An expired certificate is a nuisance. In the case of web servers, this is indicated by the display of an untrusted connection when a user tries to open the web page. We […]
PowerShell: Alert me when Certificates expires soon
Announcement: The PowerShell Conference Book (Co-Author)
It was an exciting moment for me when I was asked if I would like to write a chapter in a PowerShell book. Mike F Robbins contacted me and told me about […]
8 Rules to be successful in Information Technology (IT)
As mentioned at the beginning of my sid-500.com webpage, I intend to publish not only technical articles. Today I would like to share some thoughts for your career. Venturing into the realm of […]
PowerShell for Beginners (Part 13): PowerShell Remoting
I make no secret of it: Now we come to my favorite topic: PowerShell Remoting. I love it. I hope you’ll love it too. If you are a passionate Systems Engineer or […]
PowerShell Web Access: Specifying a Default Computer (Server) Name
I really like PowerShell Web Access. Access PowerShell from any device. But what gets on my nerves is entering the server name again and again. If you only have one server, it is […]
EncryptFiles.ps1: Tool for encrypting File Content with PowerShell and Certificates
In two of my previous posts I showed how to encrypt and decrypt files with certificates. I think the time has come to automate that procedure. In short, I will provide a […]
PowerShell: Alert me when Disk Space is running low on my Windows Servers (E-Mail Notification)
Without any doubt, you should have an eye on the disk space of your servers. I’ve seen so many servers crashing due to dropping disk space over time, because of saving more […]
My Blog – The Internet hasn’t been waiting for me (Part 9)
In this blog post I would like to do without any technical topics. It’s about my blog and how it’s going. Sometimes I’m in mood to blog in German, the other time […]
Active Directory Domain Services Section (Version 1.1)
This article will show you how to use a graphical menu to discover and administer your Active Directory Environment. It is a graphical menu I created for the administration of Active Directory […]
How secure is TeamViewer? What role does the TeamViewer Master Server play?
TeamViewer is free for private use. Companies have to pay for the service. And with that service we may encounter a problem: The whole connection is established via the TeamViewer Server. Something […]
Get serial numbers of all Domain Computers with PowerShell
Some time ago one of my LinekIn contacts and group member of my LinkedIn Group PowerShell Engineers posted a One-Liner that gets the serial number of the local computer. Thank you for […]
PowerShell Function: Testing the Default Gateway with Test-Gateway
Sometimes it could happen that your computer lost connection to other hosts or the internet. What is the first you should do? For example, you could try to reach other hosts or […]
PowerShell: Building Objects with Custom Properties with Select-Object
What if you are not satisfied with the default output of PowerShell? Well, there are many ways to come closer to the desired result. In this blog article I am going to […]
