Tag Archives: Cmdlets

Copying an Azure Cloud Blob (VHD) between different Storage Accounts and Resource Groups with ARM PowerShell.

Posted on October 27, 2016 by jbernec

While working with Azure, I came across a situation where I needed to quickly provision an Azure Virtual Machine from an existing sysprepped VHD in a different storage account and resource group using the Azure Resource Manager deployment model. This … Continue reading →

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Deleting SCVMM 2012 R2 Logical Network Definitions with PowerShell.

Posted on September 11, 2016 by jbernec

Attempting to delete a SCVMM 2012R2 logical network throws an exception as shown in the screen shot below because there are other dependencies like the Port Profiles, logical switches and other network objects still depending on it. The “View Dependent … Continue reading →

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Bulk Updating On-Premise Active Directory Users’ Attributes for Office 365 Batch Migration Using PowerShell.

Posted on March 21, 2016 by jbernec

In this environment, the on premise Active Directory DNS name is different from the email address public DNS name. An alternate UPN Suffix that matches the public email address DNS name has already been configured for the on premise AD … Continue reading →

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Resolving Hyper-v Error: “‘Unnamed VM’ could not initialize… The security ID structure is invalid.”

Posted on February 4, 2015 by jbernec

While moving my Lab to a new environment using the Hyper-v Export and Import VM options, I ran into an “‘Unnamed VM’ could not initialize… The security ID structure is invalid” error when trying to start the Domain Controller Virtual … Continue reading →

Posted in Hyper-v, Hyper-v 2012 R2, Hyper-v Manager, Microsoft Hyper-v, PowerShell, Powershell 4.0, Uncategorized, VHDX, Virtual Machines, WIndows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Enabling Jumbo Frames on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell and on Cisco 3560G using IOS commands.

Posted on October 16, 2014 by jbernec

Jumbo frames are Ethernet frames with a payload greater than the standard mtu of 1500. Increasing the mtu size on a 1 GB network usually improves network performance and efficiency.The following PowerShell cmdlets will help display and check current jumbo … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Script uses Split() Method to display Active Directory Users’ Organizational Unit and other Properties.

Posted on October 9, 2014 by jbernec

A colleague was trying to generate a report of Active Directory Users, displaying their Organizational Unit and PasswordNeverExpires property status. Normally this should be very simple, but they ran into a small snag. The Active Directory module at the time … Continue reading →

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Creating New Equipment Address List in Exchange 2010.

Posted on April 30, 2014 by jbernec

The steps and cmdlets below enabled me configured a separate address list in Exchange 2010 to manage all Equipment. Create the Address List and specify the Recipient Filter: [PS] C:\>New-AddressList -name “All Equipment” -RecipientFilter {RecipientType -eq “UserMailbox” -and RecipientTypeDetails -eq … Continue reading →

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Configuring Network Adapter TCP/IP Settings using Powershell 4.0 Cmdlets .

Posted on March 3, 2014 by jbernec

PowerShell 4.0 is a requirement for these cmdlets to work.The GUI( Graphic User Interface) is commonly used to configure network adapter settings or the good old netsh command. But if I had to work with Hyper-v core or Windows Server … Continue reading →

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Demoting the last Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller with PowerShell.

Posted on January 13, 2014 by jbernec

As with promoting a server to domain controller, demoting the a domain controller is also a straight forward process with PowerShell. The following PowerShell cmdlets are available from the ADDSDeployment module: Uninstall Active Directory: The demote process got a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, DCPromo, Domain Controller, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller in an existing Win2003 Functional Level Domain.

Posted on December 30, 2013 by jbernec

My first task before deploying a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller in a Windows Server 2003 forest functional level environment was to run the Test-ADDSDomainControllerInstallation cmdlet and determine my domain environment’s readiness to accept the new Windows Server 2012 … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, AD Forest, DCPromo, Domain Controller, DSRM, Flexible Single Master Operations, FSMO, NTDSUtil, PowerShell, PowerShell 3.0, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment