Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to enable, disable, and configure firewall rules in Windows Server 2012 R2. Hey, Scripting Guy! I see there are some new Windows PowerShell cmdlets for managing the built-in Windows Server 2012 R2 firewall. Could you lend a friend a hand and give me some help in learning how to use them? &md...
Summary: Learn how to use the NetSwitchTeam module in Windows PowerShell to list network teams. How can I use Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 R2 to list all the network teams? Use the Get-NetSwitchTeam cmdlet: GET-NetSwitchTeam …or to show all teams starting with the name Prod: GET-NetSwitc...
Summary: Discover Windows PowerShell cmdlets and modules in Windows Server 2012 R2 for networking. Hey, Scripting Guy! I used to use netsh.exe to try to automate my server configurations. I can deal with it, but I heard that you can do a lot of this with Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2012 R2. Do you know how I ...
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to find all known colors on your computer. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find known colors on my computer and their hex representations? Use the Add-Type cmdlet as follows: Add-Type –assemblyName PresentationFramework [windows.media.colors] | Get-Member -static -Type Property | Select -Expand Name...
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use Windows PowerShell to build a clock widget. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. Here's a bit about me: Boe Prox is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and a senior Windows system administrator. He has worked in the IT field since 2003, and he suppor...
