Working with some troublesome systems can frequently be a cumbersome process. These systems can pose particularly challenging situations when the underlying hardware is much slower than what you use. Other times you may have a cloud provider you would like to move...

How To Set Password Policy in Active Directory Using PowerShell

by Spencer Heckathorn | February 27, 2023 | General Computing | 0 Comments

I will make more articles on how to do these things using the GUI in the future; however, I love using the command line. As I said, it helps a ton, especially if you are a newer admin just getting your feet wet. The reference documentation is here from Microsoft In...

AD Domain Controller List All Users with Password Expires Never Not Set

by Spencer Heckathorn | May 26, 2022 | General Computing | 0 Comments

When working in IT, there is a common and great debate over whether it is better to set no password expiration or to expire the password after some time. Microsoft even warns against expiring passwords, and as any thoughtful admin knows, it leads to bad password...

NIST SP 800-171 Compliance Checklist:

Mar 16, 2023 | General Computing

If you have government contracts involving Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), you might have to comply with the NIST SP 800-171 guidelines. Managing a business is already a handful, so I read the documentation and created a simplified checklist to help you...

How To Set Password Policy in Active Directory Using PowerShell

Feb 27, 2023 | General Computing

I will make more articles on how to do these things using the GUI in the future; however, I love using the command line. As I said, it helps a ton, especially if you are a newer admin just getting your feet wet. The reference documentation is here from Microsoft In...

Microsoft Planner – Quick Tutorial

Jan 22, 2023 | General Computing

Recently I've been trying out different Office 365 tools and features. My most recent venture has me working with Planner. I've put this article together to explain and show how useful it can be. This is similar to my all-time favorite, Trello but comes as part of the...

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