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Security Hardening Linux Systems with OpenSCAP

This article will cover off the basics of SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol) and using OpenSCAP to Harden our Linux based OS. We will show you how easy it is to proactively scan and lock down our systems to ensu...

Eclipse Development using Docker (Mac OS) – LAMP Stack

In this blog I will show you how easy it is to test code locally when using Eclipse IDE on a Mac. Rather than converting our local machine into a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server, we will use the power of Docker t...

Using LDIFDE to export/import Active Directory

Need to migrate a Active Directory from your current domain to a completely new domain? This can be daunting task which I will advise how simple it can really be by using a couple of simple tools. We will be using LDIFDE...

WMI – Auditing computer information in Active Directory (VB)

There are times when you need to programmatically query Active Directory for a list of computers. This can be handy for scripting/auditing purposes. The below source will query each computer in the specified OU and then ...

WMI Query AD for a list of Computers in an OU (VB)

There are times when you need to programmatically query Active Directory for a list of computers. This can be handy for scripting/auditing purposes. The below source will query each computer in the specified OU and then ...

Azure CLI Primer – Azure Cloud Shell

This article aims to unlock the power of Azure Cloud Shell, a powerful and easy to use command line interface to spin up and manage your Azure workloads. In this post we will deploy a simple Centos 7.x (latest) Azure VM ...

Removing SMTP Addresses for non-existent domains within Office 365

The below PowerShell script will assist in removing SMTP addresses for on-premise users that are non-existent within Office 365. [Background] When migrating users to Office 365 from MS Exchange on-premise environment, th...

Office 365 Migrating users from on-premise using PowerShell

[Background] This PowerShell script will assist in automating the task of migrating On-Premise Exchange users to Office 365 when running in Hybrid deployment mode. The script will simply automate the manual tasks done wi...

AWS Command Line Interface Primer

This tutorial is a quickstart quide to using the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). The guide assumes you have installed the CLI tools. If you’re running with a Mac or Linux, simply download and install Python and r...