PowerShell Basics: How To Unlock A User In Active Directory via PowerShell
Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes end users forget their passwords and lock themselves out of their Active Directory access. Administrators can unlock these accounts via the Windows GUI, but what if there was a quicker way. The PowerShell Active Directory module can save administrators time in governing end users and can also provide automation if required. This example will highlight how to unlock an end user account in minimal steps via PowerShell and the Active Directory module.How to In-Place Upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2019
As you know the Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are out of support on January 14th, 2020. Customer will need to upgrade their Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to a newer version of Windows Server or migrate these servers to Microsoft Azure.PowerShell Basics: Are you using Get-ComputerInfo?
For years, administrators have used commands like Get-WMIObject or Get-CIMInstance , along with other built-in commands, to retrieve computer and system information. This often required multiple commands, and some crafty scripting to get all the information you needed. Well, PowerShell 5.1 brought some relief for admins needing computer specific information with Get-ComputerInfo . With Get-ComputerInfo , an object is returned that contains system and operating system properties. And like all objects in PowerShell, you can work with the data through the pipeline however you see fit.How to run a Windows 11 VM on Hyper-V
Happy new year everyone! Last month, before the holidays I wanted to run a Windows 11 VM on Hyper-V to run a few tests on Windows containers in a different environment than my local machine. However, it took me some time to get that VM up and running, simply because I forgot about the new hardware requirements for Windows 11 and that I had to get them configured before I installed the new OS in it. This blog post is my contribution so you don’t have to go through the same!Using WSL 2 on Windows Server 2022 to run Linux containers
Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) is one of the most popular features for developers on Windows 10 and 11. It has recently been made available on Windows Server 2022. With this addition, you can now run Linux containers on WSL 2 on Windows Server 2022 for development and testing purposes.
