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Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to start the migration of a Windows certification authority from CSP to KSP and from SHA-1 to SHA-256. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud & Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in for The Scripting Guy this week. You can find me on Twitter (@MrThoma...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to add an exclusion folder to Windows Defender.  How can I add the C:\temp folder to the exclusion list so it is not scanned by Windows Defender?  Use the Add-MpPreference cmdlet and specify the exclusion path, for example: Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "C:\Temp" Note  You must run Windows PowerShell with elevated...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a function to determine if a Windows PowerShell console is elevated. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I had a friend tell me that nearly half of all the cmdlets, functions, and whatever’s in Windows PowerShell 4.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 required eleva...

Summary: Guest blogger, Stephane van Gulick, continues his series about using Windows PowerShell and BitLocker together. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back Stephane van Gulick for the final part of his two-part series. Be sure you read PowerShell and BitLocker: Part 1 first. Encryption operations A lot of the following script...

Summary: Guest blogger, Stephane van Gulick, presents a practical hands-on post that shows how to use Windows PowerShell and BitLocker together. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Stephane van Gulick. Stephane was introduced to me by The Scripting Wife, she was browsing the Internet and found his blog. S...