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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Tag Archives: CLI
Waynes World of Tips
I’ve blogged in the past about Wayne Martin and his outstanding list of command line tips. These are one line commands, some complex some simple, that you can use to accomplish a wide range of task. The overall number of … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell
Tagged Active Directory, ADSI, Automation, CLI, clustering, DHCP, DNS, dsquery, Miscellaneous, security, SQL, VMWare, WMI
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More CLI One-Liners
In the past I’ve posted a collection of command one-liners that get a ton of work done with (relatively) minimal effort. Many of these have come from Wayne Martin. I’ve been behind in my blogging while book writing, but I … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell
Tagged Active Directory, Automation, BatchFiles, CLI, DHCP, DNS, dsquery, Netsh
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Wayne’s World of IT
One of my more popular blog entries is the one I did about CMD one-liners. These are little tidbits of commands that can get a lot done. The list came from a reader and I was happy to share. Wayne … Continue reading
Updated Group Reporter
A few of my recent Mr. Roboto columns have been about group auditing. I first published an HTA that would report on group membership last December. Astute reader Matt V. found a bug with the way nested group memberships were … Continue reading
Posted in Scripting
Tagged Active Directory, ADSI, Automation, CLI, HTA, MrRoboto, VBScript
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Explore Your World
This week’s Windows Tip Sheet column is about opening an Explorer window from the command prompt. One of my readers sent me an email about using this tip in Vista: I’m currently running Vista and when I type “explorer.exe /e, … Continue reading



