Category: PowerShell

Windows Server Inventory Report Script

To help us IT identifying certain configurations on a server and possible misconfigurations I have made a PowerShell script which creates a…

Remove Roaming Profile folders with PowerShell (force)

This guide uses and describes a PowerShell script that removes a roaming profile folder by taking ownership, fixing permissions and attributes, and using a robocopy fallback if delete fails due to several possible reasons.

Clean files on a schedule with Powershell script

Sometimes in IT, we have software or solutions that need to to save temporary files in your filesystem. Let’s say, a feed with logs or…

How to completely hide language bar/selector Windows 11

One of the small things I experienced in one of the updates for Windows 11 (24H2) is that the language bar/selector get’s automatically…

Initial Installation script for Windows Azure VMs

When deploying Windows VMs in Azure, we get the default settings. This means we get a 12-hour clock, standard UTC/Zulu timezone and such…

Installing Windows Updates through PowerShell (script)

Disk cleaning script on Windows Azure VMs

On Windows Servers, a critical point is maintaining the disk space. If a disk fills up to the end, several errors can occur and impacting…

Get Device serial number on Windows 11 24H2 and up

With Windows 24H2 and the deprecation of WMIC, a easy command to find your devices’ serial number is gone. However, we can still look this up with Powershell.

How to upload PowerShell script to Gallery with Github Actions

Create AD users with on demand script

Today I have a PowerShell script that creates users by asking the user what to fill in. This works by having a fully prepared “New-ADUser” command with all the properties filled in to have all users using the same attributes.

How to Export Active Directory (AD) users fast and easy

Set correct language and timezone on Azure VM

By default, all Azure VMs are set to English language and UTC/Zulu timezone. This will work for a great portion of the Azure VM users but…

Azure Stack HCI - Host your Virtual Desktops locally

Azure Stack HCI is a solution for Microsoft Azure to host Azure resources on your own hardware and location. This sounds traditional but can help to boost your Azure resources for your customer and/or use case. For example, with Azure Stack HCI it is possible to host some Azure Virtual Desktop hosts in your own network to boost performance by decreasing latency. Also it is possible to use GPU enabled software on this without having the very high monthly computing costs.

Get Windows Product Key with PowerShell

Sometimes we need to have the original installed Windows Product Key just for documentation purposes. This post explains how to retrieve your activation key from the registry.

Using PowerShell remote sessions

In this guide I will explain how to use PowerShell remote sessions, what they are and how to configure your systems to use this. PowerShell Remote Sessions can be a great way to administer your virtual machines, cluster-nodes or physical Windows-based devices. With a Powershell remote session you can execute powershell commands on a remote device. It works the best with servers in a specific management subnet. I do not recommend to administer client devices with Powershell because this can be a huge security risk.

How to enable Remote Group Policy update

This guide explains how to perform Remote Group Policy updates and how to do the initial configuration needed.

Bulk create Active Directory users with Powershell

This page will share a PowerShell script to create bulk AD users with Powershell including instructions to use it.