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12 July

Error: DirSync is configured with options that cannot be automatically upgraded to Azure AD Connect

Written by George Markou

Case: A server which hosts the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool for replicating the on-prem AD to Microsoft Cloud Services (Azure, O365). You plan the upgrade to AAD Connect and during the upgrade process, you stumble upon the following...

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08 November

List the Domain Controllers of an AD Domain using Powershell (one-liners)

Written by George Markou

Yesterday, I needed to quickly list all the names of all the Domain Controllers in the AD Domain and the total count. Fortunately, the following Powershell cmdlet saved me a lot of time and I wanted to share it...

ActiveDirectory, Microsoft, Powershell, Windows Windows Server Leave a Comment

02 November

Check AD Replication Status using PowerShell ( one-liners )

Written by George Markou

The following one-liner PowerShell cmdlets will allow you to Check the Replication Status of a Domain Controller against the replication partners within an AD Domain/Forest. Execute the following cmdlets using from an elevated PowerShell Prompt from a Domain Controller...

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24 October

Transfer/Seize FSMO Roles using Powershell ( one-liners )

Written by George Markou

The following one-liner PowerShell cmdlets will allow you to Transfer the FSMO Roles or Seize them in case of a faulty and permanently offline Domain Controller. Execute the following cmdlets using from an elevated PowerShell Prompt. [crayon-5b7a44b4c1c9d868046050/] Thanks for reading!

ActiveDirectory, Powershell, Scripts, Server, Windows Windows Server Leave a Comment

03 October

Use PowerShell to join a Windows Server Core to Active Directory (one-liners)

Written by George Markou

Last night I was trying to quickly set up several Windows Server 1709 virtual guests for Lab purposes and the Server Configuration Tool is time-consuming! For this reason, I used PowerShell Direct from the Hypervisor to connect to these...

ActiveDirectory, Microsoft, Powershell, Server, Windows Windows Server Leave a Comment

28 February

Event ID 1069: Hyper-V, Live Migration of VM fails when deployed over SMB ( Windows Server 2016 )

Written by George Markou

Hi ppl! Recently I deployed a Hyper-V Cluster of 2 nodes ( Server 2016 yay! ) with no shared traditional storage but over SMB 3.0 shares ( yay! ) and I experienced the error mentioned in the Blog Post...

ActiveDirectory, Cluster, Hyper-V, Server, SMB, Virtualization Hyper-V, Windows Server Leave a Comment

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