How to use Let’s Encrypt Free SSL with Windows Server 2012 R2

Today I'm going to discuss how you can get a free SSL cert from Let's Encrypt, and then use it on a Windows Server. In my example I will be using the free SSL cert for a remote Desktop Collection! Requirements: The latest powershell is required so you can utilize the "install-module" command, this can …

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DFS Fix – Adding a Folder Target Fails with “Access Denied”

At first this may look like it's a delegation thing. However quickly checking DFS delegation shows "Domain Admins" is already there. Let's confirm that. Ok that's not the issue, let's move on. What you need to do to fix this is verify all your servers in the "namespace servers" tab have proper permission. Each server …

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Self-service Printer Deployment For Terminal Servers \ Remote Desktop Collections

The goal: Deploy printers easily for RDSH or terminal servers. Make it self-service. The problem: There are solutions for automatic printer "tracking" however these are based on location. We could pre-populate the "location" field via the GPO "Pre-populate printer search location text". However since our terminal servers are in one location. This won't really work. …

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Server 2012 R2 Print Server Best Practice for Stability

Here are some best practices to keep your Print Servers stable! 1. Minimize the driver count, stick to universal if you can (less features) 2. Set all your print ports to "winprint" with powershell get-printer | set-printer -PrintProcessor "Winprint" 3. Set all your print rendering to happen on the server and NOT client with powershell …

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Azure – User Defined Routing for one subnet with PFsense

My goal: Setup a pfsense in azure so I can route all my traffic through that. I didn't want two subnets for this since I already had my VMs deployed. I also wanted to get over the "only 1 ikev1 tunnel" in Azure. I was setting up site to site VPNs with Meraki MX64s which …

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