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In total when I am building the lab environment I start with seven Windows VMs with a mix of sever and client operating systems. While it doesn't take much time to create a VM and make the necessary changes, there is no reason not to automate it if you can, es...

Once VMs are built and the OS is installed, there are some common things that need to be done all of them - renaming the system, setting a static, IP, correcting the time zone, etc. This is again a great task for some PowerShell. # References - # https://ww...

Pretty much every organization I've worked with has leveraged an Active Directory Domain in some at least some capacity. Active Directory (AD) is a centralized database for managing users and computers in a company's network. Both of these can be added to grou...

Extend AD Schema Now that the domain is functional, since this setup will leverage Microsoft Configuration Manager, there is some additional set up that needs to be done to prepare for installation. First, I want to extend the AD Schema which will add additio...

The installation of Microsoft Configuration Manager requires may different roles and components to be installed prior to getting a functional MCM install up and running. Most of these are straight forward but making sure they are all installed is critical in e...

I frequently run into a mix of antivirus products in various organizations and was looking into a good way to report on which was installed/active. Unfortunately looking at a list of processes or installed applications is not accurate enough. The Windows Secur...