I’ve recently worked with a client to troubleshoot RADIUS authentication issues between their Cisco Nexus as a RADIUS client and their Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 NPS (Network Policy Server) server as the RADIUS server and after determining the issue, the client asked me why I
I’ve been asked the several times in the past by colleagues about what is the best way to remotely configure the Startup type and Service status of a Windows desktop or server so I thought it would be good to write a blog post so
Problem You’ve configured a new Network Policies policy on your Microsoft NPS server: … with the following settings that will authenticate devices with machine certificates: You configure the SSID on the wireless client with the certificate with the following settings: … but notice that you
One of the more common questions I get asked by clients and colleagues is how to use group policy to configure UAC settings for Windows clients that mirror the 4 level presets that is available from within a Windows 7 desktop. While I don’t have
Problem You’ve successfully completed the steps required to migrate your Microsoft CA (Certificate Authority) from Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) to Key Storage Provider (KSP) after performing the steps outlined in the following TechNet guide: Migrating a Certification Authority Key from a Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP)
Problem You have a KMS server in your environment and would like to uninstall the KMS product key for Office 2016 with the command: Slmgr.vbs /upk <Activation ID> You execute the following command in an effort to obtain the Activation ID: slmgr.vbs /dlv all However,
I’ve been asked several times in the past about what I typically use to monitor server disk space if the environment I was working in did not have a proper monitoring server or was in the process of deploying one and I’ve always recommended a
I’ve been asked several times last year about how to install / enable Adobe Flash on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server and while I’m not a supporter of installing any Adobe products on servers, there are situations where it’s handy to have. The following
I was recently asked to assist with removing a Skype for Business Server 2015 Standard server from an environment after an administrator deployed a new Standard Edition server in an effort to upgrade the operating system from Windows Server 2012 R1 to R2 because the
Problem Dell Wyse Device Manager Version 5.0 is installed onto a Windows Server 2012 R2 server: … and you notice that the WDMServiceLog (32 bit) / RptSvcLog.exe process consistently consumes close to 100% of the CPU process pegging the processor at 100% and allowing the
