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The Admin’s First Steps: Capacity Planning Part 2

November 11, 2013 Nov 11, 2013 11/11/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to store data for capacity planning.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning PowerShell and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell. I’ve been told to start performing capacity planning for my servers, and I am wondering how I can use ...

The Admin’s First Steps: Capacity Planning Part 1

November 4, 2013 Nov 4, 2013 11/4/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to collect data for capacity planning.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning Windows PowerShell and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell. I’ve been told to start performing capacity planning for my servers and was wondering how I ...

The Admin’s First Steps: Empty Groups

October 20, 2013 Oct 20, 2013 10/20/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover Active Directory groups that have no members.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting using Windows PowerShell to administer my systems, and I’ve been told I need to audit our Active Directory to discover any empty groups. How can I do that? —TL &...