Window Server – Configuring NIC Teaming
KB ID 0000786 Problem One great new feature of Server is bult in network ‘Teaming’. To do this normally takes some third party software, either form the server vendor (HP Teaming) or from the NIC manufacturer. It utilises a new Windows feature called LBFO, this lets you both aggregate links, and have links available in the event of failover. Note: NIC Teaming only supports up to 32 network cards. Solution 1. Launch Server...
Error – Remove DirectAccess configuration settings from localhost before removing the Remote Access role.
KB ID 0000844 Problem When attempting to remove the Direct Access role from a Windows 2012 Server, you see the following; The validation process found problems on the server from which you want to remove features. The selected features cannot be removed from the selected server. Click OK to select different features. DirectAccess is configured on {host-name}. Remove DirectAccess configuration settings form {host-name} before removing...
PowerShell – List All Domain Users and Their Last Logon Time
KB ID 0000752 Problem In the past I’ve looked at third party tools to do this but what if you wanted to use PowerShell? Solution Heres’ a cool solution that might interest you also Updating Domain Computer Objects with User and Machine Information 1. On your server paste the following script into Notepad; $NumDays = 0 $LogDir = “.Users-Last-Logon.csv” $currentDate = [System.DateTime]::Now $currentDateUtc...
PowerShell Web Access
KB ID 0001036 Problem One of my goals for this year is to become more proficient with PowerShell. During my studies I came across PowerShell Web access and thought it was so cool, I’d have a play with it. What is PowerShell Web Access? It’s a web service that runs on a Server 2012 IIS web server. It lets you remote connect to that host (via https) and then launch a PowerShell secure connection to any machine in your...
Outlook Error – ‘One or more users cannot be added to the folder access list. Non-local users cannot be given rights on this server’
KB ID 0000560 Problem Outlook will show you this error if you attempt to grant rights to a “distribution group” on an object for example, a public folder, or for calendar permissions. You would think that converting the “Universal Distribution Group” to a “Universal Security Group” would solve this problem, but it does not. Note: You may also see the following error, “an error occurred....