Now, after the first part PowerShell for Beginners (Part 1): The Console and the First Command, we’ll dedicate ourselves to the commands. But before we begin the answer of the first exercise. […]
Some time ago I dug deep inside myself and thought about which area is my strongest. I came to the conclusion that explaining complex things in a very simple way is one […]
Thank you for following and supporting me and all the best for 2018! Patrick Gruenauer
People always ask me why I concentrate so much on PowerShell. It would work without it. The graphical user interface is excellent and the options in cmd are fantastic. Well, the answer […]
I’ve always struggled with text. Now I really hate text. I love objects. But sometimes you can’t avoid these non-object-oriented characters coming from somewhere else. This blog post is about text and […]
In one of my previous blog posts PowerShell: Documenting your environment by running systeminfo on all Domain-Computers I have described how to list important system information of all Domain Computers by running systeminfo. […]
I’ve experienced that many people deliberately disable the Windows firewall. They don’t want to get annoyed with it, if something don’t work as expected. But there’s nothing to worry about, because it […]
Firewalls control traffic. They use technology such as Stateful Inspection to establish a connection to other networks. In this article I describe how to configure the host-based Windows Firewall by using Windows […]
Is Ping a reliable way to check if a computer is available? Opinions differ … This blog post is all about ping and arp. Of course with PowerShell. The upcoming script could […]
As the headline says, there are new features available in December update of Honolulu. Honolulu is a web-based management tool which enables you to administer your infrastructure in a very comfortably way.
Sometimes strange things happen: A computer can communicate with another computers, although this should not be possible due to IP addressing and the routing table. Proxy ARP comes into play …
Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) is a platform that enables you to protect your infrastructure from cyber attacks. ATA is using a parsing engine to capture network traffic of protocols such as […]
Will you be notified when there are changes to group memberships? No? Memberships in groups are particularly interesting. Especially if it is the group of the domain administrators. The following article shows […]
My name is Patrick Gruenauer. Microsoft MVP. On sid-500.com I write about Windows, PowerShell, Cisco and Cybersecurity in English and German. Have fun reading!
