Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

JSON is a popular text-based format for representing and transmitting structured data based on JavaScript object syntax. There are two cmdlets in PowerShell that allow you to work with the…

Let’s look at how to open, read, and parse emails in a connected Outlook mailbox from within a PowerShell script. Outlook MAPI allows you to directly access the mailbox, list…

The Server Manager dashboard opens automatically when you log on to Windows Server with an account that is a member of the local Administrators group. Server Manager console allows you…

Wake on LAN (WoL) is a computer networking feature used to remotely wake (turn on) a device that is in sleep (low power) mode. The device’s network interface card (NIC)…

System Restore Points is an easy tool to restore to the previous Windows OS state if you experience unexpected system file or registry problems after installing bad drivers, updates, or…

Let’s look at how to add a standalone host with an ESXi hypervisor to the VMware vCenter Server (vCSA) for centralized management and use in clustered configurations.

A user account lockout in a domain is one of the most popular reasons why users contact the technical support team. In most cases, the lockout is caused either by…

The easiest way to quickly find out the version and build number of the Windows OS that is installed on your computer is to press the Win+R on the keyboard…

PowerShell allows you to access event and meeting items in Exchange users’ calendars. In this post, we will look at how to get a list of calendar events or remove…

This article shows how to create a new virtual machine on a VMware ESXi host and install a guest operating system from an ISO image. Let’s see how to create…