Category: HOWTO
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PS Script to Promote 2019 Server to RWDC
Add-WindowsFeature -Name “AD-Domain-Services” -IncludeManagementTools:$False -Confirm -ea Inquire -LogPath “C:\Users\$env:username\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\log\$day-RWDCPromo.log”
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Set-MpPreference
As you can see, Microsoft’s syntax is wrong:They show the syntax for setting soft-passive mode as ‘Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true’ when it is ‘Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring:$true’ <– NOTE THE COLON??? Arrrrgghhhh! I cannot tell you how frustrating it is when code is not written to give you ANY response unless you get the syntax EXACTLY right. *SIGH*…
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VMware-Backup ESXi Config File
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Locate Pervasive Lockouts of AD Accounts
You can use PowerShell to search the Security event log for lockout events…
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PowerCLI: Get the report of Hot Add / Hot Plug Status of the VMS
Get the report of Hot Add / Hot Plug Status of the VMS (updated from www.vmwarearena.com)
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Check Wildcarded AD User Properties with PowerShell 5.1
Get all user properties, or just one, with a wildcard
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Install Any Command Easily in PowerShell
That’s how you would install ANY module for a command you need. Now TELL me that’s not convenient!
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Our Azure Resource Group, Tenant, and Subscription Questions to ChatGPT.org
Azure RGs, Subscriptions and Tenants can get confusing; This Q&A my son Ryan and I asked ChaGPT.org, during our AZ-104 training, should help.. Can an Azure Subscription be accessible by multiple tenants? And why?In Azure, can there be multiple subscriptions in a tenant? Can users access multiple subscriptions? How?
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Log4J scanning fails to create csv file
invoke-command -scriptblock {powershell -File “D:\batch\Fix-4Log4J.ps1”} -computer $Server -AsJob -JobName “Scan4Log4J” -Verbose -EA SilentlyContinueWhen I run this script locally, with enter-pssession the script works just fine but NO CSV & D:\batch\Fix-4Log4J.ps1Yet every time I try to invoke, directly or with SAPS it fails to create file When I run this script locally, with enter-pssession the script…
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How to quiesce an AWS instance to perform an uninterrupted OS upgrade
How do we quiesce an AWS instance to perform an uninterrupted operating system upgrade in-place, like from Microsoft Server 2012R2 to 2019, which can be easily done on other virtualized platforms, like VMware? We have a problem in our upgrades in Windows Server where the install backs out at 90%. AWS has looked and claims the install is being…