When new computers are joined to Active Directory, they are often created in the default Computers container. That can be a problem because objects in this location do not receive the Group Policy Objects you may have designed for newly added systems. As a result, software deployment, security settings, local administrator assignments, or login messages may not … Weiterlesen
Procedure for Performing a Safe Active Directory Schema Update Many have likely performed an Active Directory schema update without fully understanding or considering the associated risks. I recently encountered my first power outage during a schema update. Fortunately, it happened in my private test environment. As a result, the schema became corrupted. However, because it … Weiterlesen
Migrating a DHCP server doesn’t require manually rebuilding scopes, reservations, or lease data. On Windows Server 2012 and later, the Export-DhcpServer and Import-DhcpServer cmdlets offer a quick and efficient method to transfer the configuration to a new server. Here are the necessary steps: The export file is XML-based, allowing scope settings to be reviewed and … Weiterlesen
I installed the Windows Server Update Service on a Windows Server. After the server was filled with patches, the application kept crashing with the message „Connection error: Reset server node.“ I initially allocated more RAM to the server, but the error persisted! The problem is a memory limit in IIS for the WSUS application pool. … Weiterlesen
I’m providing a few scripts here that simplify the migration of a print server. Of course, you can also do it with Printmig or other tools. I wanted to install my new print server from scratch, so I decided to do this via PowerShell scripting and without any third party tool. The migration will take … Weiterlesen
During a file server migration, one of the more time-consuming tasks was rebuilding NTFS permissions on a folder structure. Doing this manually in the GUI would have worked, but it would also have been slow, repetitive, and easy to misconfigure. PowerShell turned out to be the better option because it allows the permission model to … Weiterlesen
I recently set up a KMS server and installed the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) to activate product keys. Everything worked as expected for Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2022, but Windows Server 2019 keys caused a problem every time I tried to add them. VAMT consistently returned this error: The specified product key … Weiterlesen
You want to convert your windows server evaluation edition to a standard or datacenter edition. How to activate a server via KMS Before we can activate the server via KMS or MAC we need to convert the evaluation edition into an standard or datacenter. Check the current Edition Here you see the server edition. If … Weiterlesen
First, we must set a generic volume license key on the server. Every server edition has a unique generic key. Start the command „systeminfo“ in a command prompt to see what Server Edition you need: You find the commands to install the correct keys in the following list. Install Product Keys This step is not … Weiterlesen
A few days ago, I ran into a problem while trying to deploy a newly created certificate template. Every time a user requested a certificate from that template, the request failed with the following error: The requested certificate template is not supported by the CA. Denied by Policy Module 0x80094800. The request was for a … Weiterlesen