Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

The Azure Active Directory password policy defines the password requirements for tenant users, including password complexity, length, password expiration, account lockout settings, and some other parameters. In this article, we’ll…

In PowerShell, you can use the Test-NetConnection cmdlet to check whether a port is available (open) on a remote computer. You can use this cmdlet to check the response and…

Within your Exchange organization or Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) tenant, you can create hundreds of Distribution Groups (Distribution Lists, DLs). Distribution lists that are no longer in use should be…

The Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) allow you to remotely manage roles and features on Windows Server hosts from a Windows workstation. RSAT includes graphical MMC snap-ins, command line tools,…

In this article, we will look at how to get a list of users and groups that have local administrator rights on Windows workstations and servers on your network.

By default, regular (non-admin) users cannot manage Windows services. This means that users cannot stop, start, restart, or change the settings and permissions of Windows services. In some cases, a…

Windows Event Viewer Logs store useful information that is needed when analyzing the status of services and applications in Windows, troubleshooting errors, and auditing security events. By default, the sizes…

In some cases, the administrator needs to find out which process (program) or user has changed the NTFS permissions on a specific folder or file on a Windows file server.…

When investigating various incidents, an administrator needs to know who logged on to a particular Windows computer and when. You can get a history of user logons in a domain…

The Windows Event Log is an important tool for administrators to track errors, warnings, and other information reports that are logged by the operating system, its components, or programs. You…