Keepin' it Cloudy

Azure tenant and Intune integration

How to onboard Windows Desktop to Intune

Posted on January 31, 2023

There is no need to buy Intune licenses in order to perform tests in home lab. There is automated lab provisioning way available from Microsoft which is designed to be working on the hyper-v. It contains few virtual switches which grants the machines access to the internet, plus a bunch... [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- Azure
SQL Server setup

Setup SQL Server with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on June 24, 2022

This post is about setting up SQL Server by making use of Powershell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
File Server setup

Setup Windows File Server Member with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on June 23, 2022

This post is about setting up Windows File Server Member by making use of Powershell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
iSCSI Target File Server setup

Setup Windows iSCSI File Server with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on June 22, 2022

This post is about setting up Windows iSCSI Target File Server by making use of Powershell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
DHCP Server setup

Setup Windows DHCP with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on June 21, 2022

This post is about setting up Windows DHCP Server by making use of Powershell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
Active Directory Certificate Services setup

Setup Active Directory Certificate Services with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on June 20, 2022

This post is about setting up End User Computing infrastructure prerequisites, like ADCS, DHCP, File Services, SQL, by making use of PowerShell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
Active Directory Domain Services setup

Setup Windows Active Directory Domain Services with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on June 17, 2022

This post is about setting up Windows iSCSI Target File Server by making use of Powershell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
EUC lab - blog post series

Container with details for the subsequent blog posts, focused on automated EUC oriented lab setup

Posted on June 16, 2022

This post is a container with references to subsequent blog posts, which depicts the automated process of prerequisites installation for the EUC oriented home lab deployment. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
Active Directory Domain Services setup

Setup Active Directory with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Posted on May 20, 2022

This post is about setting up Active Directory by making use of Powershell and Desired State Configuration, for home lab purposes. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
OSDBuilder offline servicing updates

Prepare the updated Windows ISO's for the homelab usecase

Posted on May 18, 2022

If you decide to follow along, you will end up with updated ISO images, which will install in unattended way. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Windows
- OSD
OSD Image Factory VM

Service images with Segura OSD

Posted on May 17, 2022

This VM is used for Servicing the ISO files. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- OSD
Windows DSC authoring VM

Setup Desired State Configuration Authoring box

Posted on May 16, 2022

This Windows 10 VM is used for authoring the Desired State Configuration configurations. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
Windows management VM - DSC

Initial Desired State Configuration setup management VM

Posted on May 14, 2022

This Windows based VM is used as a starting point, acting as management node for the MS landscape. Only initial DSC configuration is held here, once the Active Directory domain is in place, the whole DSC work is aranged on dedicated authoring VM. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
Windows management VM - Preparation

Semi-manual prerequisites preparation on management VM

Posted on May 13, 2022

This Windows VM (desktop or server OS) is used as a starting point, acting as management node for the MS landscape. Only initial DSC configuration is held here, once the Active Directory domain is in place, the whole DSC work is aranged on dedicated authoring VM. [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Microsoft
- DSC
Compile OpenSSL from sources

OpenSSL 3.0.9 FIPS and 1.1.1

Posted on May 12, 2022

OpenSSL library is used for: [Read More]
Tags:
- HomeLab
- Rocky
- Debian
- Certificates
- SSL

Older Posts

Azure tenant and Intune integration

How to onboard Windows Desktop to Intune

SQL Server setup

Setup SQL Server with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

File Server setup

Setup Windows File Server Member with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

iSCSI Target File Server setup

Setup Windows iSCSI File Server with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

DHCP Server setup

Setup Windows DHCP with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Active Directory Certificate Services setup

Setup Active Directory Certificate Services with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

Active Directory Domain Services setup

Setup Windows Active Directory Domain Services with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

EUC lab - blog post series

Container with details for the subsequent blog posts, focused on automated EUC oriented lab setup

Active Directory Domain Services setup

Setup Active Directory with PowerShell and Desired State Configuration

OSDBuilder offline servicing updates

Prepare the updated Windows ISO's for the homelab usecase

OSD Image Factory VM

Service images with Segura OSD

Windows DSC authoring VM

Setup Desired State Configuration Authoring box

Windows management VM - DSC

Initial Desired State Configuration setup management VM

Windows management VM - Preparation

Semi-manual prerequisites preparation on management VM

Compile OpenSSL from sources

OpenSSL 3.0.9 FIPS and 1.1.1