Creating WS-Man Listeners with DSC
A guide on using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to create and manage secure HTTPS/SSL WS-Man listeners for improved server authentication.
A guide on using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to create and manage secure HTTPS/SSL WS-Man listeners for improved server authentication.
A guide to automatically configure secure HTTPS WS-Management listeners on Windows servers using Group Policy and PowerShell.
Part 2 of a tutorial on automating a two-tier Active Directory Certificate Services installation using PowerShell Desired State Configuration.
A technical guide on automating a two-tier Public Key Infrastructure setup using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).
A PowerShell developer shares a frustrating bug: using a variable named $Switch inside a switch statement causes unexpected behavior.
A PowerShell script to retrieve the IPv4 address of a Hyper-V VM's NIC attached to an external switch for remote management.
A PowerShell script snippet for converting a domain name (e.g., corp.example.com) into an LDAP distinguished name format (DC=corp,DC=example,DC=com).
Guide to configuring advanced Certificate Services (AD CS) settings like AIA and CDP using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) and certutil.
Discusses the deprecation of the insecure SMB1 protocol in Windows and provides PowerShell commands to disable or uninstall it.
A quick PowerShell 5.0 script to install or update all DSC resources from a repository, with a note on trusting sources.
A technical guide exploring the challenges and process of setting up Docker containers on Windows Nano Server TP3, noting it wasn't fully functional at the time.
Lists and describes the PowerShell cmdlets available in the Containers module for managing containers on a Windows Nano Server.
Using JSON serialization in PowerShell to compare complex objects for accurate Pester unit testing.
Overview of new features and the official installer script in Windows Server 2016 Nano Server Technical Preview 3.
A guide to replacing legacy NETSH TRACE commands with modern PowerShell cmdlets for network packet capture and analysis.
A technical guide to fixing the 'account settings out of date' error in the Windows 10 Mail and Calendar app by reinstalling the app and clearing its data.
A PowerShell guide to automatically enable Device Naming on all virtual network adapters for Generation 2 VMs on a Hyper-V host.
Explores the limited PowerShell modules available in Windows Nano Server Tech Preview 2 and the absence of SysPrep.
A guide to improving PowerShell's ValidateScript attribute by creating custom validation functions for better error messages and user experience.
A guide on using PowerShell commands to force immediate synchronization on a WSUS server, leveraging .NET components.