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Jeffery Hicks is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis on automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award.

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A Summer Reading List for System Administrators

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Have some extra time to unwind? Take a look at Jeff Hick’s summer reading list for system administrators, which includes resources to catch up on IPv6, Docker, and PowerShell technologies.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Make it Pretty

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

During Microsoft Ignite, I took part in a community panel discussion on PowerShell. Well, not so much a discussion as questions and answers. One of the questions, which I get from time to time, concerned how to change the color of error messages in the PowerShell console. It is actually quite easy, and once you…

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Creating Repeating PowerShell Scheduled Jobs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to create PowerShell Scheduled Jobs to repeat itself for a specified amount of time in this quick tutorial by Jeff Hicks.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Finding Orphan Aliases

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us steps to create alias, along with steps for finding orphan aliases.

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SAPIEN Technologies PowerShell Help Writer 2015 Review

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Jeff Hicks provides a look into SAPIEN Technologies’ PowerShell Help Writer 2015, which helps IT pros write better PowerShell documentation.

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Creating PowerShell Scheduled Jobs With The New-JobTrigger Cmdlet

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The New-JobTrigger cmdlet in Windows PowerShell is a great way to set up scheduled jobs for better automation of daily tasks.

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4 Must-Learn Skills for Windows System Administrators

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Jeff provides his must-learn skills for Windows System Administrators for a successful career, which include PowerShell and Microsoft Azure.

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Test Active Directory User Accounts with PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks shows us how to test Active Directory user accounts with a custom function in PowerShell.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Where is that IP?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us how to easily find the geographic location of an IP address.

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PowerShell Management at Scale

Petri IT Knowledgebase Contributing Editor Jeff Hicks demonstrates how to use PowerShell management at scale to get large, complicated tasks accomplished.

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Building a PowerShell Ping Sweep Tool: Adding a Port Check

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this final installment in this article series on building a PowerShell ping sweep tool, Jeff Hicks shows us how to easily add a port check to our existing tool.

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What was Microsoft Ignite 2015 Really About?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Petri IT Knowledgebase Contributing Editor Jeff Hicks does some keyword analysis on the Ignite session catalog and comes up with some interesting data.

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