Hyper-V: create a virtual machine in PowerShell

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to create a virtual machine on Hyper-V with PowerShell. The PowerShell commands of the tutorial, we were executed directly on the Hypervisor in a console launched in Administrator mode. Prerequisite: retrieve the name of the VMSwitch The first step will be to retrieve the name of …

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Query Monitor: Analyze and optimize your WordPress site

In this article, I will tell you about the Query Monitor plugin for WordPress, which will allow you to (re) take control of WordPress sites by analyzing behavior and applying optimization Introducing Query Monitor Query Monitor is a WordPress development and optimization debugging plugin. Contrary to what the name of the plugin indicates, Query Monitor …

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GLPI: reset the password of the glpi account

In this tutorial, I will explain how to reset GLPI account password. After installing GLPI, you are invited to change the password of the glpi account (super-admin) which has the glpi password. What if you “forgot” the account password and the rest of the user accounts are using an Active Directory that is no longer …

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WSUS : deploy Microsoft Edge

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to install Microsoft Edge using WSUS services. Microsoft is ending support for Edge Lecagy on March 9, 2021, so it is imperative to deploy Microsoft Edge to ensure workstation security. Add the Microsoft Edge product to WSUS From the WSUS console, go to Options 1. Then …

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Active Directory: Copy Group Policy – GPO

In this tutorial, I will explain how to copy / duplicate / clone a Group Policy (GPO). To do this, you have two solutions, either go through the GUI and the Group Policy Management console or use PowerShell. I’ll show you both, then it’s up to you to choose which one is right for you. …

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Update Group Policy Definitions – ADMX

In this tutorial, I’ll explain why and how to update Group Policy Definitions (GPOs) in an Active Directory environment. Before explaining how to do this, we will see why to update the files, for understanding I will start from an example. You are in an Active Directory environment which is composed of 2 Windows Server …

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RDS farm add host to collection

In this article, I’ll walk you through how to add a Remote Desktop session host to a collection. This tutorial follows on from : Deploy an RDS Farm Windows 2012R2/2016/2019. Prerequisite Have a server ready to be added to the RDS farm in the Active Directory domain Fixed IP. same apps installed (if possible). same …

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Certify The Web: Easily Generate Let’s Encrypt Certificates for IIS

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to easily generate Let’s Encrypt certificates for IIS with Certify The Web software. I have already covered the topic of Let’s Encrypt certificates on IIS in Installing a Let’s Encrypt certificate on IIS and this one Let’s encrypt generate a PFX with IIS to generate pfx. With …

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MDT: Duplicate / copy a deployment sequence

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to duplicate / copy a deployment sequence in MDT. The tool does not offer this possibility natively, but it is possible to do so by copying the configuration files. The advantage of this operation is to be able to use the same parameters of a sequence …

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