I hesitated for a long time. It’s done, it’s not done… should I add more menus… But at some point it’s over. It has to be published. The following article describes the […]
AD Overview Graphical Tool: Active Directory Domain Services Section
Active Directory: Ändern des Anzeigenamens von Benutzern auf “Nachname Vorname” (Display Name, Name)
Es hat seinen Grund warum manche meiner Beiträge dann doch noch auf Deutsch veröffentlicht werden. Active Directory Benutzerobjekte haben Attribute. Und diese Attribute haben Voreinstellungen wie z.B. den Anzeigenamen und den Full […]
Hyper-V: Backup VMs to a shared folder with Windows Server Backup and a Scheduled Task
Last week I had the task to backup Hyper-V VMs. No Replica, no Clustering, a simple backup with Windows Server Backup. The problem was that a repeating backup job had already been set […]
Test the reachability of all Domain-Controllers: Test-AllDomainController
As the headline says, with this small script you are able to test all your Domain-Controllers with a single command Test-AllDomainController. The simple things are the best, by all means 😉
Do-Speak: Start talking with Remote Computers (System.Speech)
In this article I’ll show you how to use a very simple command that works for the local computer and remote computers and lets your computers speak.
PowerShell: Retrieve and store hardware information of domain computers
WMI is a powerful feature. In this article, I will retrieve the memory (RAM) of all domain computers and store the output in a file.
PowerShell: Get all logged on Users per Computer/OU/Domain (Get-UserLogon)
Recently I was asked how to show all logged on users. So I had the idea to make a function out of it. And now I’ll share this function to the community. Who […]
Check Version of PowerShell (localhost and remote hosts)
In this blog post I show how to find out the Version of PowerShell on the localhost and on remote computers.
Copy-Item and Remove-Item: Automate copying and deleting operations
It can happen that files have to be deleted regularly or copied somewhere else. This is no problem in itself, as long as you know a little about scripting. But many people […]
PowerShell: Encrypt and store your Passwords and use them for Remote Authentication (Protect-CmsMessage)
When it comes to certificates, many people flee. The topic is not very popular, but everything is not as bad as feared. In this article I will show you how to store […]
PowerShell Function: Get-ADGroupMembershipperDepartment
In grown environments it often comes to a complete confusion. Employees in departments are group members in groups in which they should not be member of. If there is a clean and […]
Windows Server 2012/2016: Changing the Access Denied Error Message and providing Assistance
Have you always wanted to manipulate Windows error messages? Starting with Windows Server 2012, and of course also with Windows Server 2016 there is the possibility to do this. The prerequisite for […]
PowerShell: Implementing Just-Enough-Administration (JEA), Step-by-Step
Have you always dreamed of fine-tuning permissions? PowerShell JEA makes it possible. The user only sees what he should see and can only do what he should do. With a few simple […]
