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,

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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 29-Aug-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 29-Aug-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 fr

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 29-Aug-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 29-Aug-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 27-Aug-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 th

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

In Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory (AD), Microsoft introduced managed service accounts. If you create a new AD domain with Windows Server 2008 R2 or later, when you look in Active Directory Us

#Version 1.20 19-Jan-2021 Added creating a CSV file Changed to create an object instead of text Added switch UseDcom to change from using TCP port 139 for testing connections to port 5985 (WinRM 2

#Version 1.10 29-Apr-2020 Cleaned up some code and typos driving my OCD up the wall Reformatted the terminating Write-Error messages to make them more visible and readable in the console I put this

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