Using PowerShell to map a network drive
Recently my CFO purchased a new computer for his home office. He wanted to be able to VPN into the office and have access to all of his network shares and applications. After installing all his...
View ArticleSetting Up PowerShell 2010
Today I was setting up PowerShell 2010 for testing on a VM and I ran into an issue during the install that is apparently quite common. I had successfully installed the prerequisites and was attempting...
View ArticleNow for a little VB Script
I was going through some old files and thought I would post this one as a good example of using VBScript. I had a request to automate the upload of a file to an FTP site. This example dates back to...
View ArticleUsing Proxies in SQL Server Agent
Have you ever had to run a job in SQL Server Agent and needed it to run with different permissions than the login that runs SQL Agent? I have come across this a few times. Most recently, I was trying...
View ArticleRepairing Windows Cluster Server
This past weekend I was rebuilding a storage array to increase the storage capacity and also reconfigure the drives to optimize the arrangement for better performance on our SQL Server. The original...
View ArticleInstalling WordPress on Windows Server 2008 R2
I recently got involved with a new website project and was trying to determine the best set up for our situation. I needed a Content Management System (CMS) so the end user could make the changes to...
View ArticleUsing sFTP in SQL Server SSIS
On several occasions I have had to use SSIS to export data from a SQL database, and then transfer that data to a third party via sFTP. SQL Server SSIS has an FTP task built in but it does not natively...
View ArticleList Sever Reboot Times
I was recently working on a Windows Server in my office when I noticed it had not been rebooted in a while. That got me to thinking, how many other servers in my environment had gotten in under the...
View ArticleTechstravaganza 2012
Today I am getting the opportunity to attend the Techstravaganza 2012 event http://www.techstravaganza.com at Microsoft’s office in NYC. I hope to pick up a lot of good information on PowerShell and...
View ArticleCybersecurity – managing risks in an online world
October 2015 was declared National Cyber Security Awareness Month by President Obama as a way to educate both the private and and public sectors about the importance of Cybersecurity. What is...
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