Forcing DFS to prefer the local DC, Without creating subnets and sites

Kelvin Tegelaar | 25 Nov, 2015 | 1 Mins Read

I’ve recently did some temporary work on a legacy-environment for a client. This client recently added some 2012 servers as domain controllers and file servers, The only issue was that there was no way that the client could edit Sites and Services to create correct sites and associated subnets, due to a legacy in-house application depending on the default site to contain all domain controllers.

The client only had 2 sites(Belgium and NL) and to resolve this we’ve simply edited the registry on both DC/File servers with the following key:

Name:PreferLogonDC
Type:dword(32 bit)
Value:1
Location:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dfs

Just note that this only does the magic for the default DFS shares NETLOGON, and SYSVOL, and of course I advised the client to stop using that awful in-house application 😉

CyberDrain CTF returns! (and so do I!)

It’s been since september that I actually picked up a digital pen equivalent and wrote anything down. This was due to me being busy with life but also my side projects like CIPP. I’m trying to get back into the game of scripting and blogging about these scripts. There’s still so much to automate and so little time, right? ;)

Intro

This is a monitoring script requested via Reddit, One of the reddit r/msp users wondered how they can monitor Acronis a little bit easier. I jumped on this because it happened pretty much at the same time that I was asked to speak at the Acronis CyberSummit so it kinda made sense to script this so I have something to demonstrate at my session there.

Intro

Wow! It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I’ve just been so swamped with CIPP that I’ve just let the blogging go entirely. It’s a shame because I think out of all my hobbies it’s one I enjoy the most. It’s always nice helping others achieve their scripting target. I even got a couple of LinkedIn questions asking if I was done with blogging but I’m not. Writing always gives me some more piece of mind so I’ll try to catch up again. I know I’ve said that before but this time I’ll follow through. I’m sitting down right now and scheduling the release of 5 blogs in one go. No more whining and no more waiting.