PowerShell, as the name suggests, is a powerful tool for automating administrative tasks in Windows. As a result, it has become an essential tool for system administrators, network administrators, and IT professionals. However, to make the most of PowerShell, you must master PowerShell OneLiners techniques. This post will discuss tips...
Are you needing to install Windows Server Nano on VMware ESXi? In this blog post, we’ll go through the process step-by-step, so you can get your Windows Server Nano installation up and running quickly and correctly. We’ll cover the basics of setting up the environment, creating the VM, and configuring...
Update: Tested and Validated 30th December 2025 Key Takeaways What is Portainer and Why Use it for a Home Lab? Portainer is a powerful, open-source management interface that allows you to build and manage Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes environments through a clean web UI. In my years of managing...
Terraform: How to Deploy The Latest AMI every time you Build One of the more common tasks you will be asked to do as an AWS administrator is to build an instance, but you want to have the very latest version of the base image. Take Windows Server 2016, for...
Windows PowerShell is a vast subject; the aim of this guide is to provide system administrators with a simple, usable guide to the fundamentals of PowerShell. We will also demonstrate scripts and commands that can be used in typical day-to-day tasks. This guide will give you the basic steps to...
A guide to getting started on Terraform using the Azure CLI
Here is a collection of some really cool PowerShell one-liners scripts. I find them very useful for day-to-day system administration tasks. I will keep adding to this list as I learn more useful commands. List of all installed applications on a Windows device This one-liner searches the Windows Registry to...
Key Takeaways: Why audit document library item counts with PowerShell? Knowing exactly what information resides within your SharePoint solution is critical for governance, storage management, and compliance regulations like GDPR. Manual checking is impossible at scale. PowerShell allows administrators to programmatically iterate through sites and libraries to generate accurate reports...
Upgrade SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2017 author(s) : Richard Bailey Pre-Requisites Upgrade Process. Here “SQL 2016” was chosen. Post-upgrade tasks Check the Event Viewer for any errors It is highly recommended to run Windows update after the installation of any SQL product Related TurboGeek guides How to install...
How to do a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) on Arcserve backup and restore for Windows and Linux Servers This procedure is a step-by-step guide for creating a Windows or Linux server (bare metal recovery) from an Arcserve backup. The backup is assumed to be available on the Arcserve backup server...
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