One of the neat little things that ahs been around for a while is that computers in a Windows network can have multiple names. This is especially convenient when dealing with lifecycle management, where clients may be configured to use fixed names. Even if you could change that manually at the client level, that could … Continue reading Alternate computernames

I mentioned earlier that I prefer to not define policies at the domain root level unless they need to apply to everything in the domain, which means applying them at OU level. The problem is that by default, newly created users or computers are not in an OU but in the default users or computers … Continue reading Redirecting the default Users and Computers containers

As I am building a small virtual network of machines for development purposes, I figured I might as well try to do things the right way instead of just running everything as Domain Administrator for the sake of convenience 🙂 Given that my main platform focus is Windows 10 / Server 2016 currently, I want … Continue reading Setting up local administrators