Invoke-WebRequest is a versatile Powershell CmdLet. However the way it works behind the scene creates sometimes strange behaviors. As you may aware the HTML parser engine greatly depends on system components and Web Browser such as Internet Explorer. A consequence of such a “design”, is that even on Windows Server […]
For those who operate on multiple clouds, or prepare certifications such as “Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Associate“, “Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Professional“, “Azure Administrator Associate“, “Azure Solutions Architect Expert” you’ll find below a table which compares Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Azure resource names Domain Oracle Azure Virtual Network […]
A while ago, I published a post to slipstream the SQL Server 2008 media. It is time to update it for SQL Server 2019. Fortunately the setup.exe hasn’t changed much, so it is still a matter of: Copying the RTM ISO on a read-write filesystem Unpack the Cumulative update of […]
Is Local time or UTC used in Windows Event Log. Both, it depends where
What is the length of a SQL Server instance name, the invalid characters, and also for a Windows machine machine
When you are using Active Directory Powershell cmdlets such as Get-ADDomainController, Get-ADUser, Get-ADComputer, Get-ADObject, you may receive the following error message: Such an exception is linked to the difficulty those commands have to work in a multi-domain environment, whether that multi-domain be a single forest with multiple child domains, various […]
In an old post, I was writing about the commands you could use to retrieve the list of your RDS Licensing servers in a domain. Generalizing this LDAP Filter example, you can retrieve a list of Service Principal Names enabled accounts. The examples are as follows: In the powershell syntax […]
Designing Group Policy Objects is sometimes tricky. Let’s review some useful WMI filters in Group Policy Objects for sites and domain controllers inclusion or exclusion. When linking Group Policy Objects, you are always bound to the LSDOU rule, which means that GPOs are processed in the following order: L for […]
The Windows Internal Database is nothing more than an embedded lite SQL Server instance running under specific credentials and with a few protocols enabled. Therefore in order to connect, you can use any SQL Server client tool: SQL Server Management Studio, SQLCMD, … Starting with Windows Server 2012, the named […]
Deploying certificates and CRL in a domain or a forest in an automated fashion can done using GPO like many other settings. However a less well-known possibility is to use the certutil -dspublish command. Let’s review how it works. When using that option, certificates are stored in one of the […]
