Have you always wanted to make your script more professional? A progress bar adds professionalism to your work. And it gives the user information how long your script will run and what […]
PowerShell: Implementing a Progress Bar with Write-Progress
PowerShell: Get Last Domain Logon with Get-ADUserLastLogon
The function covered in this blog post is part of my Active Directory Domain Services Section tool, which has been published in 2018. After some time, I decided to create an explicit […]
PowerShell: Retrieve List of Domain-Computers by Operating System
As an administrator, you should have an overview of your Active Directory environment. Of course, this also includes user and computer accounts . In this blog post I will carry out some […]
PowerShell: Determining Operating System with $IsWindows, $IsLinux and $IsMacOs
Recently, I discovered three PowerShell Core variables that could be very helpful when it comes to determining the operating system in PowerShell. PowerShell has become a cross-platfrom tool and can be installed […]
Office 365 Exchange Online PowerShell: Quick connect with Connect-ExchangeOnline
More and more companies are migrating to Office 365. This applies above all to small and medium-sized enterprises. This trend can hardly be stopped. So I decided to focus more on this […]
Auszeichung zum Microsoft MVP 2019-2020
Liebe Leser und Follower! Ich wurde heute erneut zum Microsoft MVP für die Kategorie Cloud & Datacentermanamgent in der Unterkategorie PowerShell ausgezeichnet. Letztes Jahr war mein erstes Jahr als MVP und es […]
Microsoft Azure: How to exclude VMs from the Auto Start-Stop schedule with PowerShell
Last weekend I successfully created an automation account in Azure to auto start-stop my Azure VMs as described here: Start/Stop VMs during off-hours solution in Azure Automation. Right after that I realized […]
Creating multiple SMB Shares at once (Bulk) with PowerShell
So you are about to provide a new file server. Several folder shares have to be created. If you don’t want to point and click inside the graphical interface, you might consider […]
PowerShell: Customizing the Title Bar of your PowerShell Console Window
If you use PowerShell often, a title bar of your own will make a powerful impression. You certainly have noticed that my screenshots always show the entire console window and you also […]
PowerShell: Retrieve and monitor System Time of all Computers with Get-Time
Do you have problems with time synchronization in your Active Directory domain or are you only interested in monitoring and determining the system time of your servers, workstations or domain-controllers? If your […]
Exchange/Outlook: Hide Group Members in Address Book with PowerShell
Who are the group members? The members of a distribution group can be listed by any user in Outlook. Sometimes you don’t want that. This is what the group attribute hideDLMembership stands […]
Windows 10: Changing the default Projector Settings with displayswitch.exe (Duplicate, Extend …) using Group Policies
The default projector setting in Windows 10 is set to “Extend”. If you want to change that behavior, you have to press Windows key + P and select “Duplicate”. In this blog […]
Create a bootable USB stick with PowerShell (Create-BootableUSBStick)
Creating a bootable USB stick could be a tricky task. You’ll need a tool (eg. the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool) or you have to struggle with those old cmd commands like bootsect.exe. […]
SID-500.COM: Review 2018 (Stats, Experts Live, The PowerShell Conference Book)
2018 comes to an end. My website is now the 2nd year online. I think it’s time for a review, a review about my stats and a review about my work. A […]
Windows Server Core: Start with PowerShell by default
Windows Server Core starts with cmd by default. Why? I don’t know. It’s annoying, because Windows Powershell is without a doubt the future of Windows system administration.
My name is Patrick Gruenauer. From Austria.
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