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Powershell Commands to Build a new AD Forest

posted on November 13, 2012

Looking to script your AD on Windows Server 2012? Here is the code you will need to create new forest on a new server. This could be useful for setting up some self service scripts for people setting up their own environment. Also, keep this handy when you want to deploy Windows Server 2012 but want to deploy Core instead of GUI.

# Windows PowerShell script for AD DS Deployment
#

Import-Module ADDSDeployment
Install-ADDSForest `
-CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-DatabasePath “C:\Windows\NTDS” `
-DomainMode “Win2012” `
-DomainName “ad.contoso.com” `
-DomainNetbiosName “AD” `
-ForestMode “Win2012” `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath “C:\Windows\NTDS” `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$false `
-SysvolPath “C:\Windows\SYSVOL” `
-Force:$true

Windows Server 2012 Canadian Launch Tour

posted on September 19, 2012

Wow, its been a few months since my last post. Follow me on twitter @ToddLamo to keep up to date to what I am up to. I do share a lot of links and information on Twitter.

That being said, I am pleased to announce that I will be participating in the Windows Server 2012 Canadian Launch Tour. Upper Canada District School board was selected to participate in the Windows Server 2012 RDP program back in March of this year. We deployed the next generation of BranchCache and Windows 8 clients in three of our schools and deployed Windows Server 2012 in our data centre. My presentation will cover off the whole scenario and what was done along with some demos, etc.

Toronto and Vancouver dates have already passed. Edmonton, Ottawa and Montreal are coming up so be sure to sign up if you haven’t already.
The dates and location details can be found on the IT Pro Connection Blog.

Using Transparent Data Encryption in SQL Server 2008 For MBAM

posted on May 22, 2012

If you want to install Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM), then you will need to encrypt the SQL database that houses the keys for bitlocker.

You will need at least the Enterprise version of SQL Server 2008 (I used R2, but 2008 SP2 should also work).

The command to enter in a SQL Query tool is
use master go

create Master key encryption by password = 'PasswordHere'

This will allow MBAM to continue and install provided you met the other requirements.

In another post, I will cover off recovering the MBAM database and building a disaster recovery plan for MBAM.