An IT engineering family’s journey…
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Patrick Burwell Resume
· Strong professional leadership on complex Infrastructure assignments and projects as the infrastructure subject matter expert · Proven ability to analyze problems, root causes, and develop innovative solutions to business challenges and streamlining operations · Lead Technical consultant responsible for analysis, engineering · Solution Provider working with development teams toward information technology resolutions · Ability…
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FRS to DFSR Migration Can Be Reset!
The FRS migration to DFSR can be restarted, even after Eliminiated state… The simple steps to get back is to reset the DFSR Global Settings value from 48 to 0 using ADSIEdit: You then delete the entire “Migrating Sysvols” key on the DFSR services registry: Then, once every RWDC in the domain or forest isn…
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Recurse with Grep (SLS in PS 5.1)
The diffculty at finding this was unnecessary Linux guys… sheesh! The first line shows how to recurse a sls/grep search in Powershell for specific content of PS scripts, in subdirectories, not the .\, while the second line gives an example on how to get the list you can then call a program against, like ISE…
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Check-WinEvents-Prompted.ps1
‘Check-WinEvents-Prompted.ps1’ #************************************************************************************************************* # Script Name : Get-Latest-WinEvent-Prompted-DCs # Purpose : Check Latest Event log for DCs chosen # Date : #.\Get-UpdateDate.ps13:32 PM 3/13/2024 # – Initial version # Date : #.\Get-UpdateDate.ps11:12 PM 3/14/20244 # – Updated to reflect specific events, added credentials, added prompts # Author : Patrick Burwell #************************************************************************************************************* #Set location first set-location D:\PowerShell…
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Confirm Windows Server In-place Upgrade to 2025
From 4SysOps: Confirm Windows Server in-place upgrade to 2025 Current version Upgrade to Windows Server 2025? Windows Server 2012 ❌ No Windows Server 2012 R2 ❌ No Windows Server 2016 ✅ Yes Windows Server 2019 ✅ Yes Windows Server 2022 ✅ Yes https://4sysops.com/archives/check-the-windows-server-version-to-determine-if-an-in-place-upgrade-to-server-2025-is-supported
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AI Automation for PowerShell
“You may have experimented with Microsoft’s AI Shell for PowerShell and felt that you didn’t need another chatbot. However, AI Shell isn’t a shell at all. Like many of Microsoft’s Copilots, it functions merely as a chatbot attached to your terminal, providing enhanced copy-and-paste capabilities.” “The AI Shell is compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Please ensure…
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Check-Uptime-DC-Prompt.ps1
Sometimes a simple script makes life easier…
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Eval: Poly Voyager 5200 UC
Poly? Oh, there it is, that’s why it’s called “Poly”; Plantronics was acquired by Polycom. 7 hr. talk time diminishes down to 6 over time. You can get a full day if you plug in the headset during breaks and lunch. Also connects to Cell for hands-free calling by voice. The battery being directly in…
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Get-Pagefile
Quickly get the remote pagefile of a window server
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Log Specific IPV4 Traffic When Found
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