIOS (UEFI) Settings with PowerShell
September 13, 2023You can use PowerShell to view or change BIOS/UEFI settings on a Windows computer. In this article, we will look at how to use Windows PowerShell to get or change…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Create UEFI Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows
March 13, 2024This is a step-by-step tutorial for creating a bootable USB flash drive for a UEFI computer with Windows 10/11, Windows Server 2022/2019/2016, or Windows 7 installation images.
- Windows 10Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in IIS (Windows Server)
September 7, 2023Once you have installed an SSL certificate installed on IIS website, you will need to configure a rule to automatically redirect all incoming unsecure HTTP requests to HTTPS URLs.
- Active DirectoryWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
Add an Additional Domain Controller to an Existing AD Domain
March 15, 2024To build a fault-tolerant Active Directory infrastructure and to load balance client requests you need at least two domain controllers. Creating additional domain controllers at remote sites is also recommended.…