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 […]
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PowerShell: Playing with text or how to get every x line from text output (trim,replace,split)
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 […]
Get-SystemInfo: Listing System Configuration of all Computers (systeminfo)
In one of my previous blog posts PowerShell: Documenting your environment by running systeminfo on all Domain-ComputersĀ I have described how to list important system information of all Domain Computers by running systeminfo. […]
Test-FirewallAllServer: Query the Firewall status on all Windows Servers
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 […]
PowerShell: Configuring Windows Firewall
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 […]
Find out whether a host is really down with Test-ConnectionLocalSubnet (ping,arp)
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 […]
Project Honolulu: 1711 brings in Remote Desktop and PowerShell Remote Management
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.
PowerShell: Notify me when someone is added to the Administrator Group
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 […]
Microsoft Azure: Connect to your VM from everywhere, any time and from every device with PowerShell Web Access
Administering your Azure VM on your Samsung Galaxy or iPhone? Introduced with Windows Server 2012, PowerShell Web Access is a new Windows Server feature which enables you to administer your Windows Server […]
Microsoft Azure: Connect to your Azure VM with PowerShell (AzureRM)
I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. What schould I do with my new Azure computer? Surely I’ll come up with something over time. But for now I still don’t […]
Active Directory Flexible Single-Master (FSMO) in Action
What if a domain controller fails? Operations Masters have special tasks which must be performed by Domain Controllers in an Active Directory domain. If a Domain Controller fails, this special role must […]
PowerShell: Alert me, if a Domain-Controller is down
There is more than enough monitoring software around. Most of them are really helpful and superbly done.Ā For those who don’t have such software at hand, there are only 2 options: to do […]
Test-Port: Use PowerShell as a Port Scanner
Long time ago I’ve created a small function that acts like a port scanner. It’sĀ not a replacement for enterprise scanners such as nmap, but it’s quite useful for quick tests when […]
How to download files via PowerShell (Start-BitsTransfer)
To download files from the Internet you can use the graphical interface or a command from the PowerShell module BitsTransfer. In this blog post, I show how to download files with Windows […]
PowerShell Functions: How to create your first PowerShell Module Command
Easy as can be. It’s not a rocket science to create your first PowerShell command in and save it as a module. Maybe your colleagues will get big eyes when you present […]
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