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TFTP not working anymore with Windows Deployment Services
Recently I rebuilded my VMWare ESXi server due to some disk problems. So I also needed to reinstall my virtual servers. For that I wanted to use the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) again. I...
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Backup Microsoft SQL Server Express
The Express versions of Microsoft SQL Server are used very often. Most of the times it comes together with 3rd party applications. And for small tasks and databases it is a good choice, even for...
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Change network category of 'Unidentified Networks'
In Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 network connections are indentified and automatically assigned to one of the following categories: Domain Network Private Network (also know as work of home network)...
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Automated Windows Deployment
Recently we have been installing many new servers at the office. Most of them have been new virtual machines on our VMWare cluster. Installing windows on de server has become a little pain in the ass....
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Get-Weather script
Today I was searching the poshcode.org website for an ftp script. But my eyes caught another interesting script, wel actually it is a PowerShell function and it is called Get-Weather. It does exactly...
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Introduction to PowerShell Modules
A new feature in PowerShell 2.0 are modules. A module is a collection of PowerShell cmdlets and are an easier way to distribute cmdlets. For PowerShell snapins were used for this. But you needed...
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How to change the primary group of an AD user?
In the past I have made a PowerShell script that did some cleanup in the Active Directory on accounts of former employees. Like disable their account, move to a different OU and archive home and...
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Free Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
Today I saw a Twitter message about an iSCSI Software Target from Microsoft. With this you can turn any Windows Server 2008 R2 in an iSCSI device. The software target is the same that is being used in...
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Upload a file with ftp using PowerShell
Recently I needed a script to upload log files from one server to another server. The servers were in separate networks so I could not use a simple copy command like xcopy or robocopy. For this I had...
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Add hundreds of hostheaders to one website with PowerShell
At the moment I am busy with replacing an old server with a new server running Windows Server 2008 R2. This old server has a few websites. Migrating a website is normally not difficult to do. Have done...
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Get stream statistics from Wowza Media Server
Recently I needed to know how many connections were made to a stream on our Wowza server, as real time as possible. For Windows Media Services you can use performance counters for that. And you can...
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Update: Get stream statistics from Wowza Media Server
Yesterday I discovered that the function in the article ‘Get stream statistics from Wowza Media Server’ was not working properly. It goes wrong when more Applications are loaded in Wowza. So I have...
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Windows Management Framework 3.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) #2...
The PowerShell team released CTP2 of the Windows Management Framework 3.0. It contains PowerShell 3.0, WMI and WinRM. It is available voor download at...
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Create a Virtual Exchange 2010 Datacenter
Technet Magazine published an interesting article about best practices for creating a virtual Exchange 201 Datacenter. You find the article here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh641416.aspx
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Turn your Windows 7 laptop in a hotspot.
In a few easy steps you can turn your Windows 7 laptop in a wireless hotspot without installing extra software. There is special software that do the same and that have many more features. But if you...
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Parameter validation
The last couple of days Jeffery Hicks has been writing some very interesting posts about how validate parameters in scripts and functions with parameter validation attributes. In powershell there are...
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Scott Forsyth’s Mastering IIS and Other Essential Web Technologies
Scott Forsyth has been very busy last year making video’s about IIS and other hosting related stuff. Every week he has made a video about one specific topic. You can find all the videos here:...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Hope that 2013 will be a good year for you all! With lots of love, happiness, peace and health! Happy New Year
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Distribute files to servers with PowerShell
Our streaming platform has 10 edge servers but most of them are on standby. They will only be in service when there is a high demand. Most of the time they are shutdown. At this point when there is a...
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Windows PowerShell Support for Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 has a lot of new PowerShell CmdLets. The documentation for these CmdLets can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh801904.aspx. Some of the CmdLets are only...
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