Active Directory: Add an organizational unit – OU

In this “How to” tutorial, we will see how to create an Organizational Unit in an Active Directory with the Active Directory Users and Computers console available on domain controllers in graphical mode. Add an OU in the Active Directory Open the Active Directory Users and Computer console From a domain controller, open the Active …

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RDS Farm 2012R2/2016 take remote control over user sessions

From Server Manager, go to Remote Desktop Services / Collections / The_Collection. In the CONNECTIONS section, right-click on a session 1 and click on Snapshot 2. Choose an Action 1 and click OK 2. The user must validate the remote control from their session by clicking on Yes 1. Controlling the Remote Desktop session from …

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RDS Farm add a host to a collection

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Introduction This tutorial follows the following article: Deploy a Windows 2012R2/2016/2019 RDS farm In this tutorial, we will see how to add a second collection to an RDS deployment. Adding several collections to the same deployment allows you to share the broker, gateway, license server and web access. Add a collection to an RDS deployment …

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RDS Farm add a host to a collection

In this article, I’ll walk you through how to add a Remote Desktop Session Host to a collection. The article follows the following post: Deploy a Windows 2012R2/2016/2019 RDS farm. Prerequisites Add a host to a collection All manipulations were carried out in the BROKER server. Add the server in the console: Server Manager From …

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IIS ARR – configuration to use self-signed certificates on target server

In this new tutorial dedicated to IIS ARR, I will explain how to configure ARR in order to be able to use a self-signed certificate on the target server. In the previous tutorial, I explained how to do an SSL dump, in this configuration the target server is in HTTP, which means that the request …

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IIS – Add the X-Forwarded-For field in the logs

In this tutorial, I will explain how to add the X-Forwarded-For field in the IIS logs, in order to retrieve the real IP address of a visitor when a reverse proxy is upstream of the IIS server. On the IIS Web server, open the Internet Services Management console. Select server 1 and click Logging 2. …

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PowerShell: sign scripts

In this tutorial, I will explain how to sign your scripts. Before going into the subject, we will see why signing the scripts, the main reason is security. If your environment (computers + servers) is configured to run only signed scripts and a PowerShell script is launched in a malicious file, it will be neutralized …

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ADFS Proxy: Fix Error 0x8007520c

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to fix error 0x8007520c on an ADFS proxy server. When you open the Remote Access Management Console console, the following page is displayed: This error occurs during a certificate change and the proxy does not have the same fingerprint as the ADFS server. The easiest way to …

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PowerShell: download a file in HTTP, HTTPS

In this tutorial, I will explain how to download a file using PowerShell that is on a server accessible in HTTP or HTTPS. This can be particularly useful when administering a server without an interface, where the only browser installed is Internet Explorer or in a script. There are several solutions to download one using …

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