Category: Windows Server 2012 R2

• 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

• Deleting SCVMM 2012 R2 Logical Network Definitions with PowerShell.

  Attempting to delete a SCVMM 2012R2 logical network throws an exception as shown in the screen shot below because there are other dependencies like the Port Profiles, logical switches and other network objects still depending on it. The “View Dependent Resources” page displays the current Logical network definition dependencies preventing the Logical network from being…

  jbernec

  September 11, 2016

  SCVMM2012R2, System Center 2012 R2, VMM2012R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Cmdlets, Logical Network, Logical Network Definitions, Network Sites, SCVMM2012R2, SCVMM2012R2 Dependency

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Removing a Temporary Template from System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 using PowerShell.

  While going through a house cleaning task in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, I found that I couldn’t remove a vhdx file that was part of a template.This is because the vhdx still had a dependency called “Temporary Template11ef26ce-a6bd-421b-86f2-9cacd0e0f484”: Since I couldn’t remove the temporary template from the graphical user interface, I resorted…

  jbernec

  March 31, 2015

  Hyper-v 2012 R2, SCVMM2012R2, System Center 2012 R2, VHDX, Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, Virtual Machines, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Failover Cluster, PowerShell 4.0, SCVMM2012 R2 Template, SCVMM2012R2 Dependency, System Center Virtual MAchine Manager 2012R2, vhdx

• Resolving System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 Error 1602.

  My System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 lab deployment crashed on me a while ago. Any attempt to log on prompted the following error ID 1602 : I restarted the SCVMM Service and the SQL Service successfully, but each time I tried to start the VMM Console, the SCVMM service stopped with the same…

  jbernec

  March 6, 2015

  Hyper-v 2012 R2, SCVMM2012R2, SQL2012, System Center 2012 R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Failover Cluster, Hyper-v Cluster, MSSQL2012, SCVMM2012R2, System Center Virtual MAchine Manager 2012R2, Virtual Machine Manager 2012R2, VMM2012R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

• Resolving Hyper-v Error: “‘Unnamed VM’ could not initialize… The security ID structure is invalid.”

  While moving my Lab to a new environment using the Hyper-v Export and Import VM options, I ran into an “‘Unnamed VM’ could not initialize… The security ID structure is invalid” error when trying to start the Domain Controller Virtual machines. After doing some research, I found out that after a VM Import, Hyper-v doesn’t…

  jbernec

  February 4, 2015

  Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, Hyper-v Manager, Microsoft Hyper-v, PowerShell, Powershell 4.0, Uncategorized, VHDX, Virtual Machines, WIndows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Cmdlets, Grant-VMConnectAccess, Invalid Security ID, Unnamed VM