by mtsimmons | Apr 14, 2023 | PowerShell Basics
Gathering system information is a crucial aspect of system administration, as it helps you understand the resources and components of your infrastructure. In this article, we will explore how to use PowerShell to gather hardware, software, and operating system details...
by mtsimmons | Apr 10, 2023 | PowerShell Basics
The Windows Registry is a hierarchical database that stores configuration settings and options for the Windows operating system, applications, and hardware devices. In this article, we will explore how to manage the Windows Registry using PowerShell, including...
by mtsimmons | Mar 31, 2023 | PowerShell Basics
PowerShell is an incredibly powerful tool that allows system administrators to perform network management tasks with ease. Of course when you’re troubleshooting a system you’re going to want to test connectivity between different systems, and generally...
by mtsimmons | Mar 31, 2023 | PowerShell for Windows Server
Windows gives us plenty of built-in performance counters for monitoring various aspects of processes. However, there might be scenarios where built-in counters don’t fulfill specific monitoring requirements. This is where custom performance counters come into...
by mtsimmons | Mar 29, 2023 | PowerShell Basics
Of course, when you’re working with system, you are going to be doing a lot of analysis and poking around with the processes that are running on the system. And no matter what the OS is, there are already built in tools for working with those processes. But with...