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Monthly Archives: August 2019

SCCM Lab: Part 2 – DHCP and DNS Server roles on our AD controller


This part in the SCCM Lab series will cover installing and configuring the DHCP and DNS Server roles on our headless Windows 2019 server we configured in Part 1. Here we go. The DNS server was created when AD DS role installed the root forest. We can see that the DNS role is installed using the Get-WindowsFeature command:…

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SCCM Lab: Part 1 – AD Controller


I am currently setting up a new SCCM testenvironment in my home-lab – this will be one of (possibly) many quick-n-dirty how-to’s for setting up a functioning SCCM lab. First things first – the lab wil consist of Server 2019 and Windows 10 servers and clients. The SCCM version used is SCCM current-branch 1902. All…

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OpenHab Automation: Turn on and off lights based on sunset and sunrise


So, for quite some time now I have been wanting to automate the exterior lights of our house. OpenHAB2 (OH2) lets you do this quite smoothly by using the Astro binding. Start off by fetching the Astro Binding via the OH2 controlpanel. Configuration > Bindings. Click the Plus icon, and select Bindings in the top…

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