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About Me
I am certified Microsoft professional, a Microsoft MVP and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Windows server technologies. I work today as an independent author, trainer and consultant. I've co-authored or authored several books, courseware, and training videos on administrative scripting and automation. My latest book is Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShel: TFM 2nd Ed.(SAPIEN Press 2011).
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Category Archives: Windows Server
PowerShell in a Nutshell
This past weekend I did an online presentation for a friend of mine who teaches for ITT in Omaha, Nebraska. He wanted me to do a brief talk about what PowerShell is and show how to use it, especially for … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell v2.0, Scripting, Training, Windows Server, WMI
Tagged PowerShell, Training, video
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The PowerShell Morning Report
I love how easy it is to manage computers with Windows PowerShell. It is a great reporting tool, but often I find people getting locked into one approach. I’m a big believer in flexibility and re-use and using objects in … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Scripting, Windows 7, Windows Server, WMI
Tagged ConvertTo-HTML, Get-WMIObject, HTML, PowerShell, Scripting, WMI
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Updating Multi-Valued Active Directory Properties Part 2
A few weeks ago I posted about updating multi-valued attributes in Active Directory. Part 1 covered how to accomplish this in PowerShell using ADSI. In Part 2 I’ll show you how to accomplish this using the free Active Directory cmdlets … Continue reading
Posted in Active Directory, PowerShell, Quest Software, Windows Server
Tagged Active Directory, Get-QADUser, PowerShell, Quest, Set-QADUser
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Background Performance Counters
Windows Powershell makes it relatively easy to collect performance counter information via the Get-Counter cmdlet. Because I’m assuming you want to collect more than a few seconds of performance information, you’ll need to take advantage of PowerShell background jobs if … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell v2.0, Train Signal, Windows Server
Tagged Get-Counter, Jobs, PerfMon, PowerShell, Start-Job
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