Microsoft LAPS can be used to manage local administrator passwords on your domain-joined devices. LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution), creates a unique and random password for each device client in your network and stored the password in the Active Directory. The advantage of Microsoft LAPS … Read moreHow to Deploy Microsoft LAPS – Complete Guide
When working with files or folders in PowerShell, it’s important to test if the path exists, before you try to read or save contents. This is where the Test-Path cmdlet comes in. It checks if all elements of a path exist and returns $true or … Read moreHow to use Test-Path cmdlet in PowerShell
Outlook comes with a logging feature which is primarily used to troubleshoot Outlook-related problems. But when turned on, Outlook Logging can consume a lot of disk space. So how can we disable it and clean up the log files? The logging feature in Outlook is … Read moreHow to Disable Outlook Logging and Remove the files
Bitlocker helps to protect your data but sometimes can also prevent you from accessing your data. In these cases, you will need to enter the Bitlocker Recovery Key to unlock the data on your hard disk. But where do you find the recovery key? Good … Read moreHow to Find your Bitlocker Recovery Key
As a sysadmin, I try to automate as much as possible of my daily tasks. One of the biggest time savers for me was when I started using PDQ Deploy back in 2016. Before that we were installing the software manually, using images (which were … Read moreGetting Started with PDQ Deploy & Inventory
#sponsored A ransomware attack is pretty much the nightmare of every system administrator. Every day new companies become victims of successful ransomware attacks, causing downtime, data, and reputation loss. To protect our environments, we make off-site backups, beef up the security on our endpoints, and … Read moreThe Importance of Cyber Security Awareness
Robocopy is a great command-line utility that is used to copy, mirror, or move large amounts of data quickly and efficiently from one location to another. The power of Robocopy is that it comes with tons of options/switches that you can use to fine-tune and … Read moreRoboCopy – Ultimate Guide with Examples
Multi-factor authentication is pretty much the standard these days, but for our Windows devices, most of us still use only a username and password. The problem with strong passwords is that they are sometimes hard to remember and users often reuse them on multiple sites. … Read moreHow to implement Windows Hello for Business with Cloud Trust
Troubleshooting Group Policy can be a daunting task. Changes that you make in the Group Policy Management Editor are not always reflected immediately on the client. You are now probably using GPResult to verify the policies. But an easier way is to use the RSoP … Read moreHow to use RSoP to check Group Policies
The command RunAs can be used to execute programs and commands as a different user than the one signed in. Runas can be used on all Windows versions and dates back to Windows 2000. You can often right-click on a program in the user interface … Read moreHow to use the RunAs command in Windows
