Working with the -eq, -match, and -like comparison operators in PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/24/2012
Applies to the "Configuring Active Directory Roles and Services" objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.
Plus: Google facing fines for Apple Safari privacy issues, young hacker goes on attack spree.
Don't just stick with the commands that Microsoft provides -- extend the commands in PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/17/2012
Applies to the "Creating and Maintaining Active Directory objects" objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.
SQL Server developers lead charmed lives: their skills are in high demand, they work with one of the more popular programming languages, their work is prone to attack. Okay, two out of three ain't bad.
Plus: End of support for Vista, China has the best hackers.
The trick is easy with the aptly named Restart-Computer
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/10/2012
Applies to the "Configuring Domain Name System for Active Directory" objective of Exam 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration.
Plus: Your credit card information may be ripe for the plucking if you've ever sold a used Xbox 360.
Creating an application for Web, devices, and the cloud is easy and fast with LightSwitch. In fact, the only difficulty was installing the darn thing.
Variables already come with descriptions, but you can also provide more clarity to those descriptions as needed.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/02/2012
Plus, the return of LulzSec.
Applies to the "Create a MED-V infrastructure" objective of Exam 70-669 TS: Windows Server 2008 Desktop Virtualization.
Revise error messages for maximum effect through the $host object's PrivateData property.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/27/2012
Applies to the "Deploying and Managing a Presentation Virtualization Environment" objective of Exam 70-669 TS: Windows Server 2008 Desktop Virtualization.
Plus: App makers go in front of the judge, Web app security guidelines.
Fun with file and folder attributes, via PowerShell and the DIR command.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/20/2012
Plus: Better user password starts with password policy, Google's Chrome browser hacked at the Pwn2Own contest.
Applies to the "Deploying and Managing a Presentation Virtualization Environment" objective of Exam 70-669 TS: Windows Server 2008 Desktop Virtualization.