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PFSense: Adding an Additional LAN

Introduction

In this post, we’ll see how to add an additional LAN to pfSense.

PFSense is an open-source firewall/router based on FreeBSD. It can …

VMware: Updating Windows Templates in VMware with PowerCLI

Introduction

As we’ve seen in previous posts, the typical way to create new virtual machines is through templates. As administrators, we need to …

VMware: How to Create a Virtual Machine from a Template – GUI/PowerCLI

Introduction

In this post, we’ll see how to create a new VM from a template. In previous posts, we saw how to create a VM from scratch; however, …

VMware: How to Convert a Virtual Machine into a Template, from GUI/PowerCLI

Introduction

In this post, we’ll see how to create a virtual machine template that we can use to create other virtual machines.

I recommend …

VMware: How to create a new virtual machine from scratch.

Introduction

In this post, we’ll see how to create a new virtual machine from scratch. While the ideal approach is to create virtual machines …

Exchange: How to Add Another Email Domain

Introduction

In this post, we’ll see how to add another domain to an Exchange server.

First, we need to obtain a domain. This can be one …

PowerShell: How to Transfer Security Groups from One User to Another

Introduction

A couple of days ago, I was asked for help copying security groups from one user to a new user. While it’s true that we can perform …

PowerShell: Send email to users when password will soon expire.

Introduction

In this post, we’ll see how to alert users when their domain password will soon expire. To do this, we’ll create a …

PowerShell: Create security groups for each server, remove local administrators and add them to the new group.

Introduction

Security Procedure: Local Administrator Control

Some time ago, I was asked to find a method to implement certain security and …

GPO: How to Configure Password Policies

Introduction

In this post, I will show you how to create a GPO to meet the minimum requirements for password policies.

The first step is to access …