Windows PowerShell equivalents for common networking commands

PowerShell

For Windows System Administrator, Network troubleshooting is a part of the system troubleshooting. Maybe you need to check the IP address of a machine or test if its networking connection is working. Maybe you need to see if DNS is properly configured or check the latency between two hosts. You can run the command [cc]Get-Command … Read more

Migrating an existing DHCP Server to another server

This article will provide the information on How to migrate an existing DHCP server to another DHCP server. Using NETSH command Log in to the DHCP server that you want to migrate and open Command Prompt with elevated permission. Run the following command on the Command Prompt. netsh dhcp server export c:\dhcp.txt all You can … Read more

The Certificate Stores could not be enumerated – Remote Certificates – MMC

Today, I got an error “The certificate stores could not be enumerated. The network path was not found” while accessing the MMC-Certificate remotely.   After further checking, this error message according to stopped/disabled Remote Registry Service on your remote server. To resolve this issue, you can start the “Remote Registry service”   After the “Remote … Read more

Configure iSCSI Initiator to connect to the iSCSI Server

In the last article, I’ve shown you how to create an iSCSI target in Windows Server 2016. Now, I will continue to configure the client to connect to the iSCSI server using iSCSI initiator. This time, I’m using Windows 10 as my client and Windows 2016 for the iSCSI target server. Below is the detail of … Read more

How to create iSCSI Target in Windows Server 2016

In this time, I will show you how to create and configure an iSCSI target server on Windows Server 2016. Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a way of connecting storage devices over a network using TCP/IP. It can be used over a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the … Read more

Remote Desktop Connection – CredSSP Encryption Oracle Remediation Error

This issue occurs while the Client has been updated with the following KB while the remote server has not been updated yet. KB4103725 (Windows 8/10) KB4103727 (Server 2016/2012) KB4103718 (Windows 7) What is CredSSP? Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) is an authentication provider that processes authentication requests for other applications. A remote code execution … Read more

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17666 is rolling out

Microsoft has released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build (RS5 – Redstone 5) with a whole bunch of new changes and features. What’s new in Build 17666 Fluent Design with the acrylic title bar. The window border has been changed to grey. Recent Microsoft Edge tabs now show in Alt + Tab. Mute the … Read more

Remove RDS 2016 CALS from the license server

PowerShell

Remove An Individual RDS CAL License Pack Using Powershell (User or Device CAL) Open PowerShell elevated as an administrator Type the following command to list the RDS Licenses to find the KeyPackID  Run the below command to remove the licenses pack from your RD Server Where “X” is the value of KeyPackId P.S: Please be aware, you will … Read more