PART I - The InstallHave you ever noticed that users' Windows 10 computers automatically detect their Office 365 account? But Google Chrome doesn't? (And management wants you to fix it!) Well, stop messing around with your IE trusted site settings & policies (which Chrome reads from and uses, too). This utility is all you need: … Continue reading SSO for Office 365 Apps in Google Chrome
Category: Windows
Test-NetConnection – excellent replacement for Telnet, Ping and Tracert Testing
Microsoft continues to add functionality to PowerShell, however unless you specifically keep up with PowerShell, you're unlikely to realize what these updates are and how convenient they make life (compared to the previous/status quo). When testing TCP port connection, most people think immediately of telnet. While it works OK to let you know if a … Continue reading Test-NetConnection – excellent replacement for Telnet, Ping and Tracert Testing
Why you should never use Microsoft DHCP SuperScopes
Recently, I had to troubleshoot an issue where users moving between floors with different subnets/vlans were not getting the correct LAN IP address (i.e. first floor was 192.168.1.0/24 and second was 192.168.2.0/24). Verified the network devices had IP Helpers, even temporarily disabled DHCP failover (2012R2+ feature) to rule that out - nothing. Whenever the machine … Continue reading Why you should never use Microsoft DHCP SuperScopes
NETLOGON ERRORS DUE TO RPC MISMATCH BETWEEN WINDOWS CLIENTS AND DOMAIN CONTROLLERS
Recently, I had a client who had a relatively fresh AD environment as a result of a divestiture, however, they had stood up their domain controllers at different time periods during the environment build out. As such, their DC's each had different hardening settings depending on which build they used (and what levels of hardening … Continue reading NETLOGON ERRORS DUE TO RPC MISMATCH BETWEEN WINDOWS CLIENTS AND DOMAIN CONTROLLERS
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