1. State the problem With the release of Windows Server 2016 TP2 a few weeks ago, I was wondering what new PowerShell cmdlets are now included (when you compare to Windows Server 2012 R2). However, the list of cmdlets is so long now that it is hard to spot the differences by hand. … Continue reading New PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2016 TP2 (compared to Windows Server 2012 R2)
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Microsoft SQL Server 2014 PowerShell cmdlet popularity
If you follow the blog, you probably saw a little PowerShell script I published a while back to measure the popularity of the cmdlets in a certain module using a Bing search. As an example, that blog showed the popularity of the cmdlets in the SmbShare module. Now I got curious about how the cmdlets … Continue reading Microsoft SQL Server 2014 PowerShell cmdlet popularity
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 PowerShell cmdlet popularity
If you follow the blog, you probably saw a little PowerShell script I published a while back to measure the popularity of the cmdlets in a certain module using a Bing search. As an example, that blog showed the popularity of the cmdlets in the SmbShare module. Now I got curious about how … Continue reading Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 PowerShell cmdlet popularity
PowerShell script used in the Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS demo at MSIgnite
This is the Windows PowerShell script I used in the Microsoft Ignite 2015 session on Storage QoS: Hyper-V Storage Performance with Storage Quality of Service. You can also find that demo video by itself at Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS: Managing with a PowerShell script. The script is fairly straightforward, but there … Continue reading PowerShell script used in the Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS demo at MSIgnite
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 (TP2) and Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
Storage Quality of Service (Storage QoS) is a new feature in the upcoming Windows Server 2016 that provides a way to centrally monitor and manage storage performance for virtual machines. The feature automatically improves storage resource fairness between multiple virtual machines using the same file server cluster and allows specific minimum and maximum performance … Continue reading Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 (TP2) and Storage Quality of Service (QoS)
What’s new in SMB 3.1.1 in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2
1. Introduction Every new version of Windows brings updates to our main remote file protocol, known as SMB (Server Message Block). If you’re not familiar with it, you can find some information in this previous blog post: Windows Server 2012 R2: Which version of the SMB protocol (SMB 1.0, SMB 2.0, SMB 2.1, SMB … Continue reading What’s new in SMB 3.1.1 in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2
The Deprecation of SMB1 – You should be planning to get rid of this old SMB dialect
I regularly get a question about when will SMB1 be completely removed from Windows. This blog post summarizes the current state of this old SMB dialect in Windows client and server. 1) SMB1 is deprecated, but not yet removed We already added SMB1 to the Windows Server 2012 R2 deprecation list in June 2013. … Continue reading The Deprecation of SMB1 – You should be planning to get rid of this old SMB dialect
Windows PowerShell equivalents for common networking commands (IPCONFIG, PING, NSLOOKUP)
Network troubleshooting is part any System Administrator’s life. Maybe you need to check the IP address of a machine or test if its networking connection is working. Maybe you need to see if DNS is properly configured or check the latency between two hosts. If you have been in this field long enough, you probably … Continue reading Windows PowerShell equivalents for common networking commands (IPCONFIG, PING, NSLOOKUP)
PowerShell Examples: Using Bing to measure the popularity of cmdlets in a specific PowerShell module
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to find out which PowerShell cmdlet in a specific module is the most popular. To do this, we’re using a Bing search and producing a list with the name and number of web … Continue reading PowerShell Examples: Using Bing to measure the popularity of cmdlets in a specific PowerShell module
PowerShell Examples – Random words and their popularity via Bing
This blog is part of a series that shows example PowerShell code for those learning the language. This time we’re using PowerShell to generate random words and check if they are popular by using a Bing search. The words are color-coded as white (not found on the web), green (between 1 and 1,000 hits on … Continue reading PowerShell Examples – Random words and their popularity via Bing
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