On November 18th, 2024, the certificates that the Palo Alto User-ID agent and the Palo Alto Terminal Server agent use to communicate with a Palo Alto firewall will expire, causing all communication to fail. Palo Alto Networks has made new versions of the User-ID and TS agents with updated certificates that will expire on January…
If you accidentally delete something in Active Directory, it can be difficult to undo. Fortunately, you can enable a recycle bin for Active Directory, making life much easier if you need to restore something. The Active Directory Recycle Bin (sometimes called ADRB) was first introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2. You need to enable it…
Palo Alto Networks makes a program named Terminal Server Agent, aka the TS Agent. It is similar to the User-ID agent. However, the TS Agent is built to identify users on a multi-user system. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to upgrade the Palo Alto Networks Terminal Server agent. Prerequisites The TS…
Microsoft 365 supports hardware security keys with passkeys. Passkeys are sometimes called FIDO2. Passkeys are one of many ways you can secure your accounts. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to set up a passkey in Microsoft 365, including configuring a passkey with a break glass emergency access account. Prerequisites The Process…
The way I manage my email might seem a bit strange. Due to working in IT, I get lots of emails. Some emails need action, some are regular emails, and some are notifications I want to know about as soon as they happen. I feel like a normal person would make an Outlook rule to…
You should always know the root password for your VMware vCenter. Fortunately, if you don’t remember your VMware vCenter root password, there’s a way to reset it. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to reset the root password for VMware vCenter. The Process
The root password for VMware vCenter expires every 90 days by default. Depending on your vCenter setup, you may want to disable the root password expiry. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to disable the root password expiry for VMware vCenter using the GUI and the CLI. GUI Way
This year, I had the exciting opportunity to attend VMware Explore 2024 in Las Vegas from August 26th to August 29th. I set a few goals for myself for VMware Explore. Those goals were to learn as much as possible about AVI load balancer, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), NSX, Kubernetes, and network with other VMware…
By default, with Onyx (MLNX-OS), when you export the switch configuration, it is exported as a bin file rather than the regular text-based config files we are all used to. Fortunately, there’s a way to export the configuration as a text file. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to generate and export…
The default theme for Company Portal is fine, but it always looks better when you customize it to match your origination’s theme. In this post, I will show you step-by-step how to set a theme for Company Portal. The Process The default color for Company Portal is blue. I will be selecting Organization logo only…
