I found myself in a situation where I wanted to save a video for offline viewing but there was not a native solution to download the video available. Luckily for me and others, there is an online utility called, YT-DLP. This can be found here on their GitHub: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp. Here are the steps I took to accomplish this:
The Problem with Custom OOTP Schedules If you play Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP), you know half the fun is creating custom or fictional leagues. Whether you are running an expanded 32-team Major League setup, a single-subleague 12-team classic, or an intricate multi-division alignment, getting the schedule just right is often where the dream hits a wall. OOTP relies on .lsdl (XML-based) schedule files. While the community has shared incredible schedule packs over the…
This guide will show you how to enable Hyper-V on your Windows 11 Professional or Enterprise system if you need to run virtual machines. First, we need to enable the Hyper-V feature in Windows. You can get to the “Turn Windows Features On or Off” dialog by hitting Win + R to open the Run box and typing optionalfeatures.exe. In the window that appears: Note: If you want to install via command line, run an administrative…
Part 2 of this guide will be focused on the next steps following Part 1 of the homelab hybrid environment domain configuration which are the Azure Setup and Entra Connect Sync Setup. The Azure Setup is creating a new tenant and the Entra Connect Sync is installing the setup on the APP1 virtual machine we created. Azure Setup Entra Connect Sync Setup
This guide is intended to detail the steps performed to setup my homelab configured as a hybrid domain environment with Active Directory and Entra ID synced using Entra Connect Sync with Password Hash Synchronization (PHS) to have for development, learning, and practicing domain administration. This will be Part 1 of posts about my homelab configuration journey. This configuration will include the following virtual machines: For networking, I went with a 172.16.0.x network for the homelab…
I found myself in a situation where I wanted to preserve my Slack workspace’s chat history but being on the free tier, there are native limitations for how far back you will be able to see messages in your Slack workspace. The free tier limit for viewing messages and files is 90 days which means that anything older is not visible in Slack until you upgrade your tier to a paid tier. I did not…
Being an IT Systems Administrator and being in work and personal environments that used Slack, I’ve always looked for a way to send a message in Slack using PowerShell especially for repetitive and automated tasks. I wanted to create a guide about how I accomplished this in case it can help someone else in a similar situation. There is a Slack configuration that is a pre-requisite before the PowerShell script will work. Slack Configuration Before…
Welcome to my blog! My name is Matthew Streeter and I work in IT Security focused on Identity Access Management in an enterprise corporate environment. I am currently internally focused on upskilling my talents in the Identity Security world and preparing to finally complete my Bachelors degree with the goal to start this summer. My intention is to document my professional journey and growth here with blog posts that are focused on IT Identity, Security,…