Category: Active Directory Domain Services

• Remove Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) from a WS2012 R2 with PowerShell.

  I decided to tear down my Azure Lab IaaS and ASR infrastructure and rebuild it. The process involves removing the ASR configurations, Recovery Vaults, S2S VPNs, VNets and Azure VM running as a Azure based Domain controller for resilience with on-premise infrastructure and Azure deployed Apps. The next steps will include uninstalling the Domain Controller,…

  jbernec

  August 12, 2017

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Azure, Azure Site Recovery, Azure VPN, DCPromo, Domain Controller, FSMO, Microsoft Hyper-v, PowerShell, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Active Directory Domain Services, ADDS, ADDSDeployment, Azure, Azure Resource Groups, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Site Recovery, PowerShell 5.0, WS2012 R2

• Deploy WS2012R2 AD Domain Controller in Azure-OnPrem Hybrid Environment using Resource Manager (IaaS) Virtual Machine.

  As part of the process of extending my on premise infrastructure environment to Microsoft Azure, I have configured the Azure S2S VPN, an Azure Virtual network and other Azure based components within an ARM resource group to facilitate the implementation of the hybrid infrastructure. In a recent post, I wrote about the steps to design…

  jbernec

  November 16, 2016

  Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, Azure, Azure VPN

• PowerShell Script to Bulk Update UPN (UserPrincipalName) Suffix in a Single Non-Routable Domain.

  As part of the Office 365 Configuration and migration project, we’ve had to define and create an alternate upn (UserPrincipalName) suffix for an internal Active Directory domain that is not publicly routable. Updating the upn for every user in the Active Directory Domain could be a tedious task if done manually. Following is a screen…

  jbernec

  December 9, 2015

  Active Directory Domain Services, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Script, Scripts, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Active Directory Domain, Active Directory PowerShell Module, Bulk Update, Non-Routable Domain, PowerShell 4.0, Scripts, Suffix, UserPrincipalName, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

• Create a UPN Suffix using PowerShell for Office 365 Migration.

  In preparation for Office 365 migration, we had to match the current on premise users’ logon name (UserPrincipalName) with their email addresses to eliminate any user confusion and ease the outlook authentication process .As an example, The on premise logon name is : TobeGray@contosolabs.com Email Address is : Tobe.Gray@contosoconsults.com To match the On premise logon…

  jbernec

  November 18, 2015

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0

  Domain controller, Domain Name, Email Address, Office 365 Migration, On Premise Logon, Outlook Authentication Issues

• Raising Active Directory Forest and Domain Functional Levels Using PowerShell.

  As part of the infrastructure clean up and upgrade plans, we have decided to raise the DFL and FFL of our domain to take advantage of new Windows Server features. The first step in the process is making sure all new DCs in the domain are running the same version of Windows Server. To meet…

  jbernec

  November 10, 2015

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Active Directory Replication, AD Forest, Domain Controller, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup

  Active Directory PowerShell Module, Domain controller, Domain Functional Level, DomainMode, Forest Functional Level, ForestMode

• Simple PowerShell Script displays Total and Available Memory .

  This script is an update to a previous post. In addition to displaying total and available disk space, it will also show the available memory at any given time for a server within a domain infrastructure. It has come in handy for me when I need to quickly spin up a standalone virtual machine on…

  jbernec

  November 10, 2015

  Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Script, Scripts, Windows Server 2012 R2

  FreePhysicalMemory, NumberOfLogicalProcessors, PowerShell Math Class, TotalVisibleMemory, Win32_ComputerSystem, Win32_OperatingSystem, WMIObject Class

• Configuring Azure AD Sync Attribute Filtering.

  So I’ve been playing with AADSync attribute filtering. So far we have successfully filtered our lab Azure AD sync by Domain and Organizational Unit. It appears that group membership based filtering is not supported with this version. But according to Microsoft, the Azure AD Connect tool (currently in Preview 2 version) which will eventually replace…

  jbernec

  April 14, 2015

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell

  AADSync Filtering, Azure AD Sync, Cloud, Office 365, OfficeProPlus, Synchronization Rules Editor

• PowerShell Script Monitors Security Logs and Sends Email Alerts.

  I wrote this PowerShell script to send email alerts when Active Directory User Account, Security and Distribution Group Management events occur in the Security logs.A few parameters will need to be edited to adapt the script to any Active Directory domain environment.Also, the script will not work on Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Domain Controllers…

  jbernec

  November 12, 2014

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Audit Logs, Domain Controller, Event Logs, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Audits, Eventviewer, Log Source, Security Logs

• Configuring Active Directory Time using the W32TM Utility.

  Active Directory domain time in my lab domain has been off by a few minutes of UTC time for a while now. Resetting time across an Active Directory domain is a straight forward process using the W32tm command line tool. My first step was to determine the current AD domain time source on my client:…

  jbernec

  May 13, 2014

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Active Directory Time, AD Forest, Domain Controller, PowerShell

  AD Time, W32TM

• Setting Up a WS2012 R2 Windows Deployment Server (WDS) for Pre-Boot Execution Environment (PXE).

  In this post I want to quickly go through my experience setting up a Windows Deployment Server for PXE Boot(Pre-Boot Execution Environment) for my lab servers. Platform is Windows Server 2012 R2 .I outline the steps as follows: 1) Open a PowerShell console and use the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet to install the specific role as indicated…

  jbernec

  February 11, 2014

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, DHCP, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Pre-Boot Execution Environment, PXE, Virtual Machines, WDS, Windows Deployment Server, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Legacy Network Adapter, PXE, VM, WDS, Windows Deployment Server