Category: Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Uninstalling Software with Powershell.

  I have a number of Hyper-v Windows Server 2012 R2 core host machines in my environment. Once in a while, I have to check for installed software and uninstall software for maintenance. The following WMIObject class helped me achieve the task in PowerShell. Check for installed software: Filter by Software to be Uninstalled: Locate the…

  jbernec

  June 9, 2014

  Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, Microsoft Hyper-v, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Powershell 3.0, Windows PowerShell, WMIObject

• Using NTDSUTIL Metada Cleanup to Remove a Failed/Offline Domain Controller Object.

  In this post, I would like to talk about using the ntdsutil utility for metadata cleanup. A domain controller failure ‘DC00’ recently occurred in my lab. Running the repadmin /replsum command confirmed a replication error and showed DC00 as unavailable: Since a dcpromo was obviously out of the question, I used the Ntdsutil metadata cleanup…

  jbernec

  January 27, 2014

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, DCPromo, Domain Controller, DSRM, Flexible Single Master Operations, FSMO, NTDSUtil, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Active Directory, DNS, Domain controller, Flexible Single Master Operations, FSMO, metadata cleanup, ntdsutil

• How to Restore an Active Directory Object from Backup.

  In this post, I am going to talk about my experience doing an Authoritative Restore of a deleted Active Directory user object. The steps were completed by restoring from a previous System State backup and using the ntds utility. I started by deleting a test AD user: Ryan Smith from the Accounting_OU Organizational Unit in…

  jbernec

  September 17, 2013

  Active Directory, BCDEdit, DSRM, NTDSUtil, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Backup

  Active Directory, ntdsutil, Restore, wbadmin, Windows Server 2008 R2