The cloud is one of the fastest growing areas of IT over the past few years. I want to make sure that you first understand what the cloud actually is. Simply put, it means that you are loading your data or network on someone else’s network. That doesn’t mean that the cloud is not a …
Migration Tables- Understanding Group Policies
One issue that we run into when copying or moving a GPO from one system to another is that when some GPOs are built, they are domain specific. Doing so can be a problem when the GPOs are moved to a system in another domain. This is where migration tables can help you out. Migration …
Managing GPOs with Windows PowerShell Group
Policy Cmdlets As stated earlier in this book, Windows PowerShell is a Windows command- line shell and scripting language. Windows PowerShell can also help you automate many of the same tasks that you perform using the Group Policy Management Console. Windows Server 2022 helps you perform many of the Group Policy tasks by providing dozens …
Automatically Enrolling User and Computer Certificatesin Group Policy- Understanding Group Policies
You can also use Group Policy to enroll user and computer certificates automatically, making the entire certificate process transparent to your end users. Before proceeding, you should understand what certificates are and why they are an important part of network security. Think of a digital certificate as a carrying case for a public key. A …
Assigning Script Policies- Understanding Group Policies
You might want to make several changes and implement certain settings that would apply while the computer is starting up or the user is logging on. Perhaps the most common operation that logon scripts perform is mapping network drives. Although users can manually map network drives, providing this functionality within login scripts ensures that mappings …
Understanding Filesystems- Configuring Storage
When we begin the discussion about understanding Windows filesystems, we have to first think about how the Windows Server 2022 machine will be used. There are four supported filesystems: FAT, FAT32, NTFS, and ReFS. FAT and FAT32 partitions may not always be an available option. As you can see in Figure 11.1, all four filesystems …
Using PowerShell Commands- Understanding Azure Active Directory
Table 10.4 contains some of the PowerShell commands available for Azure AD. You must be using a newer version of PowerShell on your onsite servers or client machines. If you run into any issues trying to run these commands, please check out a newer version of Microsoft PowerShell on Microsoft’s website. TABLE 10.4 PowerShell commands …
Self- Service Password Reset- Understanding Azure Active Directory
As stated before, the Password Reset section allows you to specify if you want to enable self- service password resets (SSPRs). If you decide to enable this feature, users will be able to reset their own passwords or unlock their accounts. You can choose from three SSPR options: None, Selected, and All Users. If you …