Active Directory

I recently had to rebuild homelab due to the SSD disk failure. I had backups but the initial setup wasn’t optimal. I decided to rebuild it from scratch.

Many of the IT environments have so called security driven approach. Every time I hear that something has to be implemented it is because security said so. Don’t get me wrong - by all means I like to be secure and compliant. In my opinion there should be balance between Security and Costs.

In one of my earlier post https://www.wojcieh.net/vcenter-server-5-5-on-sql-server-2012-installation-part-2/ I was asked how to create application user in Active Directory.

In few steps, I will explain how to do it and I will show you how to use it.

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If you ever had to create Microsoft license report you know how hard and time-consuming task this can be. What if I will tell you that this task can be done in several minutes and can be even fun?

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to skip creation of local user on each ESXi host and use only one account to rule them all?

If yes then I have good news for you - you can use Active Directory together with VMware ESXi. I will show you how you can do it in few steps.

Since quite a long time I have a pleasure to work with HP Enclosures c7000 and c3000. HP Blades with enclosures is the really great enterprise solution. Over the years I found difficult to manage multiple enclosures with local users and this is where integration with Active Directory makes your life simpler. In few steps, I will guide you how to integrate Onboard Administrator with Active Directory LDAP.

Recently I was “playing” a bit with Windows Server 2008 R2 Core VMware Tools and Virtual Hardware upgrade from version 3.5 to 4.1. Migration went fine from one environment to another, but the rest went totally wrong. I got immediately BSOD - Blue Screen Of Death.

My patient was Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Active Directory domain controller with database on separate disk.

Tak jak obiecałem w poprzednim wpisie o wdrażaniu Google Chrome poprzez GPO dzisiaj chciałbym pokazać w jaki sposób zainstalować w domenie przeglądarkę Mozilla Firefox.

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Dosyć niedawno przeglądarka ze stajni Google - Chrome została uaktualniona o wersję Enterprise i szablony administracyjne oraz paczkę instalacyjną w formacie msi.