Creating PowerShell GUIs in Minutes using Visual Studio Nov. 17, 2016, 4:47 p.m.

Creating PowerShell GUIs using XAMI in Visual Studio, instead of using the .net System.Windows.Forms class to create the GUI one element at a time.

powershell gui

eNautical Ship Tracker Nov. 16, 2016, 12:11 p.m.

The eNautical Ship Tracker logs vessels AIS locations and is a real time Vessel Tracker.

zealand new

Convert bookmarklet to Chrome extension Nov. 14, 2016, 9:58 p.m.

Drag & drop tool to convert a javascript bookmarklet to a Chrome extension.

free webdev tools

NirSoft Nov. 8, 2016, 1:14 p.m.

Huge selection of free windows utilities, password recovery tools, system utilities, desktop utilities etc.

windows sysadmin free tools

NTP: I Need You to Go Ahead and Love It Nov. 4, 2016, 3:04 p.m.

In a nutshell, if you properly set up NTP on your network devices and systems you can have consistently set clocks across your enterprise.

sysadmin

Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer Nov. 4, 2016, 2:22 p.m.

The Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer reads an Active Directory configuration using LDAP, and then automatically generates a Visio diagram of your Active Directory and /or your Exchange Server topology. The diagramms may include domains, sites, servers, organizational units, DFS-R, administrative groups, routing groups and connectors and can be changed manually in Visio if needed.

active directory microsoft sysadmin download

20 Gorgeous Free Geometric Fonts to Download Nov. 2, 2016, 4:47 p.m.

The fonts collected here are designed using the geometric shapes. Their smooth clean lines and perfectly rounded angles create a sense of completeness in design.

design fonts free

How to disable window overscroll bump when scrolling with touch screen Oct. 25, 2016, 9:07 a.m.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch set Bouncing to 0

windows tips

Windows Server 2012 R2 DHCP Expired Leases Not Getting Scavenged Oct. 18, 2016, 4:52 p.m.

Windows Server 2012 R2 DHCP HA cluster configured for Failover. The symptoms were that some of the scopes were full, however exporting leases that were visible in the GUI showed that plenty of IP addresses should have been available.

windows sysadmin dhcp

IIS Crypto Oct. 11, 2016, 4:12 p.m.

IIS Crypto is a free tool that gives administrators the ability to enable or disable protocols, ciphers, hashes and key exchange algorithms on Windows Server 2008, 2012 and 2016. It also lets you reorder SSL/TLS cipher suites offered by IIS, implement best practices with a single click, create custom templates and test your website.

windows sysadmin webdev

Configuring Azure Active Directory Connect with an Exchange Resource Forest Topology – Adrian Moore Oct. 4, 2016, 5:03 p.m.

This post is about using AAD Connect to synchronise your On-Premises Active Directory accounts to Azure AD when you have a resource forest topology, with Exchange in one forest (the resource) and identity (the user account) in another forest.

windows sysadmin azure

Default checks when implementing Hybrid Identity, Part 3: Linked Mailboxes Oct. 4, 2016, 5:01 p.m.

The first and most straightforward method is changing the scope of Azure AD Sync to include the disabled accounts that reside in the Exchange resource forest. You won’t necessarily need to exclude the accounts with linked mailboxes that won’t synchronize, because Azure AD Sync considers these out of scope and therefor won’t cause duplicates in the Connector Space towards Azure Active Directory.

windows sysadmin azure

Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook using a command prompt Sept. 30, 2016, 1:47 p.m.

Mostly accurate instructions for deploying CRM 2013 Outlook Addin.

microsoft sysadmin sccm

How to set Proxy settings for SYSTEM account: BITSAdmin tool Sept. 29, 2016, 2:20 p.m.

The BITSAdmin tool allows you to change the proxy settings for LOCALSYSTEM, NETWORKSERVICE and LOCALSERVICE.

windows sysadmin sccm

Identifying Your Model of Raspberry Pi Sept. 22, 2016, 4:33 p.m.

The Raspberry Pi family can be broken down into the "original" Raspberry Pi, the Raspberry Pi "plus", and the Raspberry Pi 2. Each of these designations also come in two flavours - Model A and Model B (with the exception of the Raspberry Pi 2 at present). The following table summarizes some of the differences between the different Raspberry Pi boards. I have not included the Raspberry Pi Compute Module in this comparison, as it's designed for embedded integration.

electronics raspberry pi

Deploying Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1 with System Center Configuration Manager Sept. 21, 2016, 2:21 p.m.

How to build a Configuration Manager Application for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.1.

windows sysadmin sccm

End to End Deployment with Microsoft Azure Sept. 20, 2016, 2:58 p.m.

If you're a sysadmin who needs to deploy resources in Microsoft's Azure platform your choices have been limited to either the web portal or complex scripts. Today I want to highlight a set of new technologies that when combined together provide a way to move away from manual processes and complex scripts and instead produce a declarative, reusable, and easy to manage and maintain solution for deployment to Azure.

devops sysadmin azure

Azure AD Connect Health Agent installation Sept. 19, 2016, 3:01 p.m.

The agent uses System.Net to make web requests instead of Microsoft Windows HTTP Services. The configured Http Proxy address will be used to pass-through encrypted Https messages. Authenticated proxies (using HTTPBasic) are not supported.

sysadmin azure

Installing And Configuring Azure AD Connect Health Agent for ADDS / ADFS Sept. 16, 2016, 12:28 p.m.

Covers the many various errors and failures that are encountered installing the Azure AD Connect Health Agent.

windows sysadmin azure

Long-term US study finds no links between violent video games and youth violence Sept. 14, 2016, 7:32 p.m.

During this time period “youth violence dropped precipitously”, the researchers write, “despite maintaining very high levels of media violence in society with the introduction of videogames.”

games article