Mission critical application VMs should be in an availability set with OS disks for each coming from 2 different storage accounts so that a connectivity loss to storage does not impact both machines. Same can be achieved with use managed…
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Azure file storage (AFS) supports both SMB 2.1 and 3.0 for file share access. The port 445 should be opened between source and AFS storage. There is a limitation when it uses SMB 2.1. Windows server 2008 and windows 7…
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The below PowerShell command finds all the CNAME records pointing to a specific A record. It is assumed that you have DNS PowerShell modules already loaded (by installing RSAT or DNS management tools) Get-DnsServerResourceRecord -ZoneName DNSZone -ComputerName DnsServer | where{$_.hostname…
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To manage Azure infrastructure via PowerShell, we need to import the Azure RM extension in PowerShell. There are two ways: Download from the Microsoft Download Link and run the Web Platform Installer. Or, via command line: 1. Launch PowerShell…
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Following command will enable the option ‘List in directory’ under printer properties to published the shared printers in active directory. For local computer:Get-Printer | Set-Printer -Published $true For remote computer: Get-Printer -ComputerName RemoteServer | Set-Printer -Published $true
PoweShell is not installed by default on Windows Core edition. We need to enable the feature. One of the prerequisite for PowerShell is .Net Framework. We need to install .Net framework first: Command to install .Net Framework 4.0 Dism…
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If you wish to convert, Unix or Epoch time to readable format, go the this article: PowerShell – Convert Unix or Epoch time to readable format Command: Get-Date -Date “12/31/2015 23:59:59” -UFormat %s
Powershell has Get-Date cmdlet that has a parameter to format Unix (Epoch) time to readable format. If you want to convert normal time to Unix (Epoch) time, click here Command: Get-Date EpochTime -uFormat %x Example: Get-Date 130941281616085699 -UFormat %x Please note,…
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This article assumes that the print queues are already setup. The cmdlet is included in Windows 2012 R2 OS by default but can be used to enable/disable printer share on previous versions of Windows remotely. To share a printer Set-Printer…
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So, we recently migrated a file server from old server to a new one running on Windows server 2012 R2. We updated the old server’s DNS name to point to the new server. That was when all hell broke loose. Issue:…
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