Category Archives: Windows 8 Server

Toggling between LAN and Wireless

Posted on Saturday 2 June 2012 by richardsiddaway

One of the questions in the recent Scripting Games involved toggling between a wireless and LAN connection. Only one was to be up at any one time. This can be solved using WMI but becomes hugely simpler in Windows 8/2012 … Continue reading →

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Using Windows 2012 Active Directory module in a Windows 2008 R2 domain

Posted on Saturday 2 June 2012 by richardsiddaway

A question came up on Tuesdays UK PowerShell Group session about using the Windows 2012 Active Directory module. The recording links are here http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/05/30/may-2012-powershell-group-recording-and-slides.aspx The question asked if the new Site, Subnet and Site link cmdlets would work in a … Continue reading →

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Scheduled tasks on clusters

Posted on Thursday 31 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

This post shows how to use PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 to configure scheduled tasks that apply across the whole cluster not just a single node http://blogs.msdn.com/b/clustering/archive/2012/05/31/10312527.aspx Well worth a read

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May 2012 Powershell group recording and slides

Posted on Wednesday 30 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

  The recording, slides and demo scripts from last nights session  – Powershell in Windows Server 8 part 2  – is available from https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43cfa46a74cf3e96#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212966 The full set of historical recordings can be found here: https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212469 2011 09 PowerShell remoting and … Continue reading →

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May UG meeting reminder

Posted on Sunday 27 May 2012 by richardsiddaway

Quick reminder that the UK PowerShell group session on PowerShell in Windows 2012 is on Tuesday 29 May. Details from http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/05/08/uk-powershell-group-may-2012.aspx

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UK PowerShell Group–April 2012 slides and recording

Posted on Tuesday 24 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

The slides, demo script and recording are available from https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43cfa46a74cf3e96#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212957 Thank you again to everyone who attended the Live Meeting this evening

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Reminder–UK User group 24 April

Posted on Monday 23 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

Quick reminder that 24 April sees the first of 2 sessions on new PowerShell functionality in Windows 2012 – Windows Server 8 Details from http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/04/13/uk-powershell-group-24-april-2012.aspx

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UK PowerShell Group–24 April 2012

Posted on Friday 13 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

This months meeting is the first of two looking at the new PowerShell functionality in Windows Server 8. Yes, there is so much it will take two sessions! When: Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012 7:30 PM (BST)Where: Virtual *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* This is … Continue reading →

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Up coming User group sessions

Posted on Friday 16 March 2012 by richardsiddaway

The sessions for the next few months are: 27 March – PowerShell v3 CIM cmdlets and “cmlets over objects” April – Managing Windows Server 8 with PowerShell May – Managing Windows Server 8 with PowerShell No thats not a mistake … Continue reading →

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Creating a new AD forest

Posted on Sunday 11 March 2012 by richardsiddaway

One big change with Windows Server 8 is that dcpromo is no more – its gone, gone gone. Instead the promotion wizard is started from Server Manager. Install the AD Domain Services role and you will see a notification at … Continue reading →

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