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Finally found time to post in here. Recently I’ve been working on a Powershell script that connects to a SQL 2016 database. Easy one, huh?
The problem may be using Invoke-Sqlcmd cmdlet when you’re using Windows authentication ONLY. In such cases, here’s a function I use to connect to SQL: Continue reading Powershell: Run SQL command using different credentials
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I have recently played around with an error handling, also using functions.
You can explicitly define the behaviour of the script and how it should handle errors using an $ErrorActionPreference variable. You will typically set it to either of following: Continue reading Error handling in Powershell
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long time no see!
As you may be aware, there has been some malware activities within last few days and your Windows environments could be affected as well. One of the recommendations is to disable SMB v1 protocol and here’s how to do it using Powershell. Continue reading How to disable SMB v1 using Powershell
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Sometimes you may have a need to encode or encrypt a string. This is usually neccessary for strings like passwords. Continue reading Powershell and Secure/Encrypted strings
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so today I’d like to take a look at sending an e-mail from Powershell, that I’m sure many of us had to do. Continue reading Send e-mail using Powershell
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sometimes you’d just like to run Powershell on remote servers but from local console. So you work locally from your PC, but get results from remote computers or servers. It can save you some time automating stuff, doing reports etc. Continue reading Enable WinRM to run remote Powershell commands
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This time I’d like to spend a moment on many times asked question, how to convert time in Powershell. Continue reading Convert time to UTC in Powershell
