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PowerShell strategies for managing and securing Group Policy
Not surprisingly, there are a huge number of PowerShell cmdlets that can be used to manage Group Policy. There are cmdlets for creating Group Policy objects, modifying Group Policy settings, checking...
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Crash and burn: Why do large IT projects fail so often?
Large IT projects continue to fail, often with disastrous results for the organizations involved. The most recent example of this that came to my attention is the legal battle between Hertz and...
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Digging deeper into Hybrid VDI: Desktop management and device drivers
In a previous article with the help of Aaron Suzuki, CEO of Prowess Consulting and SmartDeploy we examined why Hybrid VDI provides the centralized management benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure...
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Easy on the eyes: Creating HTML reports using PowerShell
PowerShell is every IT pro’s preferred tool to automate tasks and get information from multiple systems in the Microsoft stack. When creating reports, the easiest and most often used output format is...
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Remote connectivity solutions: Doing RDP sans Microsoft
Third-party remote connectivity solutions abound in the marketplace. Which one should be used? Or should you stick with the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) solution that is built into Microsoft Windows?...
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One-off vs. integrated IT tools: Which is best for management?
Is it better to use an integrated stack of tools for administering IT systems? Or can you get by with building your own custom pick-and-choose toolkit? My friend and colleague Jupiter (not his real...
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Validate your infrastructure with Pester — and avoid a PowerShell disaster
Before you run any PowerShell code you’ve developed, you better know exactly what effect it will have on your infrastructure. Pester can help you do this. Pester is an open source unit testing...
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Will IPv6 ever kill IPv4? If so, when?
A friend of mine almost had a heart attack recently when he stumbled across this site on the Internet. My friend lives in Canada’s largest city and he manages the datacenter of a fairly large...
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Unhappy with WSUS? Try these third-party patch management solutions
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is a feature of the Windows Server platform that lets you manage the distribution of the software updates that are released through Microsoft Update to the Windows...
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Is SD-WAN going to replace MPLS?
For some time now here at TechGenix we’ve been keeping our eyes on SD-WAN, a technology that Wikipedia describes as something that simplifies the management and operation of a WAN by decoupling...
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Trench Tales: Restructuring a legacy network with a VLAN
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation has begun impacting businesses and organizations in various ways, and we’ve covered a number of these in this series of stories here on our...
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Tips and tools for simulating a complex network in a virtual lab
When I started out writing books for IT professionals many years ago, I knew I needed lots of hands-on experience to make them useful. I gained some of that experience firsthand working as a LAN admin...
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How to prevent your laptop from overheating
The word laptop is a misnomer, isn’t it? I mean who really sits their laptop on their lap when they’re working on something? Maybe that college student sitting on the floor in the hallway, but...
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Always On VPN configuration in Windows 10 using Microsoft Intune
Editor’s Note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews that contain relevant information for...
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Implementing a remote work solution under the pressure of coronavirus
What’s it like being an IT pro who is on the front line of transitioning their enterprise to a home-office model so users can work from home instead of at the office because of the coronavirus crisis?...
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Always On VPN: Why you should use this new remote access technology
Editor’s note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews with relevant information for IT pros...
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Remote connectivity solutions: Doing RDP sans Microsoft
Editor’s note: In response to the coronavirus crisis gripping the world, TechGenix is republishing a selection of recent articles, tutorials, and product reviews with relevant information for IT pros...
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Trench Tales: Wrangling too many breeds of computers
Wouldn’t it be nice if all our computing technology was the same size, same make, same model? Welcome to the real world of desktop management. While those of us who work down in the trenches of IT...
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Preventing remote desktop users from shutting down office computers
So, you’re working from home because of COVID-19 and you’re using Remote Desktop to connect to your Windows 10 office computer via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). You accidentally (or perhaps...
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