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 […]
SID-500.COM: Review 2018 (Stats, Experts Live, The PowerShell Conference Book)
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.
Why and when I started with PowerShell
People always ask me why I focus so much on PowerShell. In this blog post I want to tell you when I started with PowerShell and especially why.
Retrieve the IP configuration of all Windows Servers with Get-NetIPServerInfo
In this blog post it’s all about documentation. Do you know the IP settings of your Windows servers? Do you have a documentation? If not, you’ve come to the right place. I […]
Restart all Computers in a specific OU
Recently I received a request to shut down computers by room. Specifically, it was about a school where students often forget to shut down their computers. Of course this is possible with […]
The many ways to start PowerShell
Most of us are used to press CTRL + R and then we type PowerShell or cmd. That’s because humans are creatures of habit. In this blog post I am going to […]
Grant Administrators Full Control Access on Roaming Profiles Folders (Grant-RoamingProfilesAccess)
Maybe you already had the following problem: You’re using roaming profiles. You are the administrator of the domain. You can’t access the roaming profiles folder. You have to take ownership of each […]
The PowerShell Conference Book now available as Paperback
Dear followers! The PowerShell Conference Book is now listed in the Amazon book store. As mentioned earlier, I’ve contributed the chapter “PowerShell as an Enterprise Network tool”. It was a great and […]
PowerShell: Showing the Uptime of all Windows Servers
Let’s say you want to get an overview of the uptime of all Windows servers in your domain. This is a very important information and you should have a look at the […]
PowerShell: Getting Windows Defender Status from all Domain Joined Computers (Get-AntiMalwareStatus)
You are using Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 or higher? Want to check the status of Windows Defender Anti-Malware from all computers? Then you’ve come to the right place. I’ll give you […]
How to create PowerShell Scheduled Jobs on the Local Computer and on Remote Hosts
Scheduled jobs do something. They do something at a predefined time or when an event occurs. You can create PowerShell scheduled jobs easily and quickly. PowerShell scheduled jobs are background jobs and […]
Enabling Remote Desktop remotely with PowerShell
Consider the following scenario: There’s a switched on client computer in a branch office and you want to connect to that computer via remote desktop. Remote desktop is disabled by default on […]
Windows 10: Cheat-Sheet for the Windows + X Keyboard Shortcuts
Whether Alt+F4 for shutting down your computer or Windows Key + E, shortcuts have always been a great help in the administration of Windows. Well, now Windows 10 is here. And with […]
New Download Section on SID-500.COM
Dear followers! I’m exited to announce that I’ve organized my site and included a Download Section which can be found at the top of the page. It’s a collection of my most […]
Group Policies: Enabling WinRM for Windows Client Operating Systems (Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7)
Windows Remote Management is a powerful feature to administer your Windows systems remotely. WinRM is enabled by default on all Windows Server operating systems (since Windows Server 2012 and above), but disabled […]
My name is Patrick Gruenauer. Microsoft MVP on PowerShell. Have fun reading.
