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Everything tagged Networking, wherever it's filed, newest first.
Put a domain group into the local Administrators group on a list of computers (or take one out) over PowerShell remoting, with a result for every machine and -WhatIf first.
Thread: Local admin, done right ↗A read-first WinRM check that tells you why remote PowerShell won't connect, fixes it only when you ask, and doubles as a ConfigMgr compliance script.
Thread: Windows Update, untangled ↗Clear the Windows DNS client cache locally or across a list of machines, and know when a flush will actually fix anything.
Thread: Spring cleaning for Windows PCs ↗How RADIUS VSAs work, how to add one in Windows NPS or FreeRADIUS to hand out DNS servers, and how to prove your VPN or NAS is actually using it.
Point each domain controller at a partner DC first and itself (127.0.0.1) last, the way Microsoft recommends, across all your DCs in one pass.
Thread: Keeping Active Directory tidy ↗Audit who still talks SMBv1 to your machines, then switch it off for good, with one script and three modes.
Thread: PowerShell craft ↗Turn on Dell's Password Bypass so patch reboots don't sit at a power-on password prompt all night, then turn it back off when you're done.
Thread: Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain ↗How I think about patch risk now. Sort updates by blast radius, roll them out in rings, decide what "bad" looks like up front, and know your way back before you need it.
Thread: Windows Update, untangled ↗Put a BIOS admin password on new Dells, or change the old one across the fleet, with both passwords handed over at runtime.
Thread: Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain ↗Clear the BIOS setup password on Dell PCs and see exactly what changed, with the password supplied at runtime instead of sitting in a package.
Thread: Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain ↗Remove the internal drive password from Dell PCs with Dell's PowerShell provider, without ever writing the password into a script or package.
Thread: Dell BIOS passwords, without the pain ↗Feed it a list of computers and a service name, get back one row per machine saying whether it's installed, running, and how it starts.
Thread: PowerShell craft ↗