Jeff Hicks

In this article, I will show you how to test network connectivity between two endpoints using the PowerShell Test-Connection cmdlet. PowerShell Test-Connection vs Ping Since the first time computers were networked together, people have had to test their connections. Just like a dial tone that tells you the phone is ready to use, many IT…

Jeff Hicks shows us how to use PowerShell to enumerate members of very large Active Directory groups.

PowerShell Problem Solver Jeff Hicks demonstrates better techniques for get user account details from members of an Active Directory group.

Microsoft PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks gives us the low-down on creating advanced functions in PowerShell in this detailed tutorial.

PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks provides an overview of introductory PowerShell terms to help you get acquainted with PowerShell.

This is series of articles about managing Active Directory with PowerShell. This one particularly focuses on using the LDAP moniker.

In today’s post, Jeff Hicks discusses SetX.EXE which allows IT pro’s to quickly and efficiently create their own environmental variables. SetX makes the task of adding custom environmental variables to support internal applications or automated processes very easy, especially when this needs to be done on remote machines.

Windows Server 2008 R2 has introduced an exciting new feature, the Active Directory Recycle Bin. In this post, Jeff Hicks shows how to enable the feature with PowerShell to recover deleted objects in your AD.

In a previous article in this series, PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks walked us through enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin feature. In this post, Jeff demonstrates how to easily recover deleted objects in Active Directory using PowerShell.

PowerShell trainer Jeff Hicks wraps up his look at operators with some special cases.