Enterprise Operating Systems

Troubleshooting and Guides for: Microsoft Server, Linux, and VMware

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Dell Hardware/Software Guides

Dell Servers – PowerEdge, Blades, and Cloud
integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDrac)
OpenMange Server Administrator (OMSA)

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PowerShell, Bash, JSON, and Python Scripting Guides

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6 Benefits Nano Server Will Bring to Hyper-V

crtechtipsJun 7, 20165 min read

In April 2015, Microsoft announced a new feature available in Windows Server 2016 called Nano Server. It is similar to Windows Server Core mode but remarkably smaller. Apparently there are …

How to get all groups that a user is a member of?

crtechtipsMay 27, 20161 min read

Open PowerShell with administrator privileges and run:   Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership username | select name name —- Domain Users Domain Computers Workstation Admins Company Users Company Developers AutomatedProcessingTeam Example:

Unable to start the MSSQLServer service – MSSQLServer Event ID 26014

crtechtipsMay 6, 20162 min read

When you try to star the MSSQL service using a Managed Service Account and it does not start, you get MSSQLServer Event ID 26014.               …

File Screening via de commandline

crtechtipsMay 4, 20161 min read

Filescreening is a method used to control what files can be placed in a directory. You might want to prevent storage of MP3 files or executables. I wil use an …

Overview of Scheduled Tasks

crtechtipsMay 4, 20161 min read

I like the tree view for scheduled task as you can categorize the tasks, but the GUI offers no way of an overview of all tasks. The command line helps …