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
The domain controller is the most important server inside your network. It ensures that users can log in, and handles permissions, policies, etc. But what if your domain controller goes offline? Having a second domain controller in your network increases the reliability of your whole … Read moreHow to Add Domain Controller to Existing Domain
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
When you are managing a Window network you are probably using group policies to preset Windows settings, and determine what user can and can’t do. To verify if the settings are applied to the clients we can use the GPResult tool, but how does it … Read moreHow to use GPResult to verify Group Policies
Do you need to get all the groups in your Active Directory or just need to find the location of the one group that is hiding somewhere in an OU? In PowerShell, we can use the Get-ADGroup cmdlet to quickly extract all information about our … Read moreHow to use Get-ADGroup in PowerShell
Need to export all computers from an OU, or look up a computer in your Active Directory? Or do you want to count how many computers you have? We can use the Get-ADComputer cmdlet in PowerShell to quickly extract computer information from the AD. The … Read moreHow to use Get-ADComputer in PowerShell
Password Writeback isn’t enabled by default in an Azure AD Hybrid environment. Password changes or resets need to be done on-premise and can’t be done in Office 365. For the user experience, it’s more convenient that they can reset or change their password also in … Read moreHow to enable Password Writeback in Azure AD
You have installed and configured Azure AD Connect, but how do you force the synchronization? When you change a user in your local Active Directory you might want to speed things up by forcing a delta sync to Azure AD. We can use a simple … Read moreHow to force Azure AD Sync delta manually with PowerShell
When you are planning to synchronize your local Active Directory with Azure AD, then it’s important to first run the IdFix tool from Microsoft. This tool will help you to find and resolve problems in your Active Directory. The IdFix Tool will identify any potential … Read moreHow to use IdFix to Find and Fix invalid AD objects
