PowerShell: Run IISReset on All Servers in your farm at the same time

  IIS-Reset.ps1 One of the many things scripts are good for in general  is making repetitive tasks easier and the results more consistent. PowerShell takes it to another level with its intuitive cmdlets . I find it much easier run a script from my laptop or log into a single server rather than using MSTSC […]

PowerShell: Backup your running Hyper-V Virtual Machines

If your like every one else including me its been a complete drag attempting to get clients to allow you to shut down Virtual Machines that are in production to allow you to back them up.  Windows Server 2012 R2 (a free upgrade of Windows Server 2012) can be upgraded remotely using RDP without too […]

PowerShell: Upgrade WAC – your Office Web Apps Farm

Like most folks who upgrade their SharePoint 2013 farms after they have applied the latest SharePoint 2013 CUs to the SharePoint side of the environment they will usually still have 2 WAC servers and at least 3 WFM servers left to apply and configure updates. This may depend on release of the updates as the […]

Force directory synchronization using Windows PowerShell

The reason I use this blog at times is to remember the issue I tend to for get and this s one of those commands You can use the directory synchronization Windows PowerShell cmdlet to force synchronization. The cmdlet is installed when you install the Directory Synchronization tool. On the computer that is running the […]