Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks

Kiosk mode is a special Windows client lockdown feature used to run only pre-defined (allowlisted) apps in a full-screen mode. All other Windows functionality is locked and unavailable to users.…

Connecting SharePoint Online document libraries through the OneDrive client or using the Web interface are the preferred and recommended ways to access document library files on SharePoint. But you can…

Many online services allow you to test your Internet connection speed in real-time. If you need to regularly collect Internet connection speed metrics from your provider for monitoring, you can…

The file system audit policy in Windows allows to monitor all access events to specific files and folders on a disk. An administrator can enable the audit policy to identify…

Windows File Explorer has a separate panel that displays a list of favorite folders and locations called Quick Access. Many users and administrators unjustly ignore this handy Windows tool for…

The RemoteFX vGPU feature can be used in previous versions of Hyper-V (starting with Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2) to passthrough a host discrete GPU graphics card to a virtual…

In this article, we’ll look at how to use the official Microsoft HardwareReadiness.ps1 PowerShell script to perform a bulk Windows 11 hardware compatibility check on domain computers.

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…