I Connected My Homelab to the Cloud — AD to Entra Cloud Sync
In the last build I put a domain controller up from nothing. DC01, trevtech.lab, a test user called Bruce Wayne,
Home Lab Setup
How I Build Windows 11 Test VMs in Proxmox (and Join Them to My AD Domain)
Every lab I run — Intune, SCCM, Group Policy testing — starts the same way: a fresh Windows 11 Enterprise
File Server & Permissions — Secure Sharing, NTFS Done Right
This is the final episode of the TrevTech homelab series. We’ve built Active Directory, automated it with PowerShell, locked it
DNS & DHCP From Scratch — The Services Keeping Your Lab Alive
Active Directory stood up DNS for us automatically when we promoted the domain controller in Episode 1. That was convenient
Group Policy Deep-Dive — The 4 GPOs I Set Up (and the One That Wiped an Office)
Early in my career I set up my first real Group Policy Object and wiped out every browser shortcut in
PowerShell for Active Directory — Stop Clicking, Start Scripting
If you set up Active Directory by clicking through the GUI in Episode 1, good. You learned the shape of
Building Active Directory from Scratch — Home Lab Series Ep. 1
If you’ve been in IT for more than five minutes, you’ve heard that Active Directory is the backbone of a
How I Built My Homelab for Under $500 (Dell R730 Edition)
If you’ve been sitting on the fence about building a homelab because you think it’s going to cost you a
12-Hour Shifts to Sysadmin: My IT Career Change Story
I used to set three alarms before a night shift because I was terrified of sleeping through one. Not because
Proxmox NVMe Boot on Dell R730: How I Fixed It (So You Don’t Have To)
I recently set out to install Proxmox on a Dell server using an M.2 NVMe drive via a PCIe adapter.