By default, traffic in a PowerShell Remoting session is encrypted no matter whether HTTP (TCP/5985) or HTTPS (TCP/5986) transport protocol is used. Anyway, all traffic is encrypted using the AES-256…
Using PowerShell for System Administration and Automation Tasks
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
How to Clean Up or Reset COM Port Numbers in Windows
March 11, 2024When you connect a new COM device or a USB device to your computer (USB modem, mobile phone, Bluetooth adapter, serial to USB converters, etc.), Windows detects it using Plug-n-Play…
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Mailbox Size and Quotas in Exchange 2019/2016 and Microsoft 365
March 15, 2024An on-prem Exchange or cloud Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) administrator must control user mailbox sizes. In this article, we’ll show how to get current mailbox sizes and set mailbox quotas…
- Hyper-VPowerShellVirtualizationWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Poor Network Performance on Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2019
February 20, 2023Several times I came across a situation when files were copied much slower from/to virtual machines on a Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2019 than in a VM of the…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Enter-PSSession: Running Remote Commands in Interactive Shell
March 15, 2024Enter-PSSession cmdlet allows you to establish a persistent interactive PowerShell session with a remote computer. All commands you enter in your command prompt are executed on the remote computer. In…
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Forwarding Emails to an External Address in Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online)
March 17, 2024By default, cloud-based Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) prevents automatic external email forwarding using Outlook rules or enabled mailbox forwarding.
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Installing PowerShell Modules in Offline Mode (Without Internet Access)
March 15, 2024Most popular PowerShell modules are installed online from the official PowerShell Gallery (PSGallery) repository using the Install-Module command. However, you won’t be able to install a PowerShell module if your…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2022
Find Windows Version, Edition, and Build from ISO or WIM file
December 29, 2021In this article, we’ll show how to use DISM and PowerShell to find out which Windows images (versions, editions, builds, language pack) are stored in ISO or WIM files. If…
In this post, we’ll show how to hide any program from the list of installed apps in the Windows Control Panel. This guide is applicable to all Windows versions, starting…
- Azure and Microsoft 365Group PoliciesLinuxMicrosoft OfficePowerShellWindows 10
How to Disable Microsoft Teams Auto Startup
March 12, 2024By default, when you install Office 365/Office 2019, all Microsoft Office apps are installed, including Teams (you can install only specific Office apps using the Office Deployment Tool). MS Teams…