DoD STIG CAT II: Windows Server 2019 manually managed application/service account password must be of sufficient length to prevent being easily cracked. It must be at least 15 characters in…
I am remediating the Nessus findings relating to weak protocols and cipher suites. Basically disabling TLS 1.0 protocols and 3DES-CBC3 cipher suite. This will serve as a note for me…
I am in the process of migrating file server from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019. Previously I used Robocopy for this purpose. Windows storage migration is a…
Exchange Back pressure is real. I have setup two separate domains in my lab (northwindtrader.com and constoso.com). On northwindtrader.com domain I am testing migrating Exchange 2013 CU21 to Exchange 2019.…
Outlook/OWA will prompt for password but will not authenticate.On Exchange Server security event log:Event ID: 4625, user login failure. Unknown username and bad password, User not allowed to logon at…
I am in the process of migrating Windows Server 2012 R2 to Window Server 2019. While trying to remove a CA role to migrate to Windows Server 2019, server threw…
Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -MinimumVersion 2.8.5.201 -ForceError: Install-PackageProvider : Unable to find repository with SourceLocation ''. Use Get-PSRepository to see all available repositories. PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-PSRepository PackageManagement\Get-PackageSource : Unable to find…
Following one liner will display the dns records with date created and modified: Windows Server 2012 R2:Get-ChildItem "AD:DC=DomainDNSZones,DC=contoso,DC=com" -Recurse | Get-ADObject -Properties Created,Modified | Select-Object Name,Created,Modified | Sort-Object -Property Created…
I have been battling Windows Server 2012 R2 disk space usage above threshold despite adding space to it. Within couple of days, it would add up 5 to 6 GB.…
If you do not have RDP access to a server or workstation, use WMI to do the task. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $SRV = Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem -ComputerName 192.168.4.100 -Credential (Get-Credential) PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>…