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Using PowerShell to map a network drive
Recently my CFO purchased a new computer for his home office. He wanted to be able to VPN into the office and have access to all of his network shares and applications. After installing all his...
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Setting Up PowerShell 2010
Today I was setting up PowerShell 2010 for testing on a VM and I ran into an issue during the install that is apparently quite common. I had successfully installed the prerequisites and was attempting...
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Now for a little VB Script
I was going through some old files and thought I would post this one as a good example of using VBScript. I had a request to automate the upload of a file to an FTP site. This example dates back to...
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Using sFTP in SQL Server SSIS
On several occasions I have had to use SSIS to export data from a SQL database, and then transfer that data to a third party via sFTP. SQL Server SSIS has an FTP task built in but it does not natively...
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List Sever Reboot Times
I was recently working on a Windows Server in my office when I noticed it had not been rebooted in a while. That got me to thinking, how many other servers in my environment had gotten in under the...
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Techstravaganza 2012
Today I am getting the opportunity to attend the Techstravaganza 2012 event http://www.techstravaganza.com at Microsoft’s office in NYC. I hope to pick up a lot of good information on PowerShell and...
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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 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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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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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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List Sever Reboot Times
I was recently working on a Windows Server in my office when I noticed it had not been rebooted in a while. That got me to thinking, how many other servers in my environment had gotten in under the...
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Techstravaganza 2012
Today I am getting the opportunity to attend the Techstravaganza 2012 event http://www.techstravaganza.com at Microsoft’s office in NYC. I hope to pick up a lot of good information on PowerShell and...
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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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