Chinny Chukwudozie, Ai architecture.

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
Opinion: The unspoken truth about managing geeks

I can sum up every article, book and column written by notable management experts about managing IT in two sentences: “Geeks are smart and creative, but they are also egocentric, antisocial, managerially and business-challenged, victim-prone, bullheaded and credit-whoring. To overcome these intractable behavioral deficits you must do X, Y and Z.” X, Y and Z…

jbernec

April 8, 2016

I.T Management

I.T Management, I.T. Pros
Bulk Updating On-Premise Active Directory Users’ Attributes for Office 365 Batch Migration Using PowerShell.

In this environment, the on premise Active Directory DNS name is different from the email address public DNS name. An alternate UPN Suffix that matches the public email address DNS name has already been configured for the on premise AD environment for the purpose of facilitating the Office 365 onboarding process. The first step in…

jbernec

March 21, 2016

Batch Migration, Exchange 2010 SP2, Exchange Online, Office 365, Onboarding, PowerShell, Windows Azure PowerShell

Azure AD Connect Office 365, Azure AD Windows PowerShell, Cmdlets, Directory Synchronization, Exchange Online, Exchange Server 2010 SP3, Mailbox Batch Migration, Offboarding, Office 365, Office 365 Migration, Onboarding
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