• Microsoft CA – Can’t select new template to issue

    We run a couple of internal Windows CA’s for issuing certificates for our on-prem servers. Ran into a problem where a new template would not show up when I tried to assign it using “Certificate Template to Issue”. Solution was to open PowerShell as Admin on the CA and run: certutil -setcatemplates +”template_name“

  • Windows 11 Upgrade

    I have some VM’s running Windows 11 that don’t have a virtual TPM chip associated. So upgrading to 25H2 was proving difficult because Windows Update wouldn’t pull it down. Did some digging and found the option to run setup from and elevated command prompt using: setup.exe /product server That option worked great and allowed me…

  • Exchange – Delegated mailbox shows up after delegation is removed

    We have had a few times when users report that one or more mailboxes that they used to have delegated permissions to keep returning in Outlook. When we check the delegation on the mailboxes in question the user no longer is listed. Here is the solution we found. Step 1 – Add the delegation back…

  • AD Delegation – Access to Bitlocker Recovery keys

    Here is the process to create a custom delegation to allow users (other than Domain Admins) to access Bitlocker Recovery keys. Log into AD Users and Computers Make a new Security group called “deleg-computer-bitlockerrecovery” Add the relevant users to the group Navigate to the OU where you want to start the delegation. Right-click on the…

  • Windows 10 (1809 and later) RSAT Install

    Microsoft is changing things again. If you have WSUS running in your environment you may not be able to install the familiar RSAT tools (at least not without a little work). I’ve found a couple of sites that talk about disabling WSUS temporarily so you can install the RSAT tools using “Feature On Demand” option.…

  • Exchange – Show Subject in Room Resources

    We have several Room Resources setup in Exchange 2013.  When people are looking at the room calendar they would see the name of the organizer rather than subject of the meeting.  Here are the commands you can run so that the appointments will show the subject instead. Note:  If you already have appointments on the…

  • Exchange – EventID 2002

    We started getting reports that some people were not getting their email on their mobile devices.  I did some checking and this appeared only effect mailboxes that were in databases on a specific server.  While troubleshooting this problem I saw some event id 2002 messages that read: “[Eas] The number of outstanding proxy requests for…

  • Export/Import Printer Preferences

    At work we have a department that has about 40 printer objects installed.  These objects all have different printer preferences set.  When a new user logs into the PC those settings don’t carry over.  So you have to touch each printer and set the preferences again.  After doing some searching we found out where those…

  • Windows Server 2016 – Automatic Startup Repair Loop After Updates

    So I’m not completely sure this problem is related to Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Updates or if it is still a hardware problem.  However, I’ve been running Windows Server 2016 on a computer for several months and have been happy with.  I don’t do a lot with this PC.  It’s main role is just…

  • Password Reset using OWA

    We require our users to change their password periodically like most organizations.  I’m also sure like other organizations, our users typically ignore the warnings when logging in until they are no longer able to login.  As an added awareness, we have scripts that run daily and send emails to users who’s passwords are getting ready…