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Backing up Bitlocker Keys and LAPS passwords from Active Directory
Having a modern, secure infrastructure in 2019 is a requirement. You should implement BitLocker to make sure that in the event of stolen laptop data is not readily extra…
Creating Visual Indicators for spoofed / external emails with PowerShell
I’ve been managing mail service for users for a lot of years now. I don’t do it daily but I’ve spent my fair share of time analyzing spam emails. Mail vendors are doing…
Accessing AzureVM with NLA and broken domain trust relationship
Hosting your VM’s in Azure Cloud is excellent. You have all those features, professionally managed and virtually limitless. I don’t want to take your time to sell you Az…
Active Directory – The directory service was unable to allocate a relative identifier
I’ve been testing Disaster Recovery scenario restoring Active Directory. One of the servers was restored, and it worked for a moment after restore. If you can regain you…
Changing Exchange folder permissions in multilanguage Office 365 tenants
One of the tasks I often get when setting up new Office 365 tenant or installing Exchange Servers is to change the visibility of Room Mailboxes or in some cases even sta…
Using PowerShell to fix Ubiquiti Unifi requirement for MongoDB 3.6 on Ubuntu 18
I’ve been using Ubiquiti Unifi for some years now, for both home and work usage. It’s great hardware at a great price, and the best thing for a software maniac like me i…
PSWinReporting 1.8 – Split of branches (Legacy vs. New Hope)
A new branch of PSWinReporting is slowly coming, and I thought it would be the best time to have a final article about it with all configuration options available for th…
PowerShell – Returning one object from a function as an Array
Few weeks had passed since I’ve initially written PowerShell – Few tricks about HashTables and Arrays I wish I knew when I started. I was happily using my tips and trick…
Meet Statusimo – PowerShell generated Status Page
A few weeks ago, Mateusz Czerniawski, mentioned that he wants to build a Status Page for his company services. While I haven’t needed for myself, it seems like an excell…
Hyper-V – Can’t start Virtual Machine because it’s backing up
Working as a small business often brings you little tasks here and there. Today I’ve decided to shut down the Hyper-V machine to expand its disks. Unfortunately for me,…