Managing Local Administrator Passwords
OverviewIn this multi part series I will walk you through how to manage the local admin password on workstations and servers in an Active Directory enterprise environment using PowerShell. This is a...
View ArticlePart 2: Managing Local Administrator Passwords
OverviewThis is Part 2 of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In case you missed it, you can view Part 1 hereThe ProblemOne of the challenges associated with generating a random...
View ArticlePart 3: Managing Local Administrator Passwords
OverviewThis is Part 3 of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will discuss how to securely connect to Active Directory and update an Active Directory attribute using...
View ArticlePart 4: Managing Local Administrator Passwords
OverviewThis is Part 4 of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will discuss how to update the password of a local user account using PowerShell. In case you missed...
View ArticlePart 5: Managing Local Administrator Passwords
OverviewThis is Part 5 of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will discuss how to log the results of each function within the solution to a log file for...
View ArticleWindows 8.1 Logon Script Delay Group Policy Setting
If you are evaluating Windows 8.1 in an enterprise environment that also contains logon scripts there is a new Group Policy setting you should be aware of. Windows 8.1 by default delays logon scripts...
View ArticleConfiguring Exchange 2013 SP1 to Accept AD FS Claims
OverviewIn this post I am going to show you how to configure Exchange 2013 SP1 to accept AD FS claims. Not only that, I am going to provide a PowerShell Script that I wrote to make lab testing this...
View ArticlePart 6: Managing Local Administrator Passwords
OverviewThis is Part 6 of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will discuss how to extend the Active Directory schema to create a new confidential attribute which is...
View ArticlePart 7: Managing Local Administrator Passwords
This is Part 7 of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will provide fnMain which controls the order of all of the other functions in the script and I will also provide...
View ArticlePart 8 (Final): Managing Local Administrator Passwords
This is Part 8 and the final part of a multi-part series on managing local admin passwords. In this part I will provide PWDViewer which is a XAML secure password viewer that will allow authorized users...
View ArticlePart 1: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
Overview The purpose of this series is to walk you through step-by-step from start to finish setting up Federated Web Single Sign On (SSO) between two organizations using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS...
View ArticlePart 2: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012's R2 AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 3: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 3 of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 4b: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 4b of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 4a: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 4a of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 5a: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 5a of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 5b: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 5b of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 6a: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 6a of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 6b: Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 6b of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
View ArticlePart 7 - Windows Server 2012 R2 AD FS - Federated Web SSO
This is Part 7 of a multi-part series on how to deploy a complete end-to-end Federated Web SSO solution using Windows Server 2012 R2's AD FS role and the Web Application Proxy. In this part I will...
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