Basic Active Directory PowerShell commands that will make you feel like a rockstar
These are a coupe of PowerShell commands and one-liners that I use regularly at my job. Part 1 - I had to take a break because I am on call and had to deal with a work thing ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K-J38zn0dI
I use Google Fiber speed test for both work and at home. I like the clean interface and the consistent results. It can help trouble shoot if it is only one device having issues or if it is my ISP having problems.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi02WK1TW2Y
This video will explore if it is better to set your DNS to Google (which are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or if you should host your own DNS server on your home network?
(Measure-Command {Resolve-DnsName -Server 8.8.8.8 happysubnet.com}).totalseconds
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ev2CKGXm9M
Happysubnet.com - Part 1 - Ever need a few or many test users? This will show you how to create random users for your AD. I wanted to show this off. In the next episode, I will go over how to make this script and I will improve it too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKalImHX2g
Here are some useful things that the Google search engine can do for you. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_LSxPKrL4
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In this video I show you how to modify the dates for the file attributes, Created, Modified and Access. This can be handy when creating test files for log rotation or for testing backups.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9C81jtEZHI
PowerShell 5.1 offers a ton of new cmdlets. What if you are stuck on an older Windows 7 or Windows 2008 system and the new cmdlets don't exist or the thing you are looking for doesn't have a cmdlet. You can probably find what you need by using Get-WmiObject.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/d61d53fa-2c40-4f12-8626-693728f09f67/how-do-i-list-all-classes-in-powershell?forum=ITCG
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394084(VS.85).aspx
Get-WMIObject -List| Where{$_.name -match "^Win32_"} | Sort Name | Format-Table Name
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Bios
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Volume | select DriveLetter,label,FreeSpace
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk | select DeviceID,name,FreeSpace
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Fan | select caption,status
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMjfE95hV_s
This video quickly walks you through how to change the timezone in Ubuntu. This is done using the command line instead of the GUI.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkmt5j_YLpg