Stop & Start Your VM’s on Azure with Powershell
This is a very simple script…. :) Please use it as a framework for you to create something better to include input parameters if you want etc..Read More
View ArticlePowershell's Desired State Configuration Supports Push And Pull Modes
Desired State Configuration is an addition to the PowerShell tool which gives the possibility of declaring what is the desired configuration of a given node, or machine. This is a different approach...
View ArticleTech Tip of the Week: Windows Powershell CMDlets
This week’s tech tip is for all you Windows PowerShell users.If you’re using PowerShell, you may already know about CMDlets. If not, this post is sure to excite you, as CMDlets (pronounced...
View ArticleWindows NIC Teaming using PowerShell (Part 5)
This article shows how to implement Windows NIC Teaming in a virtual machine using Windows PowerShell.Read More
View ArticleCopy SharePoint views to other libraries with PowerShell
Recently I got the question if it’s possible to copy views from a source library to other libraries in SharePoint. The customer who asked me this question wanted to use one library as the source...
View ArticleExporting Windows account lockout events to an XML file.
Here's my scenario.Our users regularly lock their AD accounts because they change their AD password and something else is still using it e.g. 1: an RDP session on a server 2: A PC 3: their mobile phone...
View ArticleAn issue regarding time zones of Date and Time values retrieved from Exchange...
Hello folks,I need your help as I'm pretty new in MS Exchange and Power Shell technologies.So here is my question...How can I retrieve Date and Time values listed below in UTC using Exchange Power...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Create a New Virtual Machine in Windows Azure Running...
In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to connect to your Azure subscription using PowerShell and create a new virtual machine (VM) using the New-AzureQuickVM command.Read More
View ArticleMy Favorite PowerShell 4 Features (Part 2)
I highlighted some of my favorite features in PowerShell 4.0. Here are a few more. These are items that I think you might want to use immediately in your PowerShell management tasks.Read More
View ArticleMy Favorite PowerShell 4 Features (Part 1)
Jeffrey Hicks runs down a few of his top reasons why you should be running the latest version of PowerShell.Read More
View ArticleConfiguring vGPU and GPU pass-through using the PowerShell SDK for XenServer...
The SDK for XenServer 6.2.0 Service Pack 1 is ideal for developers wishing to access programmatically XenServer’s new management features for GPU virtualization (including the new vGPU and GPU...
View ArticleNice to Know – Getting Hardware info(iLO) data using native PowerShell (and...
During my daily work (building datacenters) I normally need to inventory server information and in many cases there is no infrastructure in place, things like OpsMgr, SCCM, SCVMM and HP’s native tools...
View ArticleOutput to 2 files with 1 command?
I have this code that works: gc C:\Tools\PingComputers\Input.txt |?{ (gwmi Win32_PingStatus -Filter "Address='$_'").StatusCode -eq 0 } | out-file C:\Tools\PingComputers\Pingable.txt How would I also...
View ArticleMonitoring Hyper-V Operational and Admin Event Logs with PowerShell
There is a lot that can happen to your Hyper-V server and fortunately most of these events, both good and bad, are recorded in the Windows event log. But monitoring these events can be a tedious...
View ArticleStep-By-Step: Windows 8.1 Start Screen Customization via PowerShell
The Windows 8.1 Start Screen can be utilized as an important tool to all employees of respected organizations to be kept informed. One of the challenges faced by IT Professionals is the need to...
View ArticleScan IP range and resolve DNS addresses
Here is what I have so far;1..255 | foreach-object { (new-object System.Net.Networkinformation.Ping).Send("10.0.0.$_") } | where-object {$_.Status -eq "success"} | select addressThis returnes a list of...
View ArticleDelete computer accounts from AD from a text file as input
Hi All, can some please provide me a simple script to delete multiple computer accounts from AD from a given text file.. I am dying to create one... any help would be great..
View ArticleUpdating AD user information with Powershell
Ok I am very new to this. I have been watching videos and reading through various forums to learn what little powershell I currently know. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.I currently have to...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to apply ODBC settings to a computer?
As I have learned so much from reading and asking questions, thanks so much for everyones help. I have another problem to solve. One of the lines in one of the textbooks, I think it was Mr. Jones (Not...
View ArticlePowerShell and Filter Beans
Greetings;I'm working with this WSDL API and so far I've managed to get most of the API methods wrapped with a PowerShell function. It's (sort of) a ticketing system and one important ability would be...
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