by Edward van Biljon | Jan 12, 2024 | Windows Server 2019 PowerShell, Windows Server 2022 PowerShell
One of my Exchange 2019 Core Servers in my lab locked up and was not responding and when it did respond was giving errors when running commands but the same commands worked on another server. As these are virtual machines, you can reboot it from the HyperVisor but...
by Edward van Biljon | Jan 2, 2024 | PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, PowerShell V7, Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell, Windows Server 2022 PowerShell
In the hacking world, we know that Tools such as NMAP gives you a breakdown of the open ports, services etc. which is great and you can also check an open port using Telnet, but if you are restricted with tools and cannot add new features onto the Windows Servers, why...
by Edward van Biljon | Jan 1, 2024 | PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, PowerShell V7, Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell, Windows Server 2022 PowerShell
As an ethical Hacker, we are always looking for devices that are available on the network that we can scan. NMAP does a brilliant job by telling us which hosts are alive on the network but so do many other applications such as Angry IP Scanner, SolarWinds etc. If you...
by Edward van Biljon | Dec 31, 2023 | PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, PowerShell V7, Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell, Windows Server 2022 PowerShell
Many of us are always looking at what is using space on a server because one of the monitoring solutions has such as SolarWinds, SCOM or LabTech have sent an alert that the C:\ Drive has gone below 15% or whatever threshold you have set. Many of these are enterprise...
by Edward van Biljon | Dec 29, 2023 | PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, PowerShell V7, Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell, Windows Server 2022 PowerShell
In a previous blog post, we searched for a specific keyword in PowerShell and displayed it in PowerShell directly. In this blog post, we will be looking for a specific Event ID that is triggered when an account cannot be logged onto and sometimes you can see the...
by Edward van Biljon | Dec 22, 2023 | PowerShell, PowerShell V7, Windows Server 2016 PowerShell, Windows Server 2019 PowerShell, Windows Server 2022 PowerShell
If you work in PowerShell as much as I do and you have a dedicated folder where you run scripts, having to keep navigating to the folder can become a pain. By default, PowerShell will open up in the user that is logged in directory, below we can see that I am logged...
