by Edward van Biljon | Feb 20, 2020 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2008 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
In any operating system, you may want to uninstall or remove a device like a network card for example that may be causing issues. Launching Device Manager does not show the device and as an example you cannot rename you network card because it says the device already...
by edward | Jul 4, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
Ever had that windows service that will not stop and just stays in a stopping state and you cannot reboot the server. And then when you launch task manager you just cannot see it? Well, you are not alone. Let’s say you have the windows update service that is...
by edward | May 19, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
Have you as an IT admin ever wanted to check the replication status of all your Active Directory Servers in 1 go instead of logging onto each one to check the status? With a simple command from PowerShell, you can do so and you can see at a glance if any of the domain...
by edward | Apr 26, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
Checking and changing the source time server on a VM or host has never been easier than running a simple command to change it. Many times, VM’s and hosts lose time and you end up with Services like Exchange or domain controllers out of sync and then stuff stops...
by edward | Apr 18, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
In a large environment where you have hundreds of servers, imagine now having to go and manually add in more than 2 DNS servers to each of those? That will take a few days or weeks. With PowerShell you can do this and you can randomize the order or each server so that...
by edward | Apr 15, 2019 | Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Window Server 2012 R2 PowerShell, Windows Server 2012 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell
Importing roles and features on a windows server has never been easier. Lot’s of people prefer the GUI interface but PowerShell makes your life so much easier. Firstly, for PowerShell to understand what you are trying to do, you need to have the correct module...
