Coding from the field

Info series to share interesting findings or projects regarding platforms / infrastructure coding.

Resetting WMI repository - dos and dont's

Today's topic: Resetting WMI Repository dos and dont's Some people like Windows Management...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 10/10/2018

Netlogon Debug helper

Today's topic: Netlogon Debug helper Sometimes it can be helpfull to get inforamtion about actions...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 05/03/2018

Automated Offline Domain Join using PowerShell and JEA

Abstract An offline domain join requires network access to a writable Domain Controller, which might...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 10/27/2017

Deploy an ADLDS lab with replication and sync in less than an hour.

Abstract This article helps you creating an ADLDS lab in less than an hour. If you follow the...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 08/14/2017

Visualize DSC Reporting with PowerBI

Abstract Reporting is an essential component of DSC and one of the main advantages. Always knowing...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 05/21/2017

Broken DSC Reporting, RequestEntityTooLarge and some LCM internals

Abtract After migrating a complex DSC configuration using partial configurations to composite...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 05/20/2017

PowerShell Tip: Getting enum values as names, int and bit

There are a number of samples how to resolve enums and display all the possible values. However,...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 05/18/2017

Using SQL Server 2016 for a DSC Pull Server

Abstract This article describes how to use a SQL Server 2016 as the backend database for a Desired...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 05/11/2017

Privileged Access Management - demystified

Today's topic: Privileged Access Management (PAM) Just in Time Administration demystified Coming...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 05/09/2017

User provisioning and Password_Not_Required set - why?

Today's topic: User provisioning and Password_Not_Required set - why? In large environments, it's...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 07/17/2015

The ADSI Schema Cache revealed Part II

Today's topic: The ADSI Schema Cache revealed Part II We have been talking about the ADSI Schema...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 05/04/2015

NTFSSecurity Tutorial 2 - Managing NTFS Inheritance and Using Privileges

Summary In my previous post, NTFSSecurity Tutorial 1 - Getting, adding and removing permissions, I...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 12/05/2014

NTFSSecurity Tutorial 1 - Getting, adding and removing permissions

Summary Managing file and folder permissions in Windows PowerShell is not that easy, and there are...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 12/05/2014

The ADSI Schema Cache revealed

Downloads related to this article: dSASignatureFlag_Samples.zip Today's topic: The ADSI Schema...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 11/12/2014

AutomatedLab Introduction Part 3 – Working with Predefined Server Roles

Summary The last blog article explained how to create a small lab environment using AutomatedLab....

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 11/11/2014

AutomatedLab Introduction - Part 2

Summary This blog article explains how to create a small lab environment using AutomatedLab. After...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 07/15/2014

AutomatedLab Introduction - Part 1

IntroductionWhy AutomatedLabWe all know the situation: Your Company wants to upgrade some software...

Author: Raimund Andrée Date: 07/10/2014

Resetting passwords honoring password history (or what's happening under the hood when changing / resetting passwords)

Todays topic: Resetting passwords honoring password history (or what's happening under the hood when...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 01/09/2013

Searching 2003-2012 AD

Ever came across an ‘old’ Active Directory at a customer site and missed the AD PowerShell cmdlets?...

Author: Marcus Lerch [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2012

Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI) and the Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) - Avoiding performance issues

Hi there, this is the first blog entry for the new info series 'Coding from the field'. The...

Author: Michael Frommhold MSFT Date: 06/24/2012