Tag Archives: Windows PowerShell

Active Directory OU picker revisited

Posted on March 29, 2016 by MicaH

A PowerShell scripter’s work is never done. As you develop scripts over the years your skills improve and the way you write scripts changes. Sometimes you find that scripts you once created are due for an overhaul. The very first … Continue reading →

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Change network connection category using PowerShell

Posted on February 18, 2016 by MicaH

Note: This blogpost is also posted on the peppercrew website. I recently came across an issue with PSRemoting to a Windows 7 XenDesktop VM. I discovered remoting was disabled on the remote system because one of the network connections was a … Continue reading →

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Building a better Orchestrator Runbook testing tool

Posted on May 25, 2014 by MicaH

The Story I recently started working on a project that required me to create a lot of System Center Orchestrator Runbooks. I quickly became frustrated with the Runbook Tester application because it would only run while a runbook is checked … Continue reading →

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Auto-activate a (non-domain joined) Windows OS using Powershell and a domain KMS host

Posted on December 20, 2013 by MicaH

The Story Since Windows Server 2012  there have been a number of windows roles that can be used on a non-domain joined (standalone) server.  Roles like DHCP and WDS no longer requiere a domain which give us an opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Add Contacts to Outlook using Powershell and a csv file

Posted on November 14, 2013 by MicaH

The Story My wife has a beautysalon that she runs from a room in our house. She signed up with a beautyvoucher and she received regular updates via mail containing a CSV file with contact information of customers who bought … Continue reading →

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