I recently acquired a low end Chromebook (Acer Chromebook 14) as a bit of a side project. My nephew has one because they are super-cheap and he wants to be able to do homework and play Roblox (so by defacto… Read More ›
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I’m Speaking at the PowerShell Conference Europe 2016
I’ll be speaking at the PowerShell Conference Europe 2016 in Hannover, Germany. My session will cover Just Enough Administration (JEA) for Domain Controllers.
Changes to Singapore PowerShell User Group Events
Over the last few months we have been discussing the events that we will have this year and how we might change the format of what we are doing, in order to reach more people and help more people adopt… Read More ›
PowerBreakfast SG #003 Writeup
Continuing the awesome momentum we have gathered with PowerBreakfast, Saturday 5th July graced us with the presence of PowerShell MVP Adam Driscoll. If you didn’t catch it, or if you want to see it again (and many of us do)… Read More ›
PowerBreakfast SG #002 Writeup
It’s actually about a month after the event happening that I am finishing writing this, it’s been extremely busy on the work front as well as having to make some big life changing decisions and better late than never right?… Read More ›
PowerShell Saturday #009 Write Up
I was listening to the PowerScripting Podcast episode last week (specifically the interview with Jim Christopher) and Jonathan Walz made an observation that around half of the PowerShell Saturdays have been run by the group in Singapore! Which is great for… Read More ›
PowerBreakfast #001 Writeup
It’s taken a week but finally I am able to write up on the PowerBreakfast event we held on 3rd May! This is a new event we are running at Singapore PowerShell User Group in addition to our regular PowerShell… Read More ›
Finding Accounts with Service Principal Names in AD Using PowerShell
A quick post while I am waiting for some replication to happen. I was continuing on through a paused installation of FIM from some time ago and had forgotten what Service Principal Names I’d set up in the lab. A… Read More ›
My Perspective on the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview
The Windows Management Framework 5.0 preview was announced last week and there has been a lot of buzz around the OneGet functionality in PowerShell v5. The main features included in this release are OneGet and the ability to manage Network… Read More ›
PowerShell ISESteroids
Last week, PowerShell MVP Tobias Weltner released ISESteroids, an add-on in the form of a PowerShell Module that Supercharges your ISE. And this is a literal Supercharge! Tobias wrote an Article for PowerShell Magazine giving folks a walkthrough of the… Read More ›
MVP Community Camp Session 2014
Today I presented a session at MVP Community Camp 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan. The Taiwan event details can be seen here. Here is the slide deck from that session, the example MOF file and all PowerShell code. The session was… Read More ›
PowerShell Saturday #008 Writeup
I’m writing this over a week after the fact as I am back home visiting the sunny UK at the moment. Sleep pattern hasn’t quite adjusted yet so I find myself up at 5am every morning and out searching for Breakfast… Read More ›
First Look at Winter Scripting Games 2014 Practice Event
If you’re taking part in the Winter Scripting Games 2014 and you’ve visited the site (http://scriptinggames.org/events.php?game_id=4) you’ll see that the Practice Event is now open! While you might still be choosing teams and registering yourselves it is worth at least… Read More ›
Selected as a coach for the Winter Scripting Games 2014
It’s an honor to be selected as a coach for the Winter Scripting Games 2014. The coaches have all now been announced here. You can find the full schedule here and I would really encourage you to take part. If… Read More ›
Issues Installing PowerShell 4.0 on Downlevel OS
PowerShell v4 is now released in the Windows Management Framework version 4.0 for downlevel OS’s, but a number of people have had issues with the install. The WMF package installs successfully with no errors, however, if you check the $PSVersionTable… Read More ›
PowerShell Saturday #06 Post Event Writeup
PowerShell Saturday #06 started out as one of those days. The week had not gone that well anyway, I was as busy as I could possibly be so was unable to put the required time into resolving some VM issues… Read More ›
Building a DSC Infrastructure by Steven Murawski on PowerShell.org
Steven Murawski is running a series on PowerShell.org for Building a DSC infrastructure. I am planning to run a similar presentation session at Singapore User Groups in November/December (more details when available) but this is a good series to follow…. Read More ›
PowerShell Saturday #06 Full Schedule
After much work, we can now make the Full Schedule for PowerShell Saturday #06 (PowerShell Saturday Singapore #02) available. I think you’ll agree it’s very strong! We have Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson joining us via Lync, the winner of… Read More ›
Examining Legacy AD Replication Metadata with PowerShell 2.0
I had a scenario last week where I was troubleshooting a Domain Replication issue. Basically, for one reason or another, a DC had only an inwards replication connection but no outward replication connection to another DC. It was found that… Read More ›
Singapore PowerShell Saturday 01 Summary
We had Singapore PowerShell Saturday 01 on 20th July, 2 weeks ago and I am only just getting to do the write up, it’s been a very busy few weeks. The day was made possible by Microsoft who provided the… Read More ›
Full Schedule for PowerShell Saturday Singapore 01
We’ve finalized the full schedule for the first PowerShell Saturday! The plan for the day is as follows. If you haven’t yet registered, you can do so at http://powershellsatsg01.eventbrite.com. We are really pleased with this schedule and think it will… Read More ›
Debugging PowerShell Code Guidance
If you get stuck with debugging your PowerShell scripts, there is some excellent guidance available on TechNet here. The link to the 7 part series mentioned in the article no longer seems to work, but there is enough here to… Read More ›
Call for Speakers – Singapore PowerShell Saturday 01
This weekend we will be announcing the first PowerShell Saturday in Singapore. It will be taking place on Saturday July 20th. Before we close the schedule, we do have a few speaker slots available for anyone who would like to… Read More ›
Last Call on “Learn PowerShell before it’s too late”
“Learn PowerShell before it’s too late” is a phrase that’s been banded around for a good few years. MVP’s have said it, Microsoft have been saying it, user groups and communities have been saying it, everyone has been saying it…. Read More ›
Why People Avoid Learning PowerShell
I am currently writing some material for PowerShell beginners and it made me think about the reasons I have heard over the last few years why people don’t, can’t or won’t learn PowerShell. It’s quite interesting and share-worthy, seeing as… Read More ›
PowerShell in Depth Giveaway
On Christmas Day, Singapore PowerShell User Group was able to give away a copy of PowerShell In Depth by Don Jones. The lucky recipient was Paul Lorett Amazona, selected by the Get-Random cmdlet. In the interests of fairness and transparency,… Read More ›
Get-PSBasics: Upcoming Session
I will soon be presenting a session at Singapore PowerShell User Group on the complete Basics of PowerShell. The details for the session will be added to this post along with a link for registration. Synopsis: Get-PSBasics: PowerShell for the… Read More ›
Singapore PowerShell User Group – Meet #5
It’s great that we’re now 5 meets in and running with great momentum. 24 people attended yesterdays session as we went through looping, do while, do until and other such flow controls, as well as PSObject. The PSObject stuff was useful… Read More ›
Singapore PowerShell User Group – Meet #5 Announced
Come and join us on 19th November at Microsoft for the next User Group Meet. Please find details at http://sgpowershellug.eventbrite.com
Singapore PowerShell User Group – Meet #4
On Saturday we ran our 4th successive meet for the user group. We’re a little bit off from our intended last Saturday of the month, but it’d due to a number of scheduling conflicts. In fact, the next meet will… Read More ›
Find accounts with home folders by naming convention.
I found myself doing this today, basically we have a number of account types (service accounts, resource accounts) that should not have home directories. however, due to incorrect provisioning choices they do. We wanted to identify these so we could… Read More ›
Singapore PowerShell User Group – Meet #4 Announced
For those who haven’t received the email, the PowerShell User Group meet #4 is now finalised as follows … Please find below the link to register for the next PowerShell User Group event. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2299447710 In this session we have guest speaker JD… Read More ›
Singapore PowerShell User Group Meet #3–Recapping the Basics
If you would like to sponsor the Singapore PowerShell User Group, please drop me an email at hitchy.it@gmail.com Today was the 3rd successive meet for the Singapore PowerShell User Group, a week later than it should have been but a… Read More ›
Quick and Dirty Mailbox Storage Quota updates with ActiveRoles and PowerShell
If you have a need to set a large number of mailbox storage quotas, it can be done quickly and easily with the Quest ActiveRoles cmdlets for Windows PowerShell. In my example below I am actually running the changes through… Read More ›
PowerShell Functions Template – Adams AD Admin Blog
I recently stumbled across an old post on Adams AD Admin blog (http://adadmin.blogspot.com/) that I wanted to share. I thought this was a great template for PowerShell Functions and I have actually just adopted it for my own functions. Find… Read More ›
@Thiyagu84 Enables you to Parse Email Headers with PowerShell
I just wanted to share some links to Scripting Guy blog posts made by my Singapore PowerShell User Group colleague, Thiyagu (twitter @Thiyagu84, blog http://www.myexchangeworld.com). Using ShowUI and PowerShell he has developed a tool to parse Email headers that can… Read More ›
Singapore PowerShell User Group – Event #2 writeup
Singapore PowerShell User Group – http://powershellgroup.org/singapore On Saturday 27th August 2011 we held the second Singapore PowerShell User Group meet. Unfortunately, it coincided with the Singapore election day but 26 people were still in attendance which was great. Thiyagu (@Thiyagu84) presented once… Read More ›
PowerShell User Group meeting #2 – 27th August 2011
The emails are doing the rounds now but I have great pleasure in announcing the second event for Singapore PowerShell User Group is planned for Sat 27th August 2011, 10am-12pm at Microsoft as before. You can find the slide deck… Read More ›
Singapore Powershell User Group – First event writeup
On Saturday 30th July we held the first Singapore Powershell User Group meeting. After the overwhelming sign up online we had 37 people attend of which most were beginners with Powershell, I think it is fair to say that by… Read More ›
ActiveRoles and PowerGUI Videos
Someone asked me yesterday for ActiveRoles CBT’s and if any were available. As far as I know, there are none, but there are some good videos on YouTube, demo’d by Bob Bobel, the Product Manager (see link on my Blogroll). … Read More ›
Singapore Powershell User Group – First Event
I’m pleased to announce the first event is now official and you can register for it here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1893496499 The speaker for this event on 30th July will be @Thiyagu84, who will be starting us off with the Powershell Basics. If… Read More ›
Powershell User Group Singapore
We are gaining momentum for our Powershell User Group for Singapore. Myself and @Thiyagu (Twitter and http://www.myexchangeworld.com) are on the way to having one established. We are working on community affiliation, we have interest from Microsoft Singapore and Quest Singapore in… Read More ›
Renaming Active Directory Groups in Bulk with Powershell and ActiveRoles Server
I said I was going to be blogging Powershell stuff and this is the first post. The most important thing for me to point out is that I am a complete Powershell and scripting newbie, so when I get the… Read More ›
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