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How to Create Multiple Active Directory users in PowerShell

This is one of the most common tasks system admins have to perform, create new user accounts in Active Directory. Adding one or two users is fine, but what happens when you need to add 1000 users, and you have a deadline of the end of today? Fear not! PowerShell...

ConstraintViolationException: Urgent AWS Account Help

ConstraintViolationException – You have exceeded the close account quota for the past 30 days. Did you know that there is a close account quota in AWS? No, me neither. But I stumbled upon this error when I was closing lots of old accounts. We had migrated loads of accounts to...

How to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu

MongoDB is a NoSQL, document-oriented database that stores data in flexible, JSON-like documents with dynamic schemas. This schema-less approach enables agile development and horizontal scalability, making it ideal for handling large volumes of unstructured or semi-structured data. It offers powerful querying and indexing capabilities, along with built-in support for high...

How to Install & Configure Proxmox Virtualization Hypervisor

Proxmox is a free, open-source virtualization hypervisor that offers many features, including enterprise-grade capabilities similar to VMware vSphere and Red Hat OpenStack. Proxmox is based on Debian and can be installed either as a hypervisor on bare metal or on top of an existing Debian installation. This procedure will do...

Emergency Fix: CloudStrike Microsoft BSOD? This Workaround SAVES You!

If you are impacted by the current Blue Screen of Death outage affecting Windows users who have implemented CloudStrike Services, here is a workaround to get your systems working quickly. Quick Guide – Follow these Steps Full Detailed Guide The steps below expand upon the quick guide above. Step 1...

What is Bare Metal Restore? A Comprehensive Definition and Guide

Bare Metal Restore (BMR), also known as bare metal recovery, is a data recovery process that involves restoring a complete system—operating system, applications, and data—to a new or empty hard drive from a backup. It can be used to completely restore an entire virtual server, physical servers, and cloud servers....

How to Update AWS CLI via the Command Line

This guide is split into two sections: 1) how to install AWS CLI via the command line and 2) how to update AWS CLI via the command line. It explains how to do this for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Part 1: Install CLI Part 2: Update CLI PART1: Install AWS...

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