Tag: server
Check Windows Services statuses using Powershell
PowerShell is a great and essential “scripting” (the scripting is just one of the many things this language can do) tool. It not only helps save you time, it also provides greater flexibility to execute repeated tasks manually or via scheduled tasks. Almost all Windows roles and features ship with PowerShell cmdlets. Once of the most common tasks, specially on server machines, is to check regularly the status of a specific service. Read More …
Active Directory – Changing UPNs for all Domain Users
There are situations, specially if dealing with hybrid domain configurations, typically using Azure and on-premise Active Directory, where it will be needed to do a mass UPN suffix change for all domain users. A typical change in these cases it to change a domain name suffix which end with .local to a public domain name which ends with .com (usually): this change is necessary mainly for two reasons. Read More …
Securing RDP Connections using TLS certificates
Remote Desktop has been the must as remote administration tool for many IT professionals and sadly many even expose it to the internet leading to brutefoce attacks and Man in the Middle attacks in the past (and even during this period). Using TLS certificates can improve the security and the default access method to critical systems, even if those systems are reached only on internal business LAN environments. Read More …