January 2018

Demote a Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller

January 31, 2018

How to demote a Domain Controller running Windows Server 2016 from an Active Directory domain using either Server Manager GUI or PowerShell. Read More

Installing Active Directory using Install From Media (IFM)

Deploy Domain Controller using Install From Media (IFM)

January 30, 2018

How to add another Domain Controller in Active Directory using the Install From Media (IFM) method on Windows Server 2016. Read More

Enable PowerShell Remoting and check if it’s enabled

January 30, 2018

How to enable PowerShell Remoting using the Enable-PSRemoting cmdlet and how to check if it’s enabled on a machine using the Test-WSMan cmdlet. Read More

Offline domain join in Active Directory

January 28, 2018

How to provision a computer in Active Directory to implement an offline domain join using the djoin.exe command on Windows Server and Windows clients. Read More

Seize FSMO roles on a Domain Controller

January 21, 2018

How to seize FSMO roles on a Domain Controller (DC) using PowerShell and the NTDSUtil tool. Read More

Transfer FSMO roles to another Domain Controller

January 21, 2018

How to transfer FSMO roles from one Domain Controller (DC) to another using the GUI, PowerShell and the NTDSUtil tool. Read More

Determine which DCs hold the FSMO roles

January 21, 2018

How to determine which of your Domain Controllers (DC) hold one or more FSMO roles using the GUI, PowerShell and Command Prompt. Read More

[Fix] An unexpected error occurred in the WSUS snap-in

January 20, 2018

How to fix the ‘An unexpected error occurred in the WSUS snap-in. The snap-in will be unloaded.’ when you open the WSUS MMC console in Windows Server 2016. Read More