With Windows Server 2016 there is a new Feature called Privileged Access Management Feature. This feature is only available in Active Directory Environments running Windows Server 2016 Forest Mode. This guide shows […]
Demoting the last Active Directory Domain Controller with PowerShell
Today I’ve made a decision. Weeks ago, I have changed the default language of the operating system of my Domain Controller from German to English. It worked great. But now, I found […]
PowerShell: Configuring Fine Grained Password Policies (PSO)
Since Windows Server 2008, Domain Administrators are able to configure password polices per user and per group. This article shows how to set up password policies (Password Setting Objects) with PowerShell.
PowerShell: Enable Remote Desktop on multiple Servers remotely (Bulk)
In this article I show how to activate Remote Desktop on multiple server systems in an active directory environment by using Windows PowerShell. In large environments, it might be necessary to enable […]
PowerShell: How to automatically restart applications when they were closed
If you want an application always started and available then this article is for you. Sometimes an application is mistakenly closed by the user. This article shows a step-by-step scenario how to […]
Dummy Files mit fsutil erstellen
Ein Dummyfile ist eine Datei mit beliebiger Größe. Ich verwende diese Dateien häufig als “Platzhalter”. Läuft die Festplatte voll, dann lösche ich die Dummydatei und habe wieder “Luft”.
Starting Google Chrome in Kiosk Mode
Today I had the task of figuring out how Goolge Chrome can be started in Kiosk Mode. And now, I want to keep this knowledge in form of this blog post. First […]
PowerShell: Find and close open files (SMB Share)
What files are open? Who is connected to the file server? Those informations might be useful for backing up, maintaining or restarting your file server. To accomplish this task run Get-SmbOpenFile to […]
Securing Active Directory: Who can add computers to the domain? Only the domain admin?
“Only Domain administrators can add computers to the domain.” I can’t count how often I have heared these words. But when installing a new domain, a counter is configured and this counter allows each domain user to add up to 10 computers to the domain. This is the default setting.
IPv6 Grundlagen: Gastbeitrag auf Frankys Web
Liebe Leser! Wer sich über IPv6 schlau machen möchte, der schaut in dieser Zeit nicht bei mir vorbei, sondern auf frankysweb.de. Genau da habe ich nämlich einen Gastbeitrag verfasst: https://www.frankysweb.de/kleine-einfuehrung-in-ipv6/ Viel Spaß […]
PowerShell: Using Format-Wide
When it comes to formatting Format-Table and Format-List are the tools Nr. 1. But what about format-wide? The longer I am playing with it the better I like it. Format-Wide is cool!
PowerShell: Use SSH to connect to remote hosts (Posh-SSH)
Posh-SSH is a PowerShell module for Windows 10. The module allows to establish SSH connections to remote computers. As a prerequisite, Windows Management Framework 5 has to be installed. In this article I will show step-by-step how to install Posh-SSH and establish a remote connection to a computer running Linux.
PowerShell: Partition verkleinern und neu partitionieren
Diskpart ist das Tool Nr.1 wenn es darum geht die Festplatte zu partitionieren. Oder eben diskmgmt.msc. In diesem Beitrag soll aber alles in der PowerShell geschehen. Dazu steht das Modul Storage zur […]
Mein Blog: Das Internet hat nicht auf mich gewartet (Teil 4)
Nach etlichen englischen Posts möchte ich mich wieder auf Deutsch melden. Der Sommer geht bald vorbei, und daher werde ich für die ersten 8 Monate meines Blogs ein Zwischenfazit ziehen und meine […]
Measure-Command: A speed comparison (Foreach vs. Foreach-Object)
Measure-Command shows how long a command or script takes to get the result. This is particularly important for large amounts of data.



