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2012 Scripting Games

I successfully participated in the 2012 Scripting Games and am awaiting the results of the scoring.  The game consisted of a Beginner and Advanced level, and there were 10 individual events that you...

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Using Proxies in SQL Server Agent

Have you ever had to run a job in SQL Server Agent and needed it to run with different permissions than the login that runs SQL Agent?  I have come across this a few times.  Most recently, I was trying...

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Repairing Windows Cluster Server

This past weekend I was rebuilding a storage array to increase the storage capacity and also reconfigure the drives to optimize the arrangement for better performance on our SQL Server.  The original...

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all! Hope it was a special day for everyone.Filed under: Uncategorized

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Installing WordPress on Windows Server 2008 R2

I recently got involved with a new website project and was trying to determine the best set up for our situation. I needed a Content Management System (CMS) so the end user could make the changes to...

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Using PowerShell to query Active Directory

I recently needed to find all disabled computers in my Active Directory Installation.  So, rather than open up Active Directory Users and Computers and manually search through multiple OU’s and create...

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Powershell function to get remote disk space

I was working on a project and needed to remotely check a servers available disk space so I started trying to come up with a simple reusable function to check the disk space.  The following is what I...

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Out-printer cmdlet

Recently I was asked if you could use PowerShell to print to a specific printer.  I have written posts on how to print to your default printer but had never tried printing to a specific printer.  So I...

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Cybersecurity – managing risks in an online world

October 2015 was declared National Cyber Security Awareness Month by President Obama as a way to educate both the private and and public sectors about the importance of Cybersecurity. What is...

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Powershell to copy data from CSV to Excel

I had a request to take data from a CSV file that was being automatically downloaded and copy a section of the data into an existing spreadsheet. The spreadsheet had 3 tabs and the copied data had to...

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