Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

Let’s consider some ways of exporting the Exchange Global Address List (GAL) or Offline Address Book to a text CSV file. GAL contains all email addresses of your on-prem Exchange…

Windows Server Core is a good platform to host the Active Directory domain controller role due to fewer resource requirements, increased stability and security (due to less code and updates).…

In Hyper-V, you can configure automatic startup and shutdown options for your virtual machines when you boot or restart your host OS. In this article, we’ll show how to configure…

Not all fixes, patches, and updates for Microsoft products are available for installation in the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) console. For example, you might have disabled update synchronization for…

You can use PowerShell to calculate the exact size of a specific folder in Windows (recursively, including all subfolders). This way you can quickly find out the size of the…

Windows Credential Manager allows you to securely store credentials (usernames and passwords) used to access network resources, websites, and apps. You can use the credentials stored in Credential Manager to…

Windows administrators may encounter an issue where, when attempting to stop or start a service in the services.mscmanagement snap-in, the service gets stuck in the “Stopping” or “Starting” state. In…

For your Windows device to display the correct time, the time zone set on the device must match the geographical location of your computer. This article explains how to set…

My task is to create multiple internal IP subnets and configure routing between them on my standalone Hyper-V stand. By default, Hyper-V doesn’t route traffic between networks on virtual switches.…

Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications from the Microsoft Store typically require online installation. However, when you actually install a UWP application, the Microsoft Store client downloads and installs the application…