The Basics of PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration) Desired State Configuration (DSC) allows you to configure Windows and applications using a configuration file and PowerShell. As in other configuration management systems (for example, Puppet or Ansible), when using Desired State… Continue Reading
When you create a domain, by default all FSMO roles are assigned to the first domain controller in the forest. You can transfer FSMO roles from one DC to another using both the Active Directory graphics snap-ins and the PowerShell… Continue Reading
Like other programming languages, PowerShell has the concept of loops. Earlier we already covered how to create a PowerShell script for looping through files and folders. The loop (cycle) allows you to execute several times a certain set of commands.… Continue Reading
Most likely, a lot of you already faced an error The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA). This happens when you try to connect to a remote computer or server through a specific MMC snap-in, WMI, PowerShell, WinRM,… Continue Reading
It allows moving a running virtual machine between hosts without stopping it.Live Migration in Hyper-V was only available under Windows Failover Cluster with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV). Starting from Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V Live Migration doesn’t require a cluster or… Continue Reading
Filtering PowerShell Objects with Where-Object The output of any PowerShell cmdlet is returned as objects. The Where-Object cmdlet is used in PowerShell to filter such objects. The Where-Object cmdlet allows filtering the output of the previous command using a pipeline.… Continue Reading
How to Run PowerShell Script on Remote Computer? The functionality of remote command execution in PowerShell is called PowerShell Remoting (appeared in PowerShell 2.0) and is based on the capabilities of the Web Services for Management protocol (WS-Management). With PowerShell… Continue Reading
The error Cannot find the default server running Active Directory Web Services, may appear when you import an ActiveDirectory module into your PowerShell session when you run various cmdlets from that module. For example, when you transfer FSMO roles with… Continue Reading
With PowerShell, you can redirect the output of any command to a text file. This is useful to save the results returned by a PowerShell command or script. The PowerShell Out-File cmdlet is used to redirect output to a plain… Continue Reading
PowerShell: Convert String to Int PowerShell belongs to a weak, dynamic typed language class. This means you don’t need to declare variables and set specific data types before using them. When you create a variable, you don’t have any need… Continue Reading