/categories/windows-server/ Recent content in Windows Server on Amith's Site Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa-for-a-windows-scheduled-task/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/using-a-group-managed-service-account-gmsa-for-a-windows-scheduled-task/ Preparing the Active Directory Forest This article assumes prior knowledge of the requirements and limitations of using gMSAs and that you have prepared the Forest by creating the required KDS Root Key. If you haven’t the cmdlet is below for convenience, but please refer to the Microsoft post for more information.1 powershell Add-KDSRootKey -EffectiveImmediately Creating a Group Managed Service Account This article also assumes prior knowledge of how to create a gMSA. /posts/storage-spaces-offline/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 /posts/storage-spaces-offline/ My old home server (a re-purposed desktop) used to occasionally put one of my Storage Spaces into an offline and/or read-only state despite its status as 'HEALTHY'; this seemed to happen randomly and was rather frustrating as the Storage Space is used as a general file server for media etc. As my Storage Space needed to be be back up in a pinch, it’s usually easier to use Powershell rather than the GUI; however, when it first happened I used to keep forgetting the Powershell cmdlet to bring it back online.