Category: homelab

  • Intune – Configure “Fast startup” (HiberBoot) for Windows 10

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    Since I changed my clients from GPO managed to Intune controlled, not all settings from GPO, but some of them needs to be set through Intune as well. As outlined in my previous blog, I tried to disable the Fast Startup Option on Windows 10 through a CSP. And I did not even found a…

  • Windows 10 settings management with Intune

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    When a journey ends, a new journey will begin. My journey with the old school domain joined and GPO managed devices within my LAB ended, and I finally conquer new areas with Azure AD join and Intune controlled devices. Due to the lack of opportunities, I still waited so long, because a lot of settings…

  • I have configured “Network Security: Restrict NTLM: NTLM authentication in this domain” months ago, here is why it catched me

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    Today I would like to share my experience with troubleshooting a overcommitted security admin with less knowledge than it would be required (In fact, I’m talking about me here). Some month ago, I read about NTLM (v2 as well), and I decided to restrict NTLM in my LAB, to check what is working afterwards, and…

  • RMS Sharing App Error 0x800704cf

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    Hi Reader, this is a small one: I had an issue when I tried to use the RMS Sharing app. Always when I used the Sharing application, I got the following error: 0x800704cf the network location cannot be reached —– Unfortunately I haven’t saved a Screenshot of the error Message. But I could not find…

  • ConfigMgr – In-Place Upgrade of SQL from 2012 to 2016

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    Hi, today I did an In-Place Upgrade of my SQL Installation from SQL 2012 to the 2016 Release which is also supported by System Center Configuration Manager Current Branch (1606). Everything went fine except the Report Service, I received the following errors within the upgrade: Action required: The upgrade process for SQL Server failed. Use…

  • iSCSI over Internet with Server 2012 R2 and an Encrypted Bitlocker Volume

    In this blog post I would like to describe an opportunity to use Bitlocker for an easy Backup Solution on a Server, where you may not want to save Data without any encryption. In my case, I have one virtual Machine on a Hoster of my choice (of course, it would be Azure), where I…