The built-in SMBShare PowerShell module allows you to create, configure, and manage shared network folders in Windows. In this article, we will look at how to manage file shares (SMB network folders) using PowerShell. You may use these examples to quickly and easily manage your SMB file servers and shared folders in different automation scenarios.
- Microsoft OfficeWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Outlook: Your Server Does Not Support the Connection Encryption Type
March 11, 2024In legacy Windows versions (Windows 7/XP or Windows Server 2008R2/2003) with Outlook 2010/2013/2016/2019, you may see the following error when trying to connect to a mail server:
- Azure and Microsoft 365ExchangePowerShell
Configure Auto-Reply (Out of Office) Message in Exchange and Microsoft 365
March 15, 2024An automatic reply feature (Auto-Reply, Out of Office Message/OOF) allows an Exchange user to configure a rule in their mailbox to automatically send a specific message in reply to all…
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How to Add/Remove Drivers to a Windows WIM/ISO Install Image
June 8, 2023You can simplify the deployment of the operating system on typical workstations (servers) if you add all the necessary drivers to the Drive Store of your Windows install image. In…
- Windows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Configuring RDP/RDS Sessions Limits (Timeouts) on Windows
February 27, 2023When a user closes the RDP/RDS session window in a terminal client (mstsc.exe, RDCMan or Remote Desktop HTML5 web client) by simply clicking the cross in the top right corner…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Check Who Restarted (Shutdown) Windows Server
June 8, 2023If your company has several system administrators, sometimes you may want to know who rebooted the server. In this article. I will show you how to identify a user who…
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How to Find Duplicate Files Using PowerShell
June 8, 2023For one of the projects, I needed a PowerShell script to find duplicate files in the shared network folder of a file server. There are a number of third-party tools…
PostgreSQL is a free object-relational database management system able to compete with proprietary databases, like Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle. PostgreSQL supports user data, functions, operations, domains, and indexes. In…
A symbolic link (symlink) is a special file on a file system that doesn’t contain any data but is actually a shortcut pointing to another object (file or folder). When…
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Configuring Windows Firewall Rules Using Group Policy
March 15, 2024The Microsoft Defender Firewall is built into all modern versions of Windows and Windows Server and allows you to configure rules for filtering incoming and/or outgoing network traffic on your…