Windows
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Powershell
Get-CimInstance: Get WMI Objects with PowerShell
In case you haven’t heard, starting on January 29, 2024, Microsoft has deprecated the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC), disabled by default on Windows 11 insider builds. If your application depends on WMIC, Microsoft, in their documentation, recommends that you…
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Windows
Windows Server Summit 2024 Schedule with lots of Windows Server 2025 content
If you are a Windows Server administrator or you are wondering what new features and capabilities are going to be brought to the table with Windows Server 2025, the next Windows Server Summit 2024 will be a virtual event to…
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Windows
WingetUI Windows Package Manager GUI Download
Winget is one of the coolest new utilities that you can use in Windows to install packages and keep packages updated. Windows admins have longed for a Windows package manager solution like Linux users have had from the beginning. Winget…
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Windows Server 2025
Windows Server 2025 Preview Download and Install
The latest version of Microsoft Windows Server is coming along very nicely, as we can download and test it out via the Windows Server Preview program via the Windows Server Insiders. Recently, Microsoft released the first Windows Server 2025 Preview…
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DevOps
Terraform AWS Windows Instance Code
Most of the time, if you are like me, you use Terraform to configure Linux EC2 instances for provisioning in AWS. However, you may have the need for Terraform AWS Windows instance code. In this simple walkthrough, I will show…
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Windows
Copy Files to Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL2 with SSH
In working with Windows Subsystem for Linux, you will undoubtedly want to work with files with your WSL Linux distribution. You may wonder how you can work with files effectively. This includes copying files both to and from Windows Subsystem…
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Windows
Troubleshooting Windows Access Denied Errors
Windows administrators can spend a massive amount of time poring over logs and investigating error messages. Trying to figure out why Windows is throwing certain errors can be frustrating and time consuming. I was reminded of this frustration recently in…
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Automation
Sysprep and VMware Guest Customization with Terraform
Continuing into my own automation learning objectives this year, I am diving a bit deeper down the Terraform rabbit hole and want to share a few more things learned over the past few weeks with this automation tool. Terraform is…
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Backup Software
Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 3 Released New Features
Just a couple of days ago Veeam announced the official release of Veeam Backup & Replicaton 9.5 Update 3 to everyone after giving it a few weeks with MSPs and other service providers. They are touting Update 3 as the…