Home
About
Contact
Health Check
Close Menu
JeffOps
The Scripting Dutchman
Home
About
Contact
Health Check
Get-ADUser : Year, Month, and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime
Automatically logon to the Azure portal through PowerShell and a browser
Automatically logon to Office365 through PowerShell and a browser
PowerShell – Find the manufacturer, model and serial for your monitors
PowerShell – Find the appropriate network packet (MTU) size
PowerShell – Find disconnected RDP sessions
PowerShell – Is hyperthreading enabled?
The road so far…
PowerShell – Press any key to continue
Trello – PowerShell meets Fibonacci
How to find all WMI and/or CIM namespaces
DuPSUG meeting for PowerShell beginners and newbies
Changing from an hierarchical company structure to self managing teams
Sharing PowerShell knowledge and experiences in your country
Working around the execution policy in PowerShell
Releasing my Trello module at the PowerShell Conference EU 2016
My predictions for 2016
A new chapter
You can trust gatherNetworkInfo.vbs
Speaking at PowerShell Conference Europe 2016
Find group recursive membership for current user
A script to delete ConfigMgr client logs on remote devices
Howto hide a PowerShell prompt
Use PowerShell to get the default IIS log directory
Invoke-Command in DSC resources
Remember you are only human
PowerShell – What is dot sourcing and why use it?
How to be succesfull with Nano Server
Script to remove invalid shortcuts from start menu
To employers looking for admins or experts with PowerShell knowledge
Looking back at an interview from 3 years ago
Why there has been a silence on this blog over the last few months
Use PowerShell to list installed applications on remote Windows devices
An easy way in PowerShell to check if a variable has a value
Check for an elevated command prompt in Batch
Get local groups on remote devices
I’m giving a PowerShell for Packagers training in Februari of 2015
Find users currently logged on to remote systems
Find information about the local administrator account on remote systems with PowerShell
AWS – Use PowerShell to list VPC and Instance information in one view
Customize your PowerShell prompt
Loading a PowerShell module in a custom path
Doing all the things I do – A personal note
Octopus Deploy – The user name (UPN) could not be determined for principal
Experiences from the MVP Global Summit 2014
A kickstarter project for a Windows Store alternative
Win a free ticket to ExpertsLive
Study, education, preparations and means to an end
PowerShell DSC – Package ID unknown? Not a problem!
Find parameters named after the plural
Extract features names from DeploymentConfigTemplate xml file
Robin Williams – The passing of a true inspiration
Will you attend the PowerShell Summit in Amsterdam?
PowerShell – Howto remove white lines?
My DevOps session
Get the process owner via PowerShell
Get flash version with PowerShell
Check if a value is an ip address or not
Get print server information via PowerShell
Where to find the latest version of my Healh Check PowerShell script(s)
An Active Directory Health Check PowerShell script v1.0
Release date for my Active Directory Health Check script is set!
Got some time? Let’s do an interview!
Jeffrey Snover at DuPSUG on the Monad Manifesto Revisited
Convert European date format to US standard
Convert an IP address to decimal
PowerShell function to configure inheritance on folders
Validate an INI file through PowerShell
Dell AppAssure – Synchronous Backup through PowerShell
PowerShell function to remove empty lines
A first glimpse at my Active Directory Health Check
Out of memory exception in PowerShell
What is Project Possessod?
Get remote Best Practice Analyzer results through PowerShell
A PowerShell function to compare installed software
A PowerShell function to get the installed software
Compare installed updates and hotfixes
Write-Host – The gremlin of PowerShell
Use PowerShell and repadmin to get active directory replication status
Which servers have an Operations Manager client?
Get-InstalledUpdates – List all installed updates and hotfixes
Quote of the Year 2013
I will be a coach at the PowerShell Scripting Games – Winter 2014
Set domain runas account for SQL Server Management Pack in SCOM
PowerShell – A quick way to write content plain text to a file
Memory requirements for Windows Server 2012 (R2)
Get-Hash for files or strings
PowerShell function to pause with a progress bar…
Remove white lines in file through PowerShell
PowerShell function to list users in Authoritative Groups in Active Directory
Vendors are picking up on PowerShell
PowerShell function to find groups with no users as members
PowerShell function to report users in domain local groups
PowerShell function to find stale and old trusts in your Active Directory
I will be speaking at Experts Live on PowerShell DSC
What does a PowerShell function written by Microsoft look like?
PowerShell function to find orphaned GPT in the SYSVOL
PowerShell function to convert XLS files to XLSX
PowerShell function to get NTFS permissions on a folder for groups and users recursive
Copy Active Directory group membership from user to user
SCCM – Report all software in Add and Remove Programs for all computers
PowerShell – Error when you query Active Directory for the OperatingSystem attribute
PowerShell function to get time server NTP settings from clients
Wake On Lan through PowerShell
An easy way to check if a variable or property has data in PowerShell
PowerShell oneliner to find empty groups in Active Directory
Remove Group Policy Objects through PowerShell
Backup Group Policy Objects through PowerShell
Starting an App-V applications asks for username and password
DMTF – Open Standards Based Management
3rd Dutch PowerShell User Group meeting
PowerShell – Find disabled Group Policy Objects
PowerShell Deep Dives – Get your copy!
Use PowerShell to install prerequisites for Windows roles
Get the Windows Experience Index through PowerShell
FREE – Advanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start course
FREE – Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start course
Howto use environment variables in PowerShell
Windows RT 8.1 has Outlook
Get the version of a file through PowerShell
Known incompatibilities with Windows Management Framework 4.0
The return of the Start button
Windows Management Framework 4.0 Preview
Get the version of sqlservr through PowerShell
Get-WMIObject says access is denied
New Workflow features in PowerShell 4.0
Notable bug fixes in Windows PowerShell 4.0
Tweaks to speed up your Surface Windows 8 RT tablet
My future vision for datacenter management and cloud interchangeability
Citrix Windows Mobile SDK
PowerShell function to check the property to an item
Enable and disable MSI logging through PowerShell
PowerShell – Is my NIC configured to register in DNS?
PowerShell Summit – Day 2
PowerShell Summit – Day 1
PowerShell Summit – Flight to Seattle and playing tourist
2013 Microsoft PowerShell MVP
When is the next Patch Tuesday?
I’ll be speaking at the Danish PowerShell User Group in May 2013
I’ll be speaking at the E2EVC Copenhagen in June of 2013
Make a Service Pack permanent by removing the installation files
PowerShell – Remove the WSUS client settings from the registry
PowerShell – Find the name and time of the last logged on user
Find all Organizational Units with GPO Inheritance blocked
I’ll be speaking at the Mississippi PowerShell User Group in November 2013
WSUS clients not showing up in management console
Carsten Rachfahl interviews Ben Armstrong about Hyper-V and PowerShell
Book Review – Learn Active Directory Management in a Month of Lunches
PowerShell meets WSUS
PowerShell – Configure port mirroring in Hyper-V
The difference between Holland and The Netherlands
WSUS – Windows Updates Workflow
PowerShell function to check for a loaded snapin
PSSnapin – Could not load file or assembly or one of its dependencies
TechDays NL – Making PowerShell sexy
An incident in the train with a kid that has a bad attitude and no respect
PowerShell function to check for a loaded module
It is called Member Enumeration and not Implicit Foreach – Part 2
It is called Member Enumeration and not Implicit Foreach
MCWho + MCMe = MCT
I’ll be hosting a Microsoft Netherlands Datacenter Virtualization IT Camp with Tony Krijnen
Keep your PowerShell script open when executed
Remove the saved state of a VM with PowerShell
A PowerShell oneliner that exponentially consumes all memory
How is my WinRM service configured?
Summary of the 1st DuPSUG meeting
Use PowerShell to let you know when a product is in stock at Amazon
Restore the Microsoft PowerShell plugin to its default configuration
Why do things by hand when you have PowerShell? – Part 1
Black or grey screen with HP ILO on a blade server
The Scripting Dutchman and The Scripting Dutchmen
Upgrade your Windows Server edition without a re-install
Use PowerShell to write to the event log
Windows RT has PowerShell
VMM – PowerShell oneliners to set VM Network Optimization (Part 2)
PowerShell – What type is my variable?
PowerShell oneliner to change virtual switch settings on virtual machines
PowerShell oneliner to configure Processor Compatibility on VMs in Hyper-V
PowerShell one liners for Hyper-V demo and training environments
PowerShell – Function to configure UAC on local or remote computer
PowerShell – Function to get the UAC configuration on local or remote computer
My visit to the Microsoft Netherlands Company Meeting
Network mapping unavailable in installation wizard
PowerShell – Change the update schedule for the GAL in Exchange
PowerShell – Howto Update the GAL and OAB in Exchange
Winning a bet about the PowerShell switch statement
Join or unjoin a computer to a domain through PowerShell
Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell hits Release Candidate
PowerShell oneliner to enable VM Network Optimization in VMM
Product Review: PHD Virtual Backup for Citrix XenServer
Getting information about network adapters with PowerShell
PowerShell Deep Dive book project
Win a free and signed copy of The VDI Delusion
What is Project Blue Lantern?
PowerShell oneliners to get information about your Active Directory infrastructure
PowerShell – Implicit foreach in PSv3 and the impact in execution time
PowerShell function to get all nested group members in Active Directory
Move disabled user accounts with a PowerShell oneliner
My blog just passed 10000 visitors for this month
PowerShell – Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2012
Switch your display through the command line
What does the Best Practice Analyzer in Windows Server check for?
SCVMM – A PowerShell one liner to report the Cluster Shared Volumes utilization
The rise and fall of the Metro UI in Windows 8
THE Microsoft Private Cloud Computing book to get and read
Practical tips for PowerShell scripters and beginners
PowerShell to quickly provision an Active Directory for events and demonstrations
SCVMM – Custom inventory about VM and VHD with PowerShell
Having some fun with a NIC and PowerShell
Function for manipulation of the PowerShell console
Announcement – The Dutch PowerShell User Group
SCVMM Warning (3107)–The format of the file yourvirtualdisk.avhd is not compatible with the VHD format.
So you think a domain local group cannot be a member of a domain local group?
PowerShell – Searching for the cause of a user account that keeps getting locked out
Convert a domain name to a usable distinguished name format
PowerShell – Create directories and files for demonstrations
Manage Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V in SCVMM 2012 –Unknown Hypervisor
Mail enable Active Directory contacts in Exchange with a PowerShell oneliner
Grant full access to a group on a mailbox in Multi-tenant Hosted Exchange environment with a PowerShell oneliner
Powershell function to create a random password with complexity requirement
PowerShell function to generate a random password
PowerShell – Having fun with Compare-Object in the 2012 Scripting Games
Powershell function to rename a computer
PowerShell – Disable Meeting Forward Notifications in Exchange on user or global level
List all tapes in DPM with a PowerShell oneliner
PowerShell – Configure IE proxy settings based on network name
Book Review – Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide
And the winners are…
PowerShell – Reusable function to convert WMI date to readable output
A reusable PowerShell function to select the correct size format
PowerShell – Convert strings to lower- or upper case
PowerShell – Finding all commands with a specific parameter
Making the PowerShell prompt startup faster!
Book giveaway: Win a free copy of the Microsoft Application Virtualization Advanced Guide, just by commenting!
PowerShell script to list folders and sizes
PowerShell – Howto calculate the number of characters in a string
Project Methos finished, on to Project Blue Lantern
How long does my PowerShell script take to run?
PowerShell – Conditional and comparison operators explained
Powershell one liner to unblock downloaded files
An introduction to Powershell Workflow in Windows 8
Testing your scripts in earlier version of PowerShell on the same device
Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell
Get your geek on with PowerShell and some music
Hyper-V – Cluster Shared Volumes only accessible by one host after configuring VLANs
DPM–SQL transaction logs do not truncate
PowerShell – List all domains in a forest
Enable Hyper-V in Windows 8 with a PowerShell one liner
Search your Exchange environment for content in mails with PowerShell
PowerShell to prepare for troubleshooting Group Policy after a project has been completed
Getting information for PowerShell scripting – WMI Objects
Rescan your disks with PowerShell
Generate log files for all cluster nodes with a PowerShell one liner
A day of troubleshooting the Unsupported Cluster Configuration status
Getting IP configurations of Virtual Machines with PowerShell and SCVMM
PowerShell one liner to get the operating systems of all your virtual machines in SCVMM
SCVMM–Deployment through template keeps using BITS over HTTPS
PowerShell one liners to get the maximum size and usage of dynamic VHD files
PowerShell one-liner for inventory of memory configurations and availability–Part two
PowerShell one-liner for inventory of memory configurations and availability–Part one
SCVMM – Error (402) Library server is not associated with this Virtual Machine Server
Data Deduplication in Windows Server 2012 explained from A to Z
RES Workspace Manager – Outlook 2010 always starts with a first run wizard
Video interviews with some Hyper-V experts
Immidio launches their Application Profiler product
PowerShell–The “unexpected token ‘and’” error message explained
Windows Clusters and Quorum configurations explained
PowerShell oneliner – Unmount ISO files in Hyper-V or SCVMM
The big news I promised…
Two group policy gotchas for Single Sign On with MED-V
Investigate words in Outlook
Never create a VHD in the root of a CSV
Use PowerShell to get some basic information about your domain and forest
Call for scripting ideas
Manage applications on remote systems using PowerShell
Getting the PowerShell execution policy for a remote device
A gotcha with New-PSDrive combined with Credentials
Properly get the group membership for current user with PowerShell
Automate Windows Update to use Microsoft Update
PowerShell function to remotely repair a SCCM client
PowerShell script to delete all files with a specific extension within a folder tree
Follow up–Will Windows 8 require UEM?
Script to change the SCCM Client cache size
Will Windows 8 require UEM?
PowerShell – List all users that have access to other mailboxes in Exchange
PowerShell and the execution policies explained
Having some fun with UAC and PowerShell
Powershell script to check for elevated permissions
PowerShell script to delete all files but leaves directories intact
Unable to open ICA file in Internet Explorer because that option is not available
PowerShell – Getting the size of all files within a folder tree
Set ACL through PowerShell
PowerShell – Finding properties to use in a Select statement
Remove all snapshots older than 6 weeks with one line of PowerShell
List all Hyper-V snapshots with one line of PowerShell
PowerShell – Removing old user accounts from your Active Directory
PowerShell – Removing old computer accounts from your Active Directory
My future vision – The problem is in the interface
Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator
Powershell script to search content in files
PowerShell script to migrate a virtual machine
VM remains visible in SCVMM after deletion in Hyper-V
Powershell – Converting one of my old scripts into a function
PowerShell script to delete files not accessed for more than a week
ACT vs McAfee – And me in the middle
Howto get back at your girl in a geeky way with PowerShell
PowerShell script to delete files older than a week
Making soft and symbolic links in Windows
Howto enable Microsoft Update company wide
Creating a bootable Windows 8 USB fails on a few percent
Also SCVMM 2012 Beta cannot handle more the one dash in the hostname
PowerShell script to set memory on all VDI virtual machines
Hyper-V PowerShell script to move virtual machines and put host in maintenance mode
Add a printer dialog box does not show all printers
PowerShell – Replace a line of text with quotes in multiple files
PowerShell script to list available disk space in dynamic VHD files
Provisioning Services Console – An unexpected MAPI error occured
A script to migrate user mapped network printers
What the virtualization war will be won on
VAMT error when implementing KMS key – Unable to connect to the WMI service on the remote machine
Howto create and deploy custom libraries in Windows 7
What happened to the hypervisor for smartphones from VMware?
Disable save state on virtual machines in Hyper-V
My search for a client hypervisor
PowerShell script to set startup delay on virtual machines in Hyper-V
PowerShell script to merge VHD files
Error while installing the HDX Experience monitor for XenDesktop
Grab all drivers on a workstation
Asset Intelligence in SCCM 2007 reports a bad certificate
Alternative for TechEd Europe 2011
Clear all eventlogs with one simple command
Provisioning Server Error – Missing an argument for parameter VLanEnabled. Specify a parameter of type System.Nullable
My definition of a cloud
Copy and Move made easy
Take ownership quickly through this registry tweak
VMWare – Perception is everything
Book review: Mastering Hyper-V Deployment
Availability – High Higher and Highest
Howto hide the Libraries in Windows 7 or Server
From explorer to command prompt… and back
Book review: Windows 7 for XP Professionals
Old vs. New – Cluster.exe vs. PowerShell
Error value 3 when installing SCOM 2007 R2 Reporting Server on SQL 2008 R2 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Starting a MSI with elevated privileges
Virtual Machine Manager cannot process the request because an error occurred while authenticating SRV-SCVMM-01.network.lan
Disk offline with error – the disk is offline because of a policy set by an administrator
Howto reset your Microsoft Office 2003 settings
Java based application wants more memory
Microsoft’s Spring cleaning and exam coaching sessions
A Kerberos Error Message was received: on logon session
The session setup for computer DBSERVER1 failed because the security database does not contain a trust account “DBSERVER1$” referenced by the specified computer
WMI error when viewing dependencies of services
Options not available in App-V Client
The cluster physical disk resource could not be brought online
Microsoft promotion does not reward the early IT Professional
Connecting to a share on Windows 7 from XP gives credentials popup…
Dynamic Memory vs. Memory Overcommit
Scripting an environment variable for an entire user-environment when using App-V
Error – The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed
Online messenger in Hotmail
Windows Live Messenger Beta is not working: Error 800c013a
Delete a mailbox in Exchange when user is deleted
DevDays GeekNight 2010
Perfomance issues on Server Based Computing – Printer Drivers
Perfomance issues on Server Based Computing – Firewall and Printserver
Internet Explorer 9 will not support Windows XP
Howto disable that annoying Browser Choice screen forced on Microsoft by the EU
Farewell to Essential Business Server product
Microsoft beta exam 71-669 TS Windows Server 2008 R2 Desktop Virtualization
Which application to put the blame on?
Also in IT there is always a bigger fish
Troubleshooting driver BSOD’s with the Driver Verifier – Delete Existing Settings
Troubleshooting driver BSOD's in Windows with the Driver Verifier – Default rules
GeekNight 2010
Honey, I'm back !