With all the writing I do for my website and customers, I recreate my Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory (AD) environment frequently.  I thought I would show you how, in just a few seconds, I re

I am in the process of creating V4 of the PVS and XenApp documentation scripts.  As part of the process I wanted to make sure all the current and future scripts worked with PowerShell Version 3. The

Ever since I started working with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) in July 2001, I have always wondered what should be configured in the Default Domain Group Policy Object (GPO).  I have had a couple

In my 10 Things in AD… presentations, I talk about the importance of having the domain controller that holds the Primary Domain Controller Emulator (PDCe) role configured as the authoritative time s

At Briforum 2013 Chicago, after my session on More Things in AD…, someone asked me a question.  The question was “What happens to the FSMO roles when the domain controller that holds them is demo

Citrix released Provisioning Services version 7 (PVS7) with support for running on Microsoft Windows Server 2012.  Server 2012 has a really nice new feature called Group Managed Service  Accounts (g