Cisco FTD SCEP enrollment via AD CA NDES Server

I recently had a client that setup a CA and NDES server. They wanted to have their FTDs auto-enroll in the AD CA certs. They had followed this PETENETLIVE article to get NDES and AD CA setup. I won’t rewrite this article, I’ll just link to it. Essentially all you need is a Domain joined …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Moving DHCP from Server to Server with Powershell

My scenario: I needed to move DHCP from server 2012 to server 2012 R2 with leases. I wanted to do this quickly and safely. You can run all of these commands from your new DHCP server: Install DHCP + MGMT tools on the new server. Install-windowsfeature DHCP -includemanagementtools Authorize the new server Add-DhcpServerInDC Backup the …

Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server – Default Printer Keeps Changing or Default Printer Settings Won’t Stay

If you’re working with 2008 R2 Terminal servers you’ll find that on every login the default printer will be changed. This is how you fix it. Open server manager and then drill down to the “RD Session Host Configuration” menu. Right click RDP-Tcp and click properties Go to the client settings tab and confirm “Default …

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