Inventory Network adapters on remote computers using PowerShell
The following simple script uses the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet to inventory network adapters on remote machines. This script is only working on Windows 8 and up…
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New-NetIPAddress cmdlet
This cmdlet configures an IP address. Parameters: AddressFamily (IPV4, IPV6) It specifies the address family. CimSession It runs the cmdlet in a remote session or…
Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet
The Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet gets the IP address configuration (IPV4 and IPV6). Parameters: AddressFamily (IPV4, IPV6) Only show specified IP families. AddressState (Invalid, Tentative, Duplicate, Deprecated,…
Get-NetAdapter Cmdlet
Get-NetAdapter cmdlet gets the Network adapter properties. AsJob display the cimjob name and job status of the adapter. CimSession runs the cmdlet in a remote…
Creating a Port scanner with Windows PowerShell
Create a simple port scanner using PowerShell. Create a port scanner on a specific port on a specific network range. $port = 80 (here I’m…
Basic introduction to PowerShell
What is PowerShell ? PowerShell is an automation platform and scripting language for Windows and Windows Server that allows you to simplify the management of your…
Exchange 2010 deleted items not purging even after the retention days
Sometimes ago, I run into a strange problem while I was working on an Exchange 2010 server for a client. By default the retention policy…
Create an IP scanning script with PowerShell
The following script will ping your network and write the status of each IP address to a csv file. Scanning the IP addresses from 1…
Install Windows Nano Server on Hyper-V
I used the VHD file available on Microsoft site for download. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview Use the New-VM cmdlet to create a new VM I’m allocating 1024MB of…
Run Windows Best Practices Analyzer for Active Directory using PowerShell
Starting with Windows 2008 R2, Microsoft introduced a Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) for Active Directory that is included as part of the operating system. The…