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Logging on to Your AzureAD-Joined machine
In my last article I explained how to join a Windows 10 workstation to AzureAD. So now you should be able to log on, right? Well that is not fun… You know that you typed your password in correctly. You are certain of your username, and there is no good reason why… unless they…
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MDM: Tune In To Intune
**DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to represent the company, nor are they meant to represent me as an employee or spokesman for the company. As has always been the case, all articles on this website represent me and nobody…
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Goings On Go On
I took Princess Sophie to the park yesterday afternoon – whatever else may be going on in the world, dogs still need to be taken to the park. So to the park we went. The sun was shining. the grass was green. There were children playing in the park. Some were playing baseball, others some…
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The Exam Room: Welcome Home!
I have, over the years, written many articles about certification exams, and about the exam process. Some of what I was about the actual exam experience… including Time Tips for Certification Exams. So many of my exam experiences involved driving to a testing centre. Fortunately the last few exams that I have taken – and…
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I Did It Again!
It was a beautiful afternoon one day last week and so after my work was done I decided to take my Princess Sophie to the park. She is usually very patient with me during the day, knowing that I will almost always take her to the park. We walked around, she did her business, she…
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RSAT Tools
**DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to represent the company, nor are they meant to represent me as an employee or spokesman for the company. As has always been the case, all articles on this website represent me and nobody…
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Changing Default Usernames and E-Mail in M365
**DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to represent the company, nor are they meant to represent me as an employee or spokesman for the company. As has always been the case, all articles on this website represent me and nobody…
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Docks Big and Small
**DISCLOSURE: Demo unit provided for review. When I work from home, I want it all. I want to have dual 24” screens with my external mouse and keyboard, I want to connect my external hard drives, keyboard and mouse, as well as my wired headset and microphone. I want to connect my computer to my…
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Domain Controller to the Core
**DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to represent the company, nor are they meant to represent me as an employee or spokesman for the company. As has always been the case, all articles on this website represent me and nobody…
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Renaming Your Domain
**DISCLOSURE: While I am contracted to Microsoft Corporation, I am not an employee. The articles that I write are not meant to represent the company, nor are they meant to represent me as an employee or spokesman for the company. As has always been the case, all articles on this website represent me and nobody…
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Creating a Lab Domain in PowerShell
I am spending a lot of time in Microsoft 365 these days. Because of my new contract, I found myself needing to build a lab environment from scratch. Yes, I am working in Azure AD, but for my role I realized it would be help to have an on-premise Active Directory Domain Services environment, in…
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Customer Service… and not.
I have had two very different experiences with Customer Service this week which I would like to share. Sometimes a product breaks, and it is nobody’s fault. When this happens, and especially when then product is a recent purchase, it is the company’s responsibility to fix or replace it for you. However most companies are…
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Jaybird Vista: Comfort and quality
Late last year I invested in a pair of Jaybird Bluetooth earbuds. They were okay – I did not love them, but they worked well, sounded good, and that was really all that I needed. When I started having issues with them in January I looked online and tried to apply the latest firmware. When…
The World According to Mitch
The day to day ramblings of an IT Professional (and so much more…)
