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 Lab V

#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

#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

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 from the fixes listed below will have

#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 t

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 Guide,

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

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 sta

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 are also in the posted ar

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�

[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 article for PowerShell

[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 fro

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 entries for each XenServ

[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. Join vCenter to

[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

[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 in this article,

[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 this article, you shoul

[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 the

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 documentat

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. If you are still