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Deploying Storage Spaces Direct – Part 38 – Issue Expanding the Storage Pool Automatically + 24 Drives Verification in Progress #StorageSpacesDirect #HPE #S2D

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Active Directory Password Complexity Check – #PowerShell #MVPHour

Ever need to check the complexity of a password that will be used in AD? Ever need to import a list of users or reset their passwords in AD from a predefined list that has been given to you? I have updated my code for my AD Password Complexity check. Check it out.

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Copy AD Group Members in a different Domain to Another Domain #PowerShell #MVPHour

This sounds scenario sounds pretty simple, and theoretically it is. It’s also a common request. Someone comes to you and says, I have members in one group and I need them copied to another group. Sure, no problem. But what they forgot to mention is that the source group is in a different domain and has users and groups from the same or different domain than their target group.

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Preparing to Upgrade SQL Server? Data Migration Assistant! Part 2 #MVPHour #SQLServer #DMA

Time to dive into Microsoft Data Migration Assistant. In this part of the DMZ log series, we’ll take a look at how we install DMA.

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Preparing to Upgrade SQL Server? Data Migration Assistant! Part 1 #MVPHour #SQLServer #DMA

Datacenter’s and companies everywhere generally rely on a core piece of software to store their data and metrics, SQL Server. It’s nice to keep it up to date, but sometimes, and a lot of the time, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it. SQL Server has been around for quite a while, there are many databases hosted by SQL Server. Microsoft has released many upgrade advisors over the years, but recently the SQL Server team has overhauled their traditional SQL Server Upgrade Advisor and have created a new product – SQL Server Data Migration Assistant (DMA), which is different than SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). To pull off a successful migration or upgrade, you need to do your detective work.

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SECURE ACCESS INTERNAL NETWORK RESOURCES WITHOUT VPN – DIRECTACCESS PART2 #DIRECTACCESS #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP

Windows 10 Enterprise as DirectAccess Client. Because Windows 10 supports automatic entry point selection and transparent failover, better scalability and performance. Also, windows 10 built-in DirectAccess connectivity status indicator, the administrators don’t have to deploy, manage, and maintain additional software.

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