Generally speaking, in-place upgrading from one server version to another usually goes almost perfectly, given that the upgrade path is supported. You can just mount an ISO image and go with it. But when the server you are upgrading is a domain controller. There are other things to consider before going ahead. Pre-upgrade First, if you have Azure (Entra) AD […]
If you are in an AD environment, checking out the logon activities on certain users can be done through the Security log on the domain controller. However, reading through these log entries can be time-consuming. The workaround is to retrieve the logon activities right from the desktop computer if you know which computer to look to. It’s actually way easier. […]
I never used Active Directory’s Account Log On To feature to limit computer access for certain user accounts before. So when I had to do it the other day, I thought I can just simply put the computer name in the Log On To computer list for that user account and call it a day. Guess I was wrong. I […]
It’s really easy if you need to make changes to the roaming profile path in Active Directory to multiple user accounts. All you need is to highlight them all, right-click and select Properties. But as you can see, it doesn’t have the Remote Desktop Service Profile tab. So how do you batch update this property to a large number of […]
If you already have accounts set up in Microsoft 365 tenant before you synchronized between on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft 365’s Azure AD, you may want to convert these accounts to the synced ones, rather than leaving them as the cloud users. Assume you already have your on-premises Active Directory cleaned up and prepared for Azure AD Connect, here are […]
Microsoft 365 uses an Azure Active Directory to store and manage user credentials for authentication and permissions to access cloud-based resources. If you also have an on-premises Active Directory, you should sync them up for having central account management. The process of setting it up isn’t hard but it’s not easy and straightforward either. Here is a quick guide on […]
There are free tools like CodeTwo Active Directory Photos that lets you upload photos to Active Directory and manage them with a GUI interface. But it’s not as sleek and flexible as using a scripting tool like PowerShell. In order to use PowerShell to communicate with Active Directory, you will need the Active Directory module installed for PowerShell. The easiest […]
A computer that had 30 seconds ahead of the domain controller got me to do this sanity check to see if the time is synchronized across the whole network. Why? Because having time off all over the place will cause all sorts of weird issues. It’s just that important. Here is a checklist of things you need to know when […]