Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

Windows 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…

Windows 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…

In 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),…

In earlier Windows versions (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2), you may see the Unable to download from URI error when trying to install modules from the PowerShell Gallery using…

When you install a new Exchange Server 2019/2016/2013/2010 with the mailbox role, the default mailbox database is automatically created. The database is created in the Exchange installation folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange…

By default, when you create new Active Directory users, they are automatically added to the Domain Users group. In its turn, the Domain Users group is added to the local…

When auditing mailbox permissions in an Exchange Server organization or Microsoft 365 tenant (Exchange Online), the administrator needs to find all the mailboxes that a particular user has access to.…

NIC Teaming (or Load Balancing/Failover – LBFO, or NIC bonding) allows joining multiple physical network adapters (NICs) into a single logical network card. In this article, we’ll show how to…

Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RDCB) is a component of the Remote Desktop Services (RDS) role in Windows Server. RD Connection Broker allows you to load-balance the RDS farm servers (when…

In this article, we’ll describe how to get and audit the RDP connection logs in Windows. The RDP connection logs allow RDS terminal server administrators to get information about which…