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PowerShell Get-Command PSWindowsUpdate lists all available cmdlets within the PSWindowsUpdate module
  • Windows Server

Install Windows Updates using PowerShell

You can use PowerShell to install Windows Updates automatically, unattended and simple. Neat, right? For this, you don't have to have an enterprise environment with WSUS, or Windows Server, but since this is Sysadmins of the North, I assume you do. In this post I show you how to install Windows Updates with PowerShell and the PSWindowsUpdate module.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On15-03-2023
Read MoreInstall Windows Updates using PowerShell
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  • Codebase

Send email with PowerShell

Easily send your DevOps reporting by email with this PowerShell function, because the Send-MailMessage cmdlet is obsolete. Of course you'll be using StartTLS and authenticated SMTP as additional security.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On14-03-2023
  • 1 Comment
Read MoreSend email with PowerShell
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  • Windows Server

Monitor SQL Server and databases in depth using Zabbix

Monitor Microsoft SQL Server, databases and performance with Zabbix, PowerShell, Performance Counters and WMI. Keep SQL Server and databases in top shape and performance up! In this post I show you how you can use Zabbix to monitor those important aspects for database administrators (DBA).

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On20-12-2022
Read MoreMonitor SQL Server and databases in depth using Zabbix
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  • Windows Server

Configure Windows Debugging Symbols in WinDbg

Set up debugging symbols for WinDbg in Windows and debug BSOD like a boss.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On15-11-2022
Read MoreConfigure Windows Debugging Symbols in WinDbg
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  • Windows Server

Extract files from an MSI package

Windows has the ability to allow the MSI package (.msi file) contents to be extracted using the command line or via a script. I keep forgetting the correct msiexec.exe syntax to use to extract files from an .msi file (MSI package), so here is a short post with the command.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On02-11-2022
Read MoreExtract files from an MSI package
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  • Windows Server

Connect to a KVM host through an ssh tunnel and arbitrary port in Windows 11 and WSL 2

Connect virt-manager to a KVM host through an ssh tunnel and arbitrary port in Windows using Windows 11 and WSL 2.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On21-10-2022
Read MoreConnect to a KVM host through an ssh tunnel and arbitrary port in Windows 11 and WSL 2
DevOps/SysOps Infrastructure as a Service flow
  • Windows Server

Windows 11 and WSL 2 DevOps environment

In this post I describe some of the settings and changes I made to make my Windows 11 and Ubuntu WSL2 into a fully fledged development environment. Here are the settings and tools I use for DevOps / SysOps on Windows.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On15-08-2022
  • 4 Comments
Read MoreWindows 11 and WSL 2 DevOps environment
Windows Hello Security: Touch your security key
  • Windows Server

YubiKey support in OpenSSH for Windows 11

Now Win32-OpenSSH has decent support for FIDO/U2F hardware authenticators you can finally use your YubiKey for SSH authentication in Windows 11, jeej! Here is how.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On14-08-2022
  • 3 Comments
Read MoreYubiKey support in OpenSSH for Windows 11
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  • Windows Server

Add VirtIO drivers to Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)

Learn how to add VirtIO drivers to your Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) to recover your Windows virtual machines. Using Powershell of course and Windows Server 2022.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On23-11-2021
Read MoreAdd VirtIO drivers to Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)
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  • Windows Server

Retrieve SSH public key from Active Directory for SSH authentication

If you have tens (hundreds) of servers and/or users it's easier to retrieve user SSH public keys from Active Directory (AD) than from various unmanaged authorized_keys files.

  • Jan ReilinkByJan Reilink
  • On29-10-2021
Read MoreRetrieve SSH public key from Active Directory for SSH authentication
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Tunnel RDP through SSH & PuTTY

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[HttpException (0x80004005): The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value.]

“The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value”

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Free up disk space in Windows Server – 5 extra methods

2016-08-16

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