In this article, we’ll show how to enable DNS logging for all user queries on a DNS server running Windows Server, how to parse and analyze DNS logs. I faced…
The read-only domain controller (RODC) feature was first introduced in Windows Server 2008. The main purpose of the RODC is the secure installation of the own domain controller in remote…
Current Windows versions collect information about the health of hard drives in your computer via SMART and may notify a user in case of any problems. Let’s see what a…
In this article, we will show how to track an event of launching a certain program (process) in Windows and perform an action (run a script, command, program, send an…
In this short article, we will show you how to properly change an Active Directory domain name from test.com to resource.loc. In fact, it is not the best idea to…
The Out-GridView cmdlet allows displaying data as an interactive graphical table that can be filtered or sorted based on different criteria. You can use the Out-Gridview cmdlet in scripts where…
In a previous article, we showed how to configure proxy settings in Windows via GPO. However, even non-admin users can manually change the proxy settings on their computers. In this…
Windows Server running the Volume Activation Services role can act as a KMS (Key Management Service) server, allowing you to activate computers with volume editions of the Windows Server and…
Quite often an administrator needs to quickly find out the username logged on a remote Windows computer. In this article, we’ll show some tools and PowerShell scripts that can help…
Fine-Grained Password Policies (FGPP) allow you to create multiple password policies for specific users or groups. Multiple password policies are available starting with the Windows Server 2008 version of Active…