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Use PowerShell to add an additional Domain Controller to an existing Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain

Mar 14, 2013 · Active Directory PowerShell Server Core Windows Server 2012 ·

Recently, I decided to add a second domain controller to my mikefrobbins.com domain. The existing server and this new server that will become a domain controller both run the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 operating system and both were installed with the default installation type of server core (no GUI). Even though …

Use PowerShell to Remotely Enable Firewall Exceptions on Windows Server 2012

Feb 28, 2013 · PowerShell Windows Server 2012 ·

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You're attempting to view the event logs of a couple of remote Windows Server 2012 servers that have been installed with the default installation type of server core (No GUI). You receive the following error when attempting to connect to these servers using the Event Viewer snapin in an MMC console: 1Computer …

Use PowerShell to Create a Scheduled Task that Uses PowerShell to Pause and Resume AppAssure Core Replication

Feb 7, 2013 · AppAssure PowerShell ·

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In this scenario there are multiple AppAssure Core servers, one at each physical location that is used to backup the local servers. Each AppAssure Core server is setup to replicate its data to an offsite AppAssure Core server at a separate physical location across a wide area network for disaster recovery purposes. Due …

PowerShell: Determine Exposed WMI and CIM Class Methods

Dec 6, 2012 · PowerShell ·

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During last months Arizona PowerShell User Group meeting, Aleksandar Nikolić, a PowerShell MVP, posted a number of great tips in the chat during The Scripting Guy (Ed Wilson)'s presentation which was on managing Windows 8 remotely with PowerShell version 3 (An awesome session). One of the code snippets that Aleksandar …

PowerShell Magazine Brain Teaser Winner!

Nov 20, 2012 · PowerShell ·

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I received notification yesterday from PowerShell Magazine that I had won last weeks PowerShell Brain Teaser to Assign a list of processes to a variable and output it to the console. Your new task is to get a list of running processes, assign it to a variable and output the result to the console window. Use the minimal …

PowerShell: Save-Help for Modules that Aren’t Installed on the Local Computer without Copying Files

Nov 8, 2012 · PowerShell ·

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In my previous blog article on this subject, I showed how to copy the PowerShell module manifest file from a server with the module you want to download the help for to the local computer to trick it into thinking the module was installed locally, but copying files can get messy and isn't really a robust way of …

PowerShell: Save-Help for Modules that Aren’t Installed on the Local Computer

Nov 6, 2012 · PowerShell ·

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Update-Help and Save-Help are new PowerShell version 3 cmdlets which allow you to initially download PowerShell help and keep the local PowerShell help files updated that are installed on your computer and available via the Get-Help cmdlet. In PowerShell version 3, Save-Help allows the updated help files to be saved to …

Piping PowerShell Output to the Clipboard

Nov 1, 2012 · PowerShell ·

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It's definitely beneficial to attend technology events so you can talk to other IT Pro's. This past weekend I presented a session at PowerShell Saturday in Atlanta and while at the speaker dinner I made a comment about a new version of the PowerShell Community Extensions being released. The only cmdlet that's part of …

Use PowerShell to Create Active Directory User Accounts from Data Contained in the Adventure Works 2012 Database

Oct 30, 2012 · Active Directory PowerShell SQL Server ·

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This past Saturday, I presented a session at PowerShell Saturday 003 in Atlanta. Towards the end of the presentation, I created 290 Active Directory user accounts by using the information for employees contained in the Adventure Works 2012 database. This is actually a PowerShell script that I whipped up Friday night at …

Use PowerShell to Create a New Active Directory Forest on Windows 2012 Server Core Installation (no-GUI)

Oct 13, 2012 · Active Directory PowerShell Server Core Windows Server 2012 ·

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You have a fresh installation of Windows Server 2012 that was installed using the default installation type of server core installation (no-GUI). This server will be the first domain controller in a brand new Active Directory forest. Log into the server and launch PowerShell by typing powershell.exe. You'll need to …