Powershell: Export Active Directory Users to CSV
Exporting Users from Active Directory is a really simple task, even if you’re not very familiar with PowerShell. As long as you have an account…
Windows Server
View & Unlock Open Files in Windows Server 2016 and Up
If you’re poking through a modern Windows Server OS such as 2016, 2019, or 2022 and wondering where the Share and Storage Management went then…
How to Use Repadmin to Monitor Active Directory Health
The replication of active directory data between your domain controllers is a critical function. If replication breaks and you don’t catch it you’re in for…
Using Account Lockout Tool to Troubleshoot AD Lockout
If you’ve been any form an IT Admin for more than a month then you’ve probably ran into locked out Active Directory accounts. Usually a…
Bulk Import Users into Active Directory from CSV
When it comes to IT, automation is your friend. Creating users in your active directory domain is no exception. Not only does bulk creation of…
How to Use Nslookup Command in Windows
Nslookup (short for name server lookup) is an excellent network admin command-line tool for querying DNS (domain name systems) to find the associations between domain…
How to Query FSMO Roles Quickly & Easily
Flexible Single Master Operation Roles (FSMO Roles) are an incredibly important aspect of Active Directory. When you first deploy a Windows Server domain controller on…
Using RSoP to Check & Troubleshoot Group Policy Settings
Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) is a powerful tool built into Windows for auditing group policy settings. If you have never used this tool then…
How to Get Last Logon Time for a User Account
It’s actually really easy to figure out the last time a user account logged onto (authenticated with) a machine on your network. Each time an…
How to Add Static Route in Windows
Adding a static route to the routing table in Windows is simple. Routing tables control what path a packet takes when it’s sent from a…
How to Migrate Solarwinds Kiwi CatTools to another Server
Kiwi CatTools is a great config backup tool and has been around for a long time. There is a good chance you have it installed…
How to Reboot or Shutdown a Remote Computer
At some point most of us will run into the need to restart or shutdown a remote computer or server that we don’t have console…