Building Webster’s Lab V2.1
On September 9, 2019, I published the Building Webster's Lab V1 article series that used vSphere/vCenter 6.7 U3 and XenServer 8.0. On May 24, 2021, I published the Building Webster's…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.11
#Version 3.11 27-May-2022 Fixed bug in Function getDSUsers with MaxPasswordAge reported by Danny de Kooker Moved the following section headings so that the error/warning/notice messages had a section heading Domain…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.10
#Version 3.10 23-Apr-2022 Added Windows Server 2022 to AD Schema version 88 Fixed some text output alignment In Function OutputNicItem, fixed several issues with DHCP data Replaced all Get-WmiObject with…
All Current Documentation Scripts are Getting Updated 7-Feb-2022
As I get time over the next couple of days, I am updating all the current documentation scripts with a few minor bug fixes. Any script that has anything different…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.08
#Version 3.08 24-Nov-2021 In Function AbortScript, add test for the winword process and terminate it if it is running In Function ProcessDomainControllers, added "Computer Object DN" to the output If…
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Removing an Old Stale Azure and Office 365 Domain for Use in a New Azure Active Directory Connection
Recently, I started a new job where I needed to learn Microsoft's Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD). My friend Claudio Rodrigues recently released his excellent book DAAS The Complete…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.07
Version 3.07 11-Sep-2021 Added array error checking for non-empty arrays before attempting to create the Word table for most Word tables Added Function OutputReportFooter Added Parameter ReportFooter Outputs a footer…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.06
Version 3.06 27-Jul-2021 Add new Function ProcessOUsForBlockedInheritance to add a report section for OUs with GPO Block Inheritance set Add new Function ProcessSYSVOLStateInfo to show the SYSVOL state for each…
Building Webster’s Lab V2 PDF
I spent 688 hours on the article series and another 50 hours getting this PDF edited and created. Along the way, Grammarly kept finding issues to correct. All the corrections…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.05
Version 3.05 6-Jul-2021 Add fixes provided by Jorge de Almeida Pinto Fixed the way the $Script:AllDomainControllers array is built Fixed getting Fine-grained Password policies to work in a multiple domain/child domain…
20 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Create a Management Computer
[Updated 8-Nov-2021] The next step is to create a management computer from the Windows 10 template with the additional servers built and configured. We use the VM built in this…
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19 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Create Additional Servers
[Updated 8-Nov-2021] With the base of the Vmware infrastructure, Active Directory (AD), Certification Authority (CA), and Group Policy (GPO) built, the next step is to create additional server VMs from…
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18 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Additional XenCenter Configuration
Before getting to work adding Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) and VMware Horizon to the lab, a few additional items are on the XenCenter to-do list. Update DNS server…
17 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Additional vCenter Configuration
[Updated 29-Aug-2021] Before getting to work adding Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), and VMware Horizon to the lab, there are a few additional items on the vCenter to-do list.…
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16 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Create Initial Group Policy Objects
[Updated 8-Nov-2021] With the domain controllers built, Active Directory (AD) configured, and the Certificate Authority Server configured, the next step is to create the initial settings within Group Policy Objects…
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15 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Create a Microsoft Certificate Authority
[Updated 8-Nov-2021] With the Server 2019 VM built for the certificate authority, the next step is to create the Certificate Authority (CA). To make sure you understand what I cover…
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14 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Create Active Directory
[Updated 22-Sep-2021] With the two Server 2019 VMs built for domain controllers, the next step is to create Active Directory (AD). To make sure you understand what I cover in…
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01 Building Webster’s Lab V2 – Introduction
[Updated 8-Nov-2021] On September 9, 2019, I published the Building Webster's Lab V1 article series that used vSphere/vCenter 6.7 U3 and XenServer 8.0. This is a follow-up series on building…
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Microsoft Active Directory Documentation Script V3.04
Recently, a friend asked me to help look at some issues in his customer’s Active Directory (AD). The customer’s AD consisted of a root domain and three Tree domains. I ran my AD documentation script and found there were many issues when running that script in a multiple domain forest.
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Broken DFS Replication for SYSVOL but Everything Appears to Work
In the last two weeks, I have seen several customers where Active Directory (AD) replication is reporting normal, but Group Policy is acting “odd”. Here is what I found.