Manage Windows Firewall with Powershell 3
Windows Firewall is the default built in solution for packet and connection filtering in the Windows OS families. With the introduction of the new PowerShell version, they shipped a couple of commands...
View ArticleInstall IIS (or any feature) on Windows 8 with Powershell
IIS8 is available in the latest version of the MS client operating system. It is also available from the GUI as any other feature, open Programs And Features under Control Panel and click on Turn...
View ArticleInstall IIS (or any role and feature) on Windows Server 2012 with Powershell
In Windows Server 2012 -just like in the previous version – you can add IIS through the Add roles and features wizard. The GUI navigates you all the steps necessary for the installation and offers you...
View ArticleFiledialog and Powershell
Filedialog and Powershell When I ask any input from a user in Powershell script most of the time I ask it in a parameter of the script body or just prompt for it during runtime. But with the underlying...
View ArticleAnnoying apostrophe issue in Powershell
Of course it is not annoying if someone can accept this escape character and as matter as the fact it is bit better that the divide sign (/) but even I say I am always suffering about this. Let’s see...
View ArticleCheck OCS/Lync enabled AD user with PowerShell
The security is important; working for a huge company sometimes causes problems. You get less right, because of the security. If you a normal user, and you would like to check if one of the user...
View ArticleRoles, features and the WinSxS folder in Windows Server 2012
Back in time when I had to install additional Windows Components on a 2003 Server the Windows Comopnents Wizard asked me to insert the install disk or point to a folder which contains the install...
View ArticleCannot install .NET Framework 3.5 features on Windows Server 2012
Symptom On a default installation of Windows Server 2012 sometimes you experience problems with the .NET Framework 3.5 features while trying to enable it. It fails if you try to install it using the...
View ArticleCreate Active Directory users with Powershell
Scope In my test environments I always have to create a couple of users to be able to do performance or functionality tests. Powershell really helps me with this task and I just want to archive this...
View ArticleSharepoint integrated reporting services with SQL Always on availability group
It happened once that i needed to provision a Sharepoint 2013 farm including MS SQL Server Reporting Services (SRSS). I had some issues – maybe you found this post ‘cos of that – which i would also...
View ArticleFeature Delegation in Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5 by scripting
Preface This article would like to show the possibilities of Feature Delegation that is part of the Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5 that is available on Windows Server 2008 R2. For those who...
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