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…
Active Directory Basic introduction
Active Directory Basic introduction Active Directory is Microsoft Network Operating system (NOS). AD was introduced with Windows 2000 server and evolved since. AD is a…
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…
Time synchronization in Active Directory domain
Active directory is highly dependent on all the domain controllers and computers having synchronized clocks. Kerberos which is the authentication protocol in Active Directory uses…
Create a Virtual Switch for Hyper-V with PowerShell
Virtual switch on Hyper-V could be configured with one of these three connections type. External Network: connected to a physical network. Allows the VMs to…
Manage AD computer account properties with PowerShell
Here are some of the actions you have to do it in Active Directory with a computer account properties. Get computer account properties. Use the…