Managing Microsoft IIS Web servers remotely using the graphical tool is fairly simple to enable if you're sitting at the Web server. But if you're like me and host many servers in different locations ...

We've been exploring the new world of CIM in PowerShell 3.0. Where this really gets interesting is when it comes to remote systems management. If you look at help for Get-CimInstance, you'll see there ...

Here's how to use PowerShell to manage Hyper-V virtual machines without having to jump through the usual hoops. Microsoft has long given administrators the ability to use PowerShell to manage remote ...

IT professionals likely met the October arrival of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 with both joy and a heavy sigh. On one hand, I believe many organizations have been waiting for Windows 7 so ...

Windows PowerShell has long been an IT administrator’s best friend — but only if you know how to use it properly. Created by Microsoft nearly two decades ago, this object-oriented automation engine ...

I have a need to establish a remote powershell (v2) quickly to allow a .NET app on one server to send commands to an exchange server for account creations and modifications. Unfortunately, this ...

My Windows experience is nearly nil, so this may be a fairly stupid question. I have a new Windows 8 Pro machine at home. It has to stay running Windows because I have a fantasy that I will someday ...