Active Directory: Creating a Group Policy Object (GPO) - Best Practices
In this article, I will explain how to create a group policy, also called GPO, while respecting some best practices and errors to avoid in your Active Directory domain. …
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PowerShell: Resolve a DNS name with Resolve-DnsName
In this tutorial, I will explain how to use PowerShell to perform DNS name resolution using the Resolve-DnsName command. This built-in Windows tool makes it easy to query …
GPO: Run a PowerShell script at Windows 11 startup with Windows Server 2025
In this tutorial, we will see how to run a PowerShell script when starting a computer running Windows 11 in an Active Directory domain with a Windows Server 2025 domain …
Active Directory: Perform a PowerShell search with a wildcard character (Wildcard *)
In this tutorial, I will explain how to use the wildcard (*) in an Active Directory search with PowerShell. When you administer an Active Directory, you regularly search …
Active Directory: Raise Domain and Forest Functional Level with PowerShell
After seeing how to increase the functional level of the domain and the forest using the different Active Directory administration consoles, I will explain how to do this …
Windows Server: How to Install an SSH Server - OpenSSH
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install the OpenSSH (SSH) server on Windows Server in order to administer it remotely as you would do for a Linux server and also …
Active Directory: Create a user with PowerShell
This “how to” tutorial explains how to create users in Active Directory using the New-ADUser cmdlet in PowerShell Create a user in Active Directory with PowerShell …
Active Directory: Create a group in PowerShell
In this tutorial, we will see how to create an Active Directory group from a domain controller in PowerShell using the New-ADGroup cmdlet. Syntax to create a group in …
Configure a DNS Forwarder on Windows Server with PowerShell
In this tutorial, I will explain how to add a DNS forwarder on Windows Server using PowerShell. The Cmdlets used in this tutorial are launched in a PowerShell window run …
GPO: Run PowerShell script at logon
In this tutorial, I will show you how to run a PowerShell script at user logon using Group Policy (GPO) in an Active Directory environment. Before you begin this …
GPO: Run a PowerShell script when the computer starts
In this tutorial, I will show you how to run a PowerShell script when your computer starts. For this example, I created a “simple” PowerShell script that will create an …
Exchange: convert a shared mailbox into a user mailbox
In this tutorial, I will show you how to convert a shared mailbox to a user mailbox on Exchange using PowerShell. It happens that for the needs of consulting a shared …