Category: Powershell 4.0

• 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

• My Step-by-Step DirectAccess Configuration on Windows Server 2012 R2.

  Windows Server DirectAccess is an awesome and exciting feature. It’s a Windows Server role service that enables windows domain-joined machines to have always on and seamless connection to the corporate infrastructure securely over the internet without the need for traditional Virtual Private Network (VPN). The DirectAccess infrastructure has a lot of moving parts. Any dysfunction…

  jbernec

  August 22, 2016

  DirectAccess, Powershell 4.0, Remote Access, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Certificate, DirectAccess, DNS64, Firewall Profiles, Group Policy, IP-HTTPS Transition Technology, IPv6, Local Store, NCA, Netsh advfirewall, Network Location Server, NLS, Nrpt, PowerShell 5.0, Remote Access, SSL, WIndows 10 Enterprise, Windows Firewall

• Moving a Hyper-V Virtual Machine Storage to a Cluster Volume using PowerShell.

  I have a Virtual Machine ADS00 running a guest OS WS 2012 R2 .It’s vhdx file is located on a Failover Cluster node physical server running Hyper-V Core 2012 R2. As the services offered and requirements for this VM continued to scale, we decided to migrate it to the Cluster volume and make it highly…

  jbernec

  March 16, 2016

  Failover Cluster, Failover Cluster Manager, Generation 2 Virtual Machines, Hyper-v 2012 R2, Hyper-v Manager, Hypervisor Replication, Microsoft Hyper-v, Migration, PowerShell, Powershell 4.0, VHDX, Virtual Machines, VM Replica, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Cluster, Cluster Shared Volume, Failover Cluster, Move-VMStorage, PowerShell 5.0

• Configuring Coexistence between Legacy On Premise Public Folders and Office 365 Hybrid Configuration.

  I’ve completed configuring Office 365 Hybrid Configuration with an on premise Exchange 2010 SP3 deployment. I’m in the process of migrating users’ mailboxes to Office 365 cloud in batches. At the same time, I’ve been doing some research and testing on the best way to synchronize legacy public folders  with Office 365 mailboxes. The following…

  jbernec

  March 11, 2016

  Exchange Management Roles, Exchange Management Shell, Microsoft Exchange, Migration, Office 365, PowerShell, Powershell 4.0

  Azure AD Connect Office 365, Office 365, Office 365 Migration

• 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 AD Group Filtering with Microsoft Azure AD Connect Tool.

  Microsoft has finally introduced Active Directory group filtering with the release of Azure AD Connect. The one tool to replace AADSync and include ADFS functionality.In this post, I will outline my steps for setting up AAD Connect with Single sign-on, password sync, group filtering and the exchange online attributes sync. 1) Download the Microsoft Azure…

  jbernec

  August 12, 2015

  Azure AD Sync, Azure Windows PowerShell, Directory Synchronization, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Azure AD Connect Office 365

• Generate Office 365 User License Report with PowerShell.

  As we continue expanding our Office 365 deployment from OfficeProPlus to include Exchange Online and Archiving, it’s become increasingly necessary to reconcile and report on current AD Synced and cloud users with their specific subscription and licenses quickly and efficiently. I want to post a quick PowerShell one-liner that generates a report on current Office…

  jbernec

  May 27, 2015

  Azure Windows PowerShell, Office 365, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0

  Azure AD Windows PowerShell, Office 365, OfficeProPlus, PowerShell 4.0, Scripts