Migrate to Microsoft Entra Connect
Mar14

Migrate to Microsoft Entra Connect

 Migrate to Microsoft Entra Connect KB ID 0001857 Problem You want to migrate from Microsoft Azure AD Connect to Microsoft Entra ID connect. Let me let you into a secret, (at time of writing) Entra ID connect and Azure AD connect ARE THE SAME THING, if you go to download Entra ID connect, the file you will download is called AzureADConnect.msi. So what you want to do is, upgrade Azure AD Connect. If your existing Azure AD connect is...

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Microsoft Edge Notification?
Mar09

Microsoft Edge Notification?

Microsoft Edge Notification KB ID 0001855 Problem This is the second time I’ve had this problem, luckily it took me so long to figure it out the first time, this time I was fine. On my mac I use Edge as the browser for all the work applications. But when it had a notification for me like this. Despite my best efforts, it was not obvious what it was telling me. Solution: Microsoft Edge Notification Another clue is the...

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Exclude One Computer from GPO
Feb12

Exclude One Computer from GPO

Exclude One Computer from GPO KB ID 0001852 Problem You have a requirement that you want one computer (or a group of computers) NOT to have a specific GPO applied. If that is the case, then this is how to simply achieve that goal Note: The same procedure can be used to Exclude a GPO from one user (or a group of users). Solution : Exclude One Computer from GPO Let’s find the computer in question, in my case it’s called PNL-ZERTO-2022,...

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Considerations Before Upgrading Functional Levels
Feb06

Considerations Before Upgrading Functional Levels

Upgrading Functional Levels KB ID 0001851 Problem For over twenty years, I’ve been involved with domain migrations, and I’ve had to upgrade both domain and forest functional levels thousands of times. I’ve also had to deal with many clients who were somewhat nervous when they knew that I was updating, their forest and the domain functional levels. I’m not sure if it’s just embedded in IT folklore that something horrible might happen,...

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Find Specific GPO Settings
Feb05

Find Specific GPO Settings

Find Specific GPO Settings KB ID 0001850 Problem To find Specific GPO Settings are being applied, and which GPO is affecting which setting, you can generate an html report, there are two ways of doing this. You can either run the report on the affected machine, or if you do not have access, you can generate the same report on a domain controller (or any machine that has the group Policy Management console installed). Solution: Find...

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Edge Browser Bypass Blocked Certificate
Jan30

Edge Browser Bypass Blocked Certificate

Bypass Blocked Certificate KB ID 0001849 Problem I had to update the ‘self-signed’ certificate on my VMware vCenter today, but when I went to browse to it, I got this. Net:: ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID Well yes of course I don’t trust the CA that issued this certificate it’s a self-signed certificate! So HOW DO I TRUST IT? Solution : Bypass Blocked Certificate The answer I didn’t believe when I read it –...

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