Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

When a new user is added to a Microsoft 365 universal group, they automatically receive a standard welcome e-mail message with the following subject: You’ve joined the <M365_Group_Name> group Welcome…

When configuring a new RDS farm node on Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2, you may see the following tray warning pop-up: Licensing mode for the Remote Desktop Session Host is not…

This article describes how to uninstall hardware and printer drivers in Windows 10 and 11. Whenever you connect a new device to your computer, Windows tries to automatically find and…

Modern versions of Windows and Windows Server allow you to increase the size of any disk volume (partition) at the expense of unused (unallocated) disk space without shutting down the…

The Azure Active Directory password policy defines the password requirements for tenant users, including password complexity, length, password expiration, account lockout settings, and some other parameters. In this article, we’ll…

In PowerShell, you can use the Test-NetConnection cmdlet to check whether a port is available (open) on a remote computer. You can use this cmdlet to check the response and…

Within your Exchange organization or Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) tenant, you can create hundreds of Distribution Groups (Distribution Lists, DLs). Distribution lists that are no longer in use should be…

The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) allow you to remotely manage roles and features on Windows Server hosts from a Windows workstation. RSAT includes graphical MMC snap-ins, command line tools,…

In this article, we will look at how to get a list of users and groups that have local administrator rights on Windows workstations and servers on your network.

By default, regular (non-admin) users cannot manage Windows services. This means that users cannot stop, start, restart, or change the settings and permissions of Windows services. In some cases, a…