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Reset an Azure Active Directory User Password and Set to Never Expire

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

Resetting Azure Active Directory password is simple with a little help from PowerShell in this quick, how-to article by Russell Smith.

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Building a Ping Sweep Tool with PowerShell

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this article, Jeff Hicks shows us how we can create a PowerShell tool that can ping a range of IP addresses.

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Getting Started with Microsoft SQL Server

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Michael Simmons serves up five simple steps for getting started with SQL Server as an IT administrator in his new article series.

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Episode 12: February 12, 2015 10:15 pm EDT Guest: Steve Kenniston

In this era, most of us have managed to make multiple copies of our business critical data, but how do we best use them?  How do we adjust our methods for the massive data growth we have all been experiencing?  Do you really need 50 copies of those cat pictures? Steve Kenniston (@skenniston), VP Technology…

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Find Disabled, Inactive Active Directory Users Accounts with PowerShell Revisited

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As an alternative to his first article, Jeff Hicks shows how you can whip up a PowerShell script to find disabled and inactive Active Directory user accounts with PowerShell.

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Microsoft Purchases Sunrise, Will Reportedly Buy N-Trig as Well

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft on Wednesday confirmed reports that it would purchase online calendar maker Sunrise. And in a separate development, Microsoft will reportedly buy Surface Pro 3 pen maker N-Trig too.

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What are Microsoft Azure Resource Groups?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Russell Smith walks us through the Microsoft Azure Resource Manager and explains how Azure resource groups can be used to manage your Azure assets.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Get Local Active Directory Group Members with PowerShell

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows off several techniques for grabbing Active Directory group members with PowerShell.

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Use PowerShell’s Get-Content cmdlet to Copy Files to Multiple Computers

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell Smith shares how you can use PowerShell’s get-content cmdlet to copy files to multiple computers in this how-to article.

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Troubleshooting Hyper-V Networking

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn serves up a number of tips to help you with troubleshooting Hyper-V networking issues in Windows Server Hyper-V and Windows client Hyper-V.

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Microsoft and Samsung Settle Contract Dispute

Microsoft and Samsung have quietly settled a major contract dispute that threatened Samsung’s use of the Android mobile OS on its smart phones and tablets. The bad news: Absolutely no details about this agreement have been made public. It doesn’t get any terser than this statement: “Microsoft and Samsung have agreed on settlement terms that…

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A Useful PowerShell Script to Document Your Active Directory Environment

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

Daniel Petri shows us how this free and helpful PowerShell script can reduce the time needed to document your Active Directory environment.

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