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 […]
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-ComputersĀ 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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Awarded the Microsoft MVP for PowerShell and Microsoft 365.
