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File Shares / SMB Not Working

Feb 22, 2019 · 2 min read · File Server File Share Microsoft Microsoft Powershell SMB ·

A strange issue occasionally occurs on some servers where random network dropouts occur while accessing any file share (ie. \\servername\c$). I recently came across this issue again and found this fantastic post on the technet forums. About half way down the page a solution is posted which fixed my issue!

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Create Active Directory Forest via PowerShell

Aug 29, 2018 · 2 min read · Active Directory Microsoft Microsoft Powershell Windows ·

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This blog covers creating a new Active Directory forest and adding a secondary domain controller to the domain via PowerShell.

Create Active Directory Forest

To create a new Active Directory (AD) forest, the below PowerShell commands can be run to simplify the process. To start off, run the below command to install the …

Useful SCCM Collection Queries

Mar 22, 2017 · 2 min read · Configuration Manager Microsoft Query SCCM System Center ·

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Every Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) administrator has a handful of WQL Collection Queries that you hang onto. I figured I would share my most commonly used queries. Let me know in the comments if you have any others. The below are just examples and you should test if they are appropriate for your …
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Increase WinRM / PowerShell Limits

Feb 23, 2017 · 1 min read · Microsoft Microsoft Powershell WinRM ·

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For many organisations, PowerShell remoting is done through a scripthost server where maximum concurrent session limits and maximum connected user limits can be reached. As explained in this Microsoft blog, the following error might be encountered.

PS> New-PSSession \[localhost\] Connecting to remote server failed …