PowerShell Rainbow
Colors are cool ! What about giving our very own PowerShell Console some splash of colors. HOW IT WORKS : Access the BackgroundColor attribute of the $Host variable and change it as desired, like in the screenshot below. NOTE : We are passing the Decimal value…
PowerShell : Get Synonyms using Online Thesaurus
Internet is very Powerful ! Lots of online API’s, Tools and Programs are available that will make your life easy. Today in this post I’ll discuss with you how to get Synonyms of a word using an Online Thesaurus API and Powershell. What is a Synonym ? A Synonym is a…
PowerShell : Get Directions using Google Map API
HOW IT WORKS : Today we’ll use the very popular Google Map’s Directions API to generate instructions to navigate between two cities using PowerShell. Just to show you how it work, please go to the below mentioned URL by passing the required parameters. You’ll reach to an…
PowerShell GUI : Releasing Multiple Stale IP's from DHCP Scope at once.
SCENARIO : Multiple stale IP Addresses for clients no longer connected to the network are occupying the DHCP scope and Clients aren’t able to request free IP Leases. POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS : Reduce the lease duration to something below than Default 8 Days, so that stale IP’s could be…
PowerShell : Get Distance Between Cities using Google Map Distance Matrix API
HOW IT WORKS : Idea is to use the Google Map’s Distance Matrix API to calculate distance between two cities. Just to show you how it work, please navigate the below mentioned URL and pass necessary parameters. You’ll reach to an XML page which has all the…
PowerShell : Resolve DNS Hostname to IP and Reverse using a Single function
HOW IT WORKS : Use the System.Net Namespace‘s DNS ( System.Net.Dns ) class and its function ( getHostEntry() ) to resolve the Host to IPAdress resolution and Vice-Versa NAMESPACE : System.Net ASSEMBLY : System (in System.dll) FUNCTION : GetHostentry WHAT IS System.Net NAMESPACE ? The System.Net…
PowerShell : Get Disk Utilization of DPM 2010 Server
WHAT IS DPM ? System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 is a server-based application that enables disk-based and tape-based data protection and recovery for computers in and across Active Directory domains. DPM performs replication, synchronization, and recovery point creation to provide reliable protection and rapid…
PowerShell : Retrieving Exchange attributes from Active Directory
No more Logging to Exchange Servers for Quick basic reporting tasks ! 🙂 and don’t even think of loading Exchange Modules 😛 For the basic reporting like Database Names and Home Mailbox Server where the user mailbox is sitting, you can simply query Active directory and get…
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