unified groups are apparently some kind of strange abomination that’s like 3/4 exchange online and 1/4 sharepoint online. in other words, this group doesn’t seem to exclusively exist in either application. the concept is cool but the there’s a huge downside (at least to me) is that by default users can create these groups and […]

i updated aadsync recently because i learned the newest version includes an auto-update feature. the process to upgrade is pretty self explanatory the only thing of note i can mention is that the installer probably ran somewhere between 20-30 minutes which i thought was strange at the time. after the upgrade completed i learned that […]

i’ve known about ramune for probably 10 years or so and have always wanted to try some. i think i was always fascinated by the marble drop mechanism which i imagine most people are. anyways, i finally got the chance to try some. the original flavor tastes kind of like the classic american “bubble gum” […]

WDS can be operated from the commandline with “wdsutil”. at least in 2012 there are no WDS powershell cmdlets. two required wim files: boot.wim – winpe install.wim – OS instructions for adding a boot wim to WDS: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11643.how-to-add-a-boot-image-to-wds-server.aspx WSUS force a client to check in with the WSUS server: wuauclt /reportnow /detectnow

i recall the process of viewing which users had what files open on a file server being straight forward in 2008. in 2012 it’s not so much. to bring up a Shared Folders mmc in 2012 run fsmgmt.msc source: https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3cfqfj/how_do_i_view_open_sessionsshared_files_on_server/