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How to use the Quest AD CMDLETs

When it comes to PowerShell, there are two real big ways to manage your Active Directory infrastructure. The first...
Administering SharePoint 2013 with Windows PowerShell 3.0

SharePoint 2013 administrators need to be familiar with Windows PowerShell in order to manage their farms efficiently. As it...
PowerShell 4.0 – A first look

For me, the best part of the recent Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 previews was the introduction...
Password expiration email notification with PowerShell

Password expiration is delicate topic in every organization. The PowerShell script I wrote allows you to automatically send users...
How to clear the Event Log with PowerShell

In the previous article I demonstrated some techniques using Get-WMIObject to backup classic event logs. If you have PowerShell...
PowerShell Deployment Toolkit – Automate System Center installation

Interested in System Center 2012 but not really keen on setting up eight servers manually, downloading all the prerequisites,...
How to backup the Event Log with PowerShell

Last time we looked at using PowerShell to query the state of classic Event Log entries, as well as...
How to set Event Log limits with PowerShell

Event logs are terrific management tools, but they themselves require a little attention every now and then. You may...
Results of the PowerShell poll and about the automation myth

It has been a while since our PowerShell vs. GUI poll. The analysis of the poll results gives me...
Quickly add an email address to Exchange Online with PowerShell

With the little PowerShell script described here, you can quickly add an email address to your Exchange Online account...
FREE: MoW PowerShell WMI Browser

We’ve been looking at a number of tools for exploring WMI. The last one I want to discuss is...
PowerShell script to find inactive computers in Active Directory

Inactive computer objects can bloat your Active Directory over time. In this post, I will explain how to use...
FREE: WMI Administrative Tools – WMI Object Browser and WMI CIM Studio

In previously published articles I demonstrated how to use the free WBEMTest utility to validate connectivity and credentials. While...
Enable Remote Desktop on remote computers with PowerShell

Remote Desktop is not enabled on Windows systems by default. The PowerShell script described here allows you to enable...
Find shares with PowerShell where Everyone has Full Control permissions

The PowerShell script described in this article allows you to find network shares on remote computers with permissions set...
Managing Services the PowerShell way – Part 10: Event queries with CIM

In Part 9 of this series we looked at using WMI event queries to monitor services. Those techniques work...
We are almost finished on our journey to manage services with PowerShell. In this article I thought it might...
Managing Services the PowerShell way – Part 8: Service accounts

Continuing with our coverage of managing services with PowerShell, let’s look at some common tasks with the service account....
How to configure a Network Interface Card (NIC) with PowerShell 3

In this tutorial you will learn the basic PowerShell commands to configure a network interface card (NIC) in Windows...