Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Netmon capturing In this blog we are going to look at collecting a network capture using the NetSh.exe command. This tool will produce an .etl trace that can be read in Netmon. While in Netmon you will...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Perfmon capturing At this time there are no PowerShell commands for the management of perfmon. PowerShell does have three commands for accessing perfmon counters: get-counter, export-counter, import...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. In this blog I am going to covers the very basic of viewing, enabling and disabling existing firewall rules. How to view firewall settings It is important to know the name of the rule you wish to...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. This blog looks at how to manage event logs. The key to using PowerShell to manage any event log is to know the exact spelling of the event log you wish to manager. How to view a list of event logs ...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. This blog is going to cover some user functions like logging off, shutting down the OS, and launching Task Manager without the GUI. How to log off The Logoff command is not a native PowerShell cmdlet...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Managing Services This module is going to look at how to manage services. The key to using PowerShell to manage any service is to know the exact spelling of the service name. How to list services...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Date and Time settings This blog is going to cover the basic of viewing and changing your time settings. If you are like me I seem to always forget to set the correct time zone and need to correct it...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Computer Name Setting This blog is going to cover the basic of viewing and changing your computer name. Setting the computer name is an option when you are installing the OS, or you can let the installer...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Joining the Domain Everybody at some point will need to join their computers to the domain. This blog will cover the basics of viewing your settings, joining the domain and removing your computer from...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Remote Desktop This is one of the more complex settings to get correct. For remote desktop to work you need to have two registry keys and a firewall rule set up correctly. If the registry key does not...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. PowerShell Remote Management Windows Server 2012 has PowerShell remoting enabled by default. In order to manage PowerShell Remote Management correctly you will need to logon with an account that is a...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Changing the GUI type Windows Server 2012 has three different GUI installations, Core, Minimal, and Full GUI. I am going to assume in this blog you installed Core and wish to temporarily install one...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. MacAddress, LinkSpeed and view single NICs There are a few more commands I want to add to wrap up this section about IPv4 settings. This will give you all the cmdlet you need to get the same data as...

Hello, Bruce here again. With the release of Windows Server 2012 we all have to start learning the new features of the product. So I thought I would share with you what I’m studying and some resources to bring you to speed at the same time...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. WINS Client configuration WINS still exist out there in the real world. For that reason I am including it in this blog series. PowerShell 3.0 does not have any new cmdlet for configuring WINS server...

DNS Suffix List Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. I often find in large enterprises that the DNS Suffix list is inconsistent, contains out dated domains, or is incomplete for the environment. The DNS Suffix list is what allows us to...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. DNS Server Setting Name resolution is critical to any server configuration. DNS is required to function correctly to locate Active Directory domain controllers, Exchange Servers, and just about every...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Default Gateway Settings Often when troubleshooting IPv4 configuration you may find a misconfigured default gateway. Issue that may arise from a misconfigured gateway are: Ping responses not traversing...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Determining if an IPv4 address is DHCP or Static When troubleshooting IPv4 configuration you will need to know if the IPv4 address you are looking at is DHCP or Static. If you notice that the configuration...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Basic IPv4 Address configuration Windows Server 2012 Core still has IPCONFIG.EXE that can be used to view the IP configuration. Modern servers typically come with several network interface ports. This...

Learn about my 2012 Core Survival Guide here. Getting Started This first post is going to get us started on the journey. As I develop this guide I will need a lab. I am going to keep the lab simple: 3 Servers and a virtual switch. I created this...

I like many of you keep notes to remember all the command line tools. In the past I would develop an OneNote document to keep my notes in. This time I am going to share my 2012 Core Survival Guide with you. I am doing this because my customers are planning...

My 30 day quest has come to an end. I have been studying Windows Server 2012 now for 30 nights strait. I can safely say I have a much better understanding on what is in this new release. I covered all of the major topics, but I cannot say I covered everything...

Almost done, Night 29 of my 30 day quest to learn Windows Server 2012! Tonight I am looking at two features Virtual Smart Cards and BitLocker. The Virtual Smart Card is going to be a great for me. I will no longer have to carry my smart card with me to...

Wow Night 28! Only two more nights left of my quest to learn Windows Server 2012 in 30 days. Tonight I am looking at Powershell Web Access. PowerShell Web Access will allow you to use a secured Web site like a PowerShell command windows to run PowerShell...