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Using PowerShell to Migrate DHCP Servers: Part 2

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Ian Farr, continues his quest to use Windows PowerShell to migrate DHCP servers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Ian Farr is back today. You should read the first part of this series before getting into this one: Using PowerShell to Migrate DHCP Servers: Part  1. (image) Episode 2: Return of the ...

Using PowerShell to Migrate DHCP Servers: Part 1

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Ian Farr, talks about using Windows PowerShell to migrate DHCP servers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we welcome back guest blogger, Ian Farr. (image) Episode 1:  A New Hope In a galaxy very, very near to here, when you are not cleaning-up droids, you administer a DHCP infrastructure in ...

Use PowerShell to Create Multiple DHCP Scopes on DHCP Servers

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use functions from the DHCPServer module to create multiple IPv4 scopes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One thing that is great about Windows PowerShell is that, in general, it always behaves in a similar fashion. This means that techniques I learned when working with ...

Use PowerShell to Create IPv4 Scopes on Your DHCP Server

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create IPv4 scopes on a Windows Server 2012 DHCP server. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. As I expected, it is cold, wet, and rainy in Redmond this week. Oh well, the cool thing is getting together with my teammates. The neat thing about Microsoft ...

Weekend Scripter: Parsing the DHCP Database? No Way!

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about a Windows PowerShell function from the DHCPServer module that permits parsing the DHCP database. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Give us enough time, and eventually we get it right. Yes, it is now possible to use Windows PowerShell to parse the DHCP server database of IPv4 ...