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Query SQL for Version, Edition and Number of CPU’s

The following will give you information about an Microsoft SQL Server instance which you may find helpful in determining the version, edition and number of cpu’s assigned to a SQL server. In my case I am using Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express but this will work on all  versions of Microsoft SQL Server   SELECT […]

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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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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 […]

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Tech Short: Stop and Start Lync Services On A Server

How can I take on this task, let me count the ways… After installing a new certificate on our Lync server I needed to restart the services to complete the change.  I was able to do this with two powershell commands. Stop Services Get-CsWindowsService | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq “Running”} | Stop-CsWindowsService Start Services Get-CsWindowsService | […]

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Windows 10 Windows Updates using P2P Technology

Hey Folks, It seems that Windows 10 has the capability of downloading Windows updates using a peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol. Seems like a smart move to deliver their software to end users. After all we are all connected these days. The new option that allows Windows 10 users to enable this feature that will speed up downloads due […]