Recompiling Chocolatey packages
Chocolatey is a very popular tool among system administrators as it helps automate package management for Windows. Since Chocolatey can...
Use PowerShell to create your Fantasy Football Draft order
With the NFL season upon us, Fantasy Football owners are starting to research and plan out which players they will...
How to Access ESXCLI with PowerCLI
If you have worked with vSphere, chances are you have had to perform some tasks on an ESXi host using...
Windows 10 in-place upgrade with PowerShell and MDT
In this article, I will demonstrate how to use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and PowerShell to create a reusable in-place...
A safer way to patch ESXi using PowerCLI and VUM
Patching vSphere is fairly straightforward using vSphere Update Manager. You can let vCenter/VUM automate the patching of an entire datacenter...
Capture network traces with the PowerShell module NetEventPacketCapture
Every network admin will at some point need to capture and view network events to help troubleshoot network issues. The...
Using the Windows Defender PowerShell cmdlets
There are several ways to manage and configure Windows Defender, such as via the System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Desired...
What version of SMB are my clients connecting to my Windows server with?
In light of the recent WannaCry attack, this simple PowerShell one liner will give you some insight into what SMB...
The best training experience I ever had
First off, before I tell my story I will admit that I am very lucky and in more than one...
Automating Windows updates using the PowerShell PSWindowsUpdate module
I will admit it. I love PowerShell and if my choice is to use PowerShell over another tool to do...