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Spartan Falls to the Sword of Microsoft Edge

Agreed my post title is a bit dramatic; I am still rolling with it. Announced in Build 2015, Microsoft Edge will be the successor to the Project known as Spartan Microsoft Edge was made specifically for Windows 10. It will have features such as built in note taking and sharing and will also have Microsoft’s Cortana […]

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Renaming SharePoint 2013 Server

I spent sometime today renaming SharePoint 2013 Servers for a project I was pulled in on. It involved using PowerShell cmdlets and other administrative tasks. The project required me to “Clone” SharePoint farm servers to make template environments for demonstration and development task. I originally followed steps provided here: Renaming SharePoint then later streamlined the process so its […]

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Power Off & On VMware Guest with a Scheduled Task

  Using Windows task scheduler you can schedule power off and on events for guest systems running in VMware vCenter or a standalone ESXi host. My steps: Create a basic task – give it a name and description (optional) Choose when you want this task to stat Select the start date and time Choose “Start a […]

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QOTD: Working – Steve Jobs

“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you. ” – Steve Jobs – Co Founder Apple Inc.

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5yr old, drum covers my favorite S.O.A.D song: Toxicity

In a excellent display of talent and discipline; then 5 yr old  Jonah puts on a drum cover that is impressive. Now 10 yrs of age I am sure he’s doing much more.  I am now following him via YouTube, and Facebook. So if you love rock as much as many of us do, I am […]

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Tech Short: PowerShell to list users in AD security group

You want to get a list of users who exist as members of a AD (Active Directory) security group. Here are some quick steps on accomplishing this task. Lets begin: Open PowerShell or PowerShell ISE Type Import-Module ActiveDirectory Followed by Get-ADGroupMember -identity “Group Name” | select name | Out-GridView Import-Module ActiveDirectory Get-ADGroupMember -identity “Name of Group” | select name […]