System Administrator
Automate your IT with the Task Scheduler
In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how you can use the Task Scheduler to run your automation scripts and make your life easier. This means you can spend more time watching cat videos, and less time doing repetitive tasks every day. That’s important! For me, I have a server called…
Read MoreHow to tail logs with Windows PowerShell
Lately I’ve been needing to watch some logs that are creating by my IIS 10 server. The problem is that they are in TXT format and I can’t see live updates unless I close and open the file. I work with Centos 7 (open source Linux OS) and they have a wonder tail command that…
Read MoreActive Directory Tutorial for Beginners
What is Active Directory? Active Directory is a Microsoft Technology for identity management in computer networks. It’s a database that contains users and computer accounts as well as their passwords. When you install the AD DS server role, you will finish the installation by promoting the server to a domain controller. This will install several…
Read MoreHow to Install SCCM 1902
This tutorial will show you how you can install SCCM 1902 in your production or test network at home. We are going to keep things as simple as possible while still explaining all of the details that you need to successfully complete the installation. Version of the ADK It’s important to know that Configuration Manager…
Read MoreBulk Install Windows Update MSU Files with PowerShell
There may come a time when you need to manually install several Microsoft update *.msu files. If you have a laptop that cannot be connected to the internet or a WSUS server and have several update files to install it can take an entire…
Read MoreEnable PSRemoting with Group Policy
In this tutorial you are going to learn how you can enable PowerShell remoting (PS remoting) on your domain computers with Group Policy.
Read MoreImport Active Directory Users from a CSV Spreadsheet with PowerShell
In this tutorial I want to show you how you can write a PowerShell script to automatically create Active Directory user accounts based on a CSV or Excel spreadsheet.
Read MoreHow to Assign a Static IP address on Windows Server 2016
How to Assign a Static IP address on Windows Server 2016 Overview This tutorial describes the steps to assign a static IP address on Windows Server 2016 through both the GUI and Windows PowerShell. Jump to a specific section: Method 1) Through the GUI with Server Manager Method 1) Assign a static IP With Windows…
Read MoreCentral Management of Local Group Policy
Central Management of Local Group Policy Overview I received an email from a student who wanted to centrally manage their computers WITHOUT a Windows Domain. Their company was merged and the new IT department wanted to implement their own Active Directory solution – so my student was stuck not being able to setup the new…
Read MoreVirtualBox not showing any 64bit Operating Systems
VirtualBox not showing any 64bit Operating Systems How to enable Intel VT or AMD-V virtualization in your BIOS This post describes how to resolve the issue of VirtualBox only showing 32-bit Operating Systems when creating a new Virtual Machine (image below). Fix #1 – You have the Hyper-V feature enabled on your host computer. To…
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