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Change Group Policy refresh interval

Tue, 11/01/11 – 6:52 | No Comment

Group Policy is a great way to deploy settings to users and computers centrally — unless you wind up waiting for the updates. The default interval to update the Group Policy to a computer account …

Balance Datastores Powershell Script

Mon, 10/01/11 – 13:01 | No Comment

#Parameter- Name of the VMware cluster to work in
param($cluster)

Write-Output “`n$(Get-Date)- Script started`n”

# Validate parameter input
$IsClusterNameInvalid = $true
Get-Cluster | % { If ($_.Name -eq $Cluster) {$IsClusterNameInvalid = $false} }
If ($IsClusterNameInvalid) {
Write-Host “Error- Invalid Cluster Name” …

Import-SPSite -Imports a Site to from a Backup File

Mon, 10/01/11 – 12:42 | No Comment

## =====================================================================
## Title       : Import-SPSite
## Description : Imports a Site to from a Backup File
## Date        : 24/11/2009
## Input       : Import-SPSite [[-url] <String>] [[-File] <String>] [[-Location] …

Add-SPList – Creates a New Sharepoint List

Mon, 10/01/11 – 12:40 | No Comment

## =====================================================================
## Title       : Add-SPList
## Description : Creates a New SharePoint List
## Input       : Add-SPList [[-url] <String>] [[-List] <String>] [[-Description] <String>] [[-Type] <String>]
## Output      :
## Usage   …

Backup SSAS powershell Script

Mon, 10/01/11 – 12:38 | No Comment

## =====================================================================
## Title       : Backup-SSAS
## Input       : -serverInstance <serverinst>
##               -backupDestination <drive:xy | \uncpath>
##               -retentionDays <n>
## …

How to script any Windows application

Mon, 10/01/11 – 12:36 | No Comment

Many larger applications having scripting capabilities built in to allow you to automate repetitive tasks but what do you do if you need to script a repetitive task for an application that doesn’t have a …

Least Security Privilege Strategy for SharePoint

Mon, 10/01/11 – 8:13 | No Comment

The easiest way to install SharePoint is to use one account which  will be the domain admin, SQL admin and all other security levels admin. However the easiest method is very often not the best from a …

Exchange 2010 SSL Certificates

Mon, 10/01/11 – 8:08 | No Comment

If it is your first time working with Exchange Server 2010 then you will quickly realise that you need to learn about the relationship between Exchange 2010 and SSL certificates.
SSL Requirements in Exchange Server 2010
Prior …

How To Configure an SSL Certificate for Exchange Server 2010

Mon, 10/01/11 – 8:08 | No Comment

Exchange Server 2010 like its predecessor Exchange Server 2007 makes heavy use of SSL certificates for various communications protocols.  When you install a new Exchange server is comes pre-configured with a self-signed certificate.  Before putting …

DNS devolution in Windows Server 2008 R2

Sun, 9/01/11 – 18:45 | No Comment

Domain Name System (DNS) devolution is a feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 that makes it easier for DNS clients to locate network resources. To understand DNS devolution, think about how the name resolution process works …