Cisco ASA Domain Authentication and Trust (Allowing)
ASA Domain Authentication KB ID 0000973 Problem I cringed this morning when I was asked about this, last time I had to get a client to authenticate to a domain through a firewall, it was ‘entertaining’. The problem is Windows loves to use RPC, which likes to use random ports, so to make it work you either had to open TCP ports 49152 and 65535 (Yes I’m Serious). Or you had to registry hack all your domain controllers...
OneDrive GPO (Domain Group Policy)
OneDrive GPO KB ID 0001821 Problem The administrative template that you get with Win11 is somewhat out of date, so if you want to manage OneDrive with domain group policy your options are limited, if only there was a newer administrative template! Well, there is, and it gets updated and sent to you quite regularly. Microsoft just do a good job of hiding it. Solution OneDrive GPO Depending on your deployment the files you need can be...
NameSpace ‘Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore’ Error
Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore KB ID 0001817 Problem While working in the Group Policy Management tool, upon expanding administrative templates I got this error. Namespace ‘Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore’ is already defined as the target namespace for another file in the store. Solution: Microsoft.Policies.WindowsStore Error This is because in your policy definitions there are two (four actually) files that are pointing...
FortiGate Web Filtering Setup and Deployment
FortiGate Web Filtering KB ID 0001787 Problem In all honesty, enabling Web Filtering on your FortiGate really could not be simpler, you can simply enable it on your default users outbound policy, and select one of the three ‘pre-canned’ profiles, job done! But most companies not only want to filter their web traffic they want to see who is getting blocked, and what are users trying to get access to. Most businesses now...
Veeam: Backup to Public Cloud?
KB ID 0001691 Problem I’ve always been a fan of Veeam, I’ve championed it for years, as a consultant and engineer I want solutions that are easy to deploy, administer, and upgrade, that cause no problems. Like all things that are easy to use, and gain a lot of popularity, Veeam is starting to get DESTROYED BY DEVELOPMENT. What do I mean? Well, things that were simple and easy to find now require you to look at knowledge...