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By Adam Bertram
Events happen regularly on a typical Windows computer. It's important for administrators to keep tabs on these events, especially if they affect sensitive information or mission-critical processes.
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The Microsoft Teams PowerShell Module reached the "general availability" stage this week, enabling IT pros to create and delete teams, and other such operations.
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By Adam Bertram
You can force Pester to return output in XML rather than via the console. Here's how.
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A newly reported zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2019-0859) discovered by Kaspersky Lab this week uses PowerShell to attack Windows systems.
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By Adam Bertram
How to read, add and modify array elements -- with a few curve balls along the way.
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Windows PowerShell will soon be replaced by a new Core product called "PowerShell 7," Microsoft announced last week.
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By Adam Bertram
Adam takes a close look at the Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod commands.
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By Adam Bertram
Windows environment variables give system administrators access to a plethora of information about the operating system. Here are some ways to manage them.
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By Adam Bertram
Here's how to quickly figure out what file shares exist on a remote computer, as well as what information is configured on them.
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By Adam Bertram
Adam walks through how to proactively monitor an AD group for changes and execute a PowerShell script to take action when that happens.
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By Adam Bertram
The GUI is fine if you're only moving a few files, but for larger and more complex migrations, this built-in Windows utility is the way to go.
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By Adam Bertram
Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely.
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By Adam Bertram
Since FSMO roles are typically spread out among various domain controllers, it's not always easy to figure out which domain controller holds a particular role. Luckily, we have PowerShell and the AD module to make this task a breeze.
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By Adam Bertram
If you manage just a few user accounts, you could get by with AD Users and Computers or the AD Administrative Center. But if you're in a large organization, you can use PowerShell to automate the identity management process.
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By Adam Bertram
When creating automation scripts to discover, add, update or remove records from a remote SQL database, you need to make sure your script can successfully connect to the database.
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By Adam Bertram
It's not always the best idea to create Active Directory users from scratch. Your company likely has a standard "template" of attributes that are set for every domain user. So why are you still creating each one by hand?
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Microsoft last week released the Windows Compatibility Module 1.0.0 for PowerShell Core 6, allowing PowerShell Core 6 users to access modules that Microsoft hasn't yet added natively to the PowerShell Core product.
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By Adam Bertram
Setting up a place to store files in the cloud isn't quite as easy as doing it on-prem. That's where Microsoft's Azure Files service comes in.
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By Adam Bertram
When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a PaaS that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server deployment up and running.
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By Adam Bertram
Disk2Vhd is a little Microsoft utility that does one thing and one thing well: convert physical computers to virtual disks.
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By Adam Bertram
For the longest time, the open source community had a concept called "public package repositories." Microsoft never had the same -- until the PowerShell Gallery.
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By Adam Bertram
Azure Automation can be an excellent PowerShell script orchestration tool, though it has just a limited number of PowerShell modules. Luckily, we can upload our own modules, too.
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Lambda, the serverless computing platform from Amazon Web Services (AWS), now supports Microsoft PowerShell Core 6.0, the cloud giant announced this month.
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Version 6.1 of PowerShell Core, Microsoft's scripting tool that's used for DevOps purposes, is now available, the company announced last week.
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By Adam Bertram
In today's IT organizations, it's critical for system admins to know how to automate processes. Luckily, we have tools like Azure Automation to help us out.