Governance
Build a Durable Naming Convention for Microsoft Intune
Naming Intune policies sounds simple. Yet it's one of the first things I notice when reviewing an existing tenant. Everyone agrees that naming matters, but few environments remain consistent after a few years. The reason is…
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GITHUB
AI Gives Old Projects a Second Life
One of the clearest benefits of AI is not creating everything from scratch. It is going back to old scripts, tools, and unfinished projects, understanding what they were supposed to do, and improving them with a different perspec…
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GITHUB
Home Assistant vs. the Summer Heat
Like many people in Europe this summer, I've been dealing with the heat wave. My apartment turns into an oven during the day, so every evening follows the same routine: close the shutters, live in the dark for a while, and re…
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Security
Most Security Problems Aren't Technical
Spend enough time working across different IT environments and you start noticing a pattern. When a security incident happens, the immediate reaction is often to look for the missing technology. Another security product. Another …
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Automation
Why I Automated My Entire Hyper-V Lab
There are plenty of lab platforms available today. Yes, Hyper-V isn't the trendiest choice anymore. There are more advanced solutions with richer orchestration and automation capabilities. I still use Hyper-V. Not because it&…
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Script
Standardizing the First Five Minutes of Troubleshooting
Some of the most common helpdesk incidents begin with a simple question: is the issue caused by the workstation, the local network, or something further upstream? Rather than repeating the same checks for every ticket, I wrote a …
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AI
Why I Don't Think AI Is a Bubble
Early discussions about artificial intelligence revolved around one question: Will it replace our jobs? Today, the conversation has almost flipped. Spend a few minutes on Reddit and you'll find people arguing that AI is over…
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AI
Why LLMs Became Part of My Toolbox
Why I Don't See Myself Working Without LLMs Anymore Like many people, I was skeptical when Large Language Models started becoming mainstream. There was a lot of hype, plenty of exaggerated claims, and just as many people pred…
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Governance
Nobody Asked Me to Improve the Process
Early in my career, nobody hired me to redesign processes or rethink how an IT department worked. Like most junior support engineers, I was there to resolve incidents, help users, and follow existing procedures. Working on the fr…
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Toolkit
The Tool That Saved Hundreds of Emails
My First Automation Project: Improving a Manual Service Desk Process Several years ago, before AI assistants became part of my daily toolkit, I built what was probably my first real automation project. At the time, I didn't k…
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Endpoint
Nobody Should Notice Your Migration
What an RDS-to-Intune Migration Really Taught Me Migrating users from a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environment to individually managed Windows devices sounds simple enough. Copy the profiles, deploy the new laptops, hand them …
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Endpoint
GPO Migrations Aren't Hard. Keeping Them Organized Is.
Standardizing GPO Migrations Instead of Chasing More Automation No two Active Directory environments are the same, but GPO migration projects often end up following the same workflow. You export Group Policy Objects, generate XML…
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Governance
MDM Governance for MSPs: Sometimes Excel Is Still the Right Tool
Have you ever worked for a Managed Service Provider (MSP)? If so, you've probably seen how quickly endpoint management becomes difficult to scale. The challenge is rarely managing a single Microsoft Intune tenant or one MDM p…
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Why I Started This Blog
AD Homelabs started as the name of my homelab. Today, I've decided to turn it into something more: a place where I can give back to the community by sharing the knowledge, lessons learned, and practical experience I've g…
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Legacy
⚫SQL Availability Group Routing Tester
Overview A command-line testing utility for validating Microsoft SQL Server Availability Group connections and read-only routing. Problem Testing SQL Availability Group listeners and read-only routing repeatedly can require multi…
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Legacy
⚫Backup to USB
Overview A PowerShell backup utility designed to copy selected folders from one removable USB device to another. Problem Backing up removable media manually is repetitive and can lead to inconsistent folder structures or missing …
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Legacy
⚫Silent Deployment Bootstrapper
Overview A lightweight batch-based deployment utility designed to install and configure a PowerShell backup script automatically on a Windows workstation. Problem Small internal tools often require several manual steps to copy fi…
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Legacy
⚫Mean Time to Shutdown
Overview A small command-line utility that schedules the shutdown of a Windows computer after a user-defined delay. Problem The native Windows shutdown command requires users to calculate the delay in seconds manually. Solution T…
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Legacy
⚫Windows Recent Files Cleaner
Overview A simple Windows cleanup script that removes recent-file history and cached Explorer destinations. Problem Windows stores recently accessed files and application jump-list history in several user-profile locations. Solut…
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Legacy
⚫ Scheduled Workstation Image Backup
Overview A PowerShell and WinPE-based workstation imaging solution designed to back up Windows and data volumes to removable storage. Problem Creating repeatable workstation images requires consistent disk identification, storage…
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Legacy
🔵Installed Software Inventory Exporter
Overview A PowerShell inventory tool that exports installed Windows applications into structured CSV reports. Problem Windows applications may be registered in separate 32-bit and 64-bit registry locations, making manual inventor…
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Legacy
⚫Batch Video Preview Generator
Overview A PowerShell utility that creates short preview clips from multiple MP4 video files. Problem Generating preview extracts from a large collection of videos manually is time-consuming. Solution The script asks for a starti…
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Legacy
⚫Chrome Favicon Cleaner
Overview A lightweight PowerShell script that removes locally cached Google Chrome favicon databases. Problem Chrome stores website favicon information in the user profile, where it can remain after browsing sessions. Solution Th…
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Legacy
🔵Workstation Connectivity Diagnostic
Overview A PowerShell diagnostic utility for quickly identifying common workstation network connectivity issues. Problem Connectivity incidents may originate from the network adapter, gateway, DNS resolution, domain configuration…
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Legacy
⚫Multi-Site Search Engine
Overview A browser-based utility that launches the same search query across multiple websites simultaneously. Problem Searching for the same content across several specialized platforms requires repeatedly entering and submitting…
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Legacy
⚫Interactive Stargate Simulator
Overview An interactive web interface inspired by the Stargate universe, with selectable destinations and gate-control elements. Problem Reproducing a recognizable fictional control interface requires coordinating visual assets, …
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Legacy
⚫CSS Solar System
Overview A visual representation of the solar system built with standard web technologies. Problem Displaying planetary relationships and orbital structures in a browser requires a clear visual hierarchy and coordinated animation…
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