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Sometimes it happens that a SCCM Task Sequence is hanging. You can stop it with this lines of code:
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this days I had an issue, where a registry key was missing after a reboot. the registry key was created by an third party software and was needed by an other software part to function well. I created the registry key manually using Powershell or the Registry Editor, and the registry key wasn’t removed. My … Read More “Volatile Registry Keys” »
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sometimes you need to remove a file from GIT. when it contains sensitive datas like passwords, it needs to be removed from the GIT history to: this commands helped me to do this:
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since version 1906 SCCM supports role-based access control (RBAC) for folders. This can be configured trough the SCCM console or (recommended) PowerShell. unfortunattely the current version of the commandlet Get-CMObjectSecurityScope doesn’t support any folder as InputObject. so, if you want to know, which Security Scope is allowed to see a folder, you have to use … Read More “getting Security Scopes of SCCM folder” »
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if you write regularly PowerShell modules, you have to test the functions in it. i wrote some Pester tests, which are doing this tests for all functions in a PowerShell module: the function has SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION and EXAMPLES the function has cmdletbinding the function has an OutputType defined the function name starts with an approved … Read More “Pester tests for PowerShell modules” »
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PowerShell is now available in Azure Function App (still in preview). you can create a Powershell Function App like this: using PowerShell modules currently, you can’t install a powershell module inside Azure Function App, but you can upload your module to the script directory and access it from there. to do this, use Kudu: … Read More “PowerShell and PSHTML in Azure Function App” »
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i work in a multi domain environment. each domain has different password expiration rules. unfortunattely there is no notification system for the password expiration, so i have to check manually how long my passwords are valid. for this, i wrote this PowerShell function, which does work without the use of any additional module: function get-UserPwdInfo … Read More “getting info about users password expiration” »
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some time ago, i had the problem that my 3Par storage was getting full. in this time i removed a lot of test vm’s from this storage, but nothing happens. the storage was still full. the reason was the mechanisme how vmware deletes files from a DataStore and the activated zero-detection feature on the storage. … Read More “reclaime diskspace on zero detection storage when deletening vmware vm” »
General, VMware, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2016
Some times I have the problem, I need to resize or delete a VMware virtual disk, but I only know the guest’s drive letter. In vm’s where there are only one virtual disk, or where each virtual disk has a different size, this isn’t a problem. but if you have a vm with multiple virtual … Read More “how to get the correct Virtual Disk for a VMware vm” »
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Hello my website was over years reachable under josh-burkard.ch, which was a long url. I was on search for a new and shorter domain name for this website. now I have found one, which is shorter and which describes what i’m doing and writing about: Information Technology (IT). So, my new web address is burkard.IT … Read More “website rebranding” »