powershell
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Powershell
Powershell if equals and not null
A while back, I wrote a blog post about using Powershell to email notify you if your home IP address changes if you are dynamically assigned an IP from your ISP. However, I wanted to write a quick post about…
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Powershell
Powershell Script to check if AppAssure agent is installed on Servers
If you run Dell’s AppAssure backup software in your environment and have a multitude of servers, it is handy to be able to see which servers in your environment have the agent installed and which ones potentially do not. Using…
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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server Technical Preview 2 No GUI
For those of you like me who jumped on the opportunity to snag a copy of the new Server Technical preview which is most likely going to be Windows Server 2016 or similar, there is a noticeable departure from previous…
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vSphere 6
Upgrade VMware PowerCLI 5.8 to 6.0
If you are into automating tasks in your VMware environment, there is no better way to do those tasks than with Powershell and the PowerCLI commandlets. With the release now of VMware vSphere 6.0 family of products, there is a…
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Security
Receive alerts when user connects or disconnects from RDP
If you administer a forward facing terminal server or even if you have an RDP connection setup on your home Internet connection for quick access to your home network, then it serves as extra piece of mind to have a…
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Windows
Add GUI file explorer to Windows PE environment
Recently, in working with a client who was using the Windows PE environment created with Windows 8.1 ADK, we had a server go down that had a corrupt Windows installation. It was decided to simply boot the server in a…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Deduplication Real World Test
Having been running Windows Server 2012 R2 in many environments for quite some time now, I still as of yet haven’t had a real world test of data deduplication to see how the storage savings would be shown after turning…
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Powershell
Monitor Home IP Address Using Powershell with email Notify
Many of you may need to monitor your home IP address due to services you are running or simply to know your WAN IP address in order to RDP into a workstation you have back home. The problem of course…
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Exchange
Moving Exchange 2010 mailboxes from child domain to parent domain
Recently, working on a project that involved moving exchange 2010 mailboxes from child domain to parent domain, I wanted to document the process involved. This process was actually twofold as it involved upgrading a client’s email from Exchange 2003 to…
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Powershell
Use Powershell to set the hidefromaddresslist attribute on Active Directory user accounts
If you have ever had the need to set the “hidefromaddresslist” or any other attribute on Active Directory accounts, powershell is definitely your friend. The Active Directory powershell commandlets from Quest make Powershell even more powerful and useful working with…
