03/02/2021

Create Desktop Shortcut using Group Policy

Create Desktop Shortcut using Group Policy (GPO). You can name this GPO whatever you like. Try to stick to meaningful GPO's. If this is a new domain, in 20 years will you be able to find the GPO? If it is a much older domain, if you name it generically will you be able to find it easily?
03/02/2021

Modify Group Policy Refresh Interval for Windows Computers

Specifically we are referring to the GP setting “Set Group Policy refresh interval for computers“. This policy setting specifies how often each computer on the domain updates/refresh the GP. Thus the computers are updated while the computer is on, and on the network. If a user is logged in they will not see the changes as this specific change happens in the background without their knowledge.
01/11/2021

IPAM on Windows Server

The Microsoft IP Address Management (IPAM) is an integrated suite of tools to enable end-to-end planning, deploying, managing and monitoring of your IP address infrastructure, with a rich user experience. IPAM automatically discovers IP address infrastructure servers and Domain Name System (DNS) servers on your network and enables you to manage them from a central interface.
12/15/2020

Listen For KeyPress Using PowerShell

Today we start with something new. Listen For KeyPress Using PowerShell. Simple enough. We want to run a script and have it output what we type […]
12/14/2020

Create Multiple Variables Using An Array Operator

This command does all the work for us in creating the variable assigning the name, and value. We use the New-Variable command with -Name using the inline variable...
12/11/2020

Creating New Firewall Rules Using PowerShell

The two above commands are the same as the one-line commands. Well, there are two differences. We are using the modifier -InterfaceType to specify the wireless interface. We are also using the tilde (`) to define line breaks in the console. The interpreter still sees this as one line, the difference is it's much easier to read like this, that is if you are human.