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How to manage and configure BitLocker Drive Encryption – Group Policy and backup and restore to and from Active Directory
It is very simple to configure automatic backup of a recovery password in pure server environment. If you have clients then you will probably want to configure self-service portal to get recovery passwords (or at least delegation for Service Desk) but in server environment it is usually enough to use default configuration that only Domain…
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How to manage and configure BitLocker Drive Encryption – PowerShell and BitLocker on Windows Server 2012 R2
I have heared a lot of questions and a lot of incorrect answers about BitLocker in enterprise environments so I decided to write a series of articles to demystify BitLocker and its management. BitLocker – Difference between Windows 8.1 (client OS) and Windows Server 2012 R2 The most important difference is that you need to…
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Building Microsoft System Center Cloud – SCVMM 2012 R2 – Create Run As Account to add and manage Hyper-V hosts
Rules There are a few rules that you should always follow… Do not add hosts using own user credentials. Do not use VMM service account to add hosts. Create account in Active Directory to manage hosts New identity in Domain Users group. scvmmrunashosts Add the account manually to the Local Administrators group on the hosts or…