If you’re at all interested in automating the tasks you perform in the VMM 2012 SP1 GUI, you probably appreciate the “View Script” button as much as I do. However, even if you have your VM Templates all setup and ready to go, and basically just “Next” through the “New VM” wizard, the generated script
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Fumbling through Windows Server 2012 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
I’m deploying a small VDI infrastructure for my employer. Being used to Citrix XenDesktop, the Windows 2012 implementation is, how to put it, “lightweight”. The team has done a tremendous job of exposing the various config tasks in Server Manager. Tasks such as changing SSL certs across multiple hosts or deploying new VDI collections use
Bits and bobs from my PowerShell profile #1: Get-specialfolder
I thought I’d share a few bits and pieces from my PowerShell profile that I’ve gathered over the years. Most of it is not fancy at all, but might be useful to you still. The PowerShell profile is a script file that gets executed everytime you start the PowerShell shell. It’s where you put your
SQL Reporting Services (SSRS) PowerShell Module
I’ve been working with SSRS lately to try and help our reporting dev come up with a automated deployment solution. Microsoft’s implementation of a scripting solution (rsscripter) is pretty much a joke. I have no intention of re-living those dark years of vbscript just to publish a report to a reporting services instance. So, we
Creating Azure VM into an affinity Group using PowerShell
There’s a lot of examples on Azure VM Creation using PowerShell out there, but I couldn’t find one for deploying a vm from the “Image Gallery” into an Affinity Group. For example, if you’ve set up a VM Network and want to place the VM inside that network, you need to use Affinity Groups. Here’s
The big Exchange Mailbox move
One of the first things I did when starting at my current employer this summer was to take a look at their hosted Exchange. I wasn’t impressed. There are too many reasons to mention here that things were as they were at that time, but that isn’t the point in this context. The point is
Measuring Exchange 2010 Mailbox growth using PowerShell
During a recent mailstorm we needed to quickly get an idea of users with abnormal mailbox growth. The script below lets you list all users in a database, wait for a few minutes before listing them again, and then list them out based on the delta in the first and second measurement. It’s not advanced
Lightswitch, PowerShell and WCF Services
Im really intriguied by Visual Studio Lightswitch – its a framework for designing data-driven applications. It is really cool stuff, the generated UIs are nice-looking and it (according to the devs) gives a lot of flexibility in terms of coding the logic behind the flashy exterior. A lightswitch app can hook on to various services
Getting SCOM ready for the big screen
When I worked as a consultant, the number one request from customers running System Center Operations Manager was “We need to get SCOM alerts on our wall screens”. It is easier said than done. I used to reply this to my customers: “SCOM isn’t a wall-type product. SCOM is a system that looks for every mistake
Good read on Priveliged Group security
Some very good reading on AD priveliged group and accoutn security http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2012/07/16/too-many-admins-in-your-domain-expose-the-problem-s-and-find-a-solution-don-t-forget-powershell.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/lrobins/archive/2011/06/23/quot-admin-free-quot-active-directory-and-windows-part-1-understanding-privileged-groups-in-ad.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/lrobins/archive/2011/06/23/quot-admin-free-quot-active-directory-part-2-protected-accounts-and-groups-in-active-directory.aspx
