AppLocker is a Group Policy based feature in Windows that allows you to control which applications are allowed to run on your systems. This has now replaced the old Software Restriction Policy which has been deprecated by Microsoft. Historically, you could only use AppLocker on Windows Enterprise Licensed Desktop OS and Windows Server level licenses.…
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Backup Win 2016 DHCP Server and Import into Win 2022
The DHCP server is an essential component of any network environment that manages the allocation of IP addresses and other network configuration settings for devices on the network. It is crucial to back up the DHCP server settings regularly to prevent data loss in the event of server failure or migration to a new server.…
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AD Migration from Win 2016 to Win 2022 no Replication of NETLOGON and GPOs
This post is really an extension of a previous post here when we discovered an issue of DFS replication after we migrated a client's domain from Win 2016 to Win 2022. As outlined in that previous post, the migration went without issue until we slowly became aware of these additional issues when updating things like…
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Win 2022 – AD / SYSVOL Version Mismatch After Migration from Win 2016
Today I'm going to show you how to rectify the dreaded AD / SYSVOL Version Mismatch error you receive after you've migrated/upgraded your domain to a newer version of Windows Server. In our case we had just completed a server upgrade for a client who was previously on Win 2016 to Win 2022. The actual…
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