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Active Directory Replication Summary to your Email

Active Directory replication is a critical process that ensures the consistent and up-to-date state of directory information across all domain controllers in a domain. Monitoring this process is important as it …

Active Directory / Networking

How to Update the EmployeeOrgData Value on Entra ID Users

In this article, I’ll explain how to update the EmployeeOrgData for Entra ID users, which includes the Division and CostCenter properties. These properties are typically synchronized from an on-premises Active Directory environment via Entra Connect, but …

Active Directory / Networking

Bash script to join a Linux server to an Active Directory domain

Joining a Linux server to an Active Directory (AD) domain is a non-trivial task and requires a series of steps, which might vary based on the Linux distribution and the …

Active Directory / Networking

Comply your AD password expiration policy with Azure AD

How does EnforceCloudPasswordPolicyForPasswordSyncedUsers policy works? If you have an expiration policy configured in your on-premise environment, this is not synced to Azure AD. This results in the scenario where a …

Active Directory / Networking

Document Active Directory using AD Topology Diagrammer

I found the free Active Directory Topology Diagrammer (ADTD) tool which you can download it here. As stated in Microsoft’s description on the tool download page, ADTD connects to the Active …

Active Directory / Networking

Why does my Windows Service keep forgetting its password?

The mystery: “The service did not start due to a login failure” One of our customers reported a very strange problem last week. After about a day of running flawlessly, …

Active Directory / Networking

Australia 2017 – 30 Terrible Habits of Server and Cloud Administrators

SYSADMIN POEM

Keys clack beneath my fingers, I frantically click at the mouse
Most the servers are down, everything in house.

I click and type away as sweat runs down my brow
Everything went down but I’m not sure yet how.

The coffee’s long been cold but I drink it anyway
I know I’ll be stuck here until the break of day.

The phone is ringing off the hook, but I ignore its rattle.
The users are all angry, like an untamed herd of cattle.

I pray to the IT gods to have pity on my soul
Let this restore work, let the data all be whole.

-ccraddocks

NETWORK SYSADMIN POEM

Three small words make a difference and can make or break

And just a few seconds is all that it takes

Often forgotten they've caused broken hearts

So here's a reminder:

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