Script to Create the ADMX Central Store

February 25, 2014

I find it amazing how many Active Directory environments I review that do not have an ADMX Central Store set up. It’s been a best practice since the release of Windows Vista/2008 some 7 years ago now. What I find is that there tends to be ADMX sprawl across management servers and even the workstations […]

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Script to Find Missing Subnets in Active Directory

January 21, 2014

This PowerShell script will collect all Netlogon.log files from the Domain Controllers, export the last x lines and combine it into one file of unique IP Addresses in CSV format. This easily and simply allows you to then identify any missing subnets that need to be added and associated to an Active Directory Site. Yes, there […]

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Script to Create Group Policy Objects and WMI Filters to Manage the Time Server Hierarchy

January 10, 2014

This PowerShell script will create the Time Server GPOs and WMI Filters for the Domain Controllers to ensure your time server hierarchy remains correct for transfer and seizure of the PDC emulator FSMO role holder. However, before I talk about the script it’s important to provide some background information on the required settings for the Windows Time […]

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Script to create a Kerberos Token Size Report

December 20, 2013

SCRIPT UPDATED 22nd September 2017 This PowerShell script will enumerate all user accounts in a Domain, calculate their estimated Token Size and create a report of the top x users in CSV format. However, before I talk about the script it’s important to provide some background information on Kerberos token size; how to calculate it; and […]

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A change to the fields in the Netlogon.log file from Windows 2012 and above

December 13, 2013

If you collate and report on the Netlogon.log files from Domain Controllers, you’ll notice that many existing scripts may fail to correctly split the lines when processing the logs from Windows 2012 Domain Controllers; unless of course you’ve already noticed and made an allowance for it.

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Citrix Synergy 2013 Slide Deck for SYN328: Learn why AppDNA should be a part of every consultant’s toolkit

July 11, 2013

Here’s my presentation that I’ve uploaded to SlideShare from my Citrix Synergy 2013 session on why AppDNA should be a part of every consultant’s toolkit. Unfortunately SlideShare currently doesn’t support animations, so some of the slides are not well presented when viewed in this manner. I’ll work to separate out the animations and make this […]

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Wow…I am now a CTP

July 10, 2013

Wow…What a year I’m having! I am one of the privileged recipients of a Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) award for 2013! I am extremely humbled and honoured to now be part of this incredibly talented group I refer to as the crème de la crème of IT Professionals throughout the World.

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My First Big Professional Speaking Gig

July 2, 2013

It has always been my career goal to speak at one of the big international and highly recognised IT conferences. My initial focus was to speak at a Citrix Synergy conference. I planted the seed a few years ago for Synergy 2010, but the submission lacked the coolness, the wow factor, some good takeaways, and […]

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AppDNA Team using Podio to create a community and share scripts

June 27, 2013

The Citrix AppDNA Team has created a workspace in Podio to build a community, share scripts and ideas, and to help extend the capabilities of AppDNA. You’ll first need a Podio account, which will need to be added to the Citrix AppDNA Extensions Workspace. At the time of this posting the only way this can […]

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