In my SCCM environment I have a number of Compliance Settings that use custom scripts for discovery and remediation, and recently it dawned on me that a lot of time has been spent on these and it would be good to create a backup of those scripts. It would also be useful to be able … Continue reading Export / Backup Compliance Setting Scripts with PowerShell
Month: February 2017
PowerShell Tip! Create Background Jobs with a Custom Class
PowerShell 5 introduced the capability to create custom classes. Classes are a convenient way to create an object with your own custom definition, and can include properties and methods. There could be many potential use cases for such a custom class, but here's one that is handy: background jobs. PowerShell comes with some cmdlets for … Continue reading PowerShell Tip! Create Background Jobs with a Custom Class
Automatically Set SQL MaxServerMemory on Cluster Failover with PowerShell
On a two-node Windows Failover Cluster, I have two SQL instances installed. Each instance runs on its own node in the cluster, so that it can make maximum use of the available memory on that server. However, when a failover occurs, it is necessary to reduce the maximum server memory setting for both instances, so … Continue reading Automatically Set SQL MaxServerMemory on Cluster Failover with PowerShell
PowerShell DeepDive: WPF, Data Binding and INotifyPropertyChanged
PowerShell can be used to create some nice UI front-ends using the Windows Presentation Framework (WPF). You can create anything from a simple popup window to a full-blown, self-contained application. A major concept in WPF is that of data binding. Data binding allows you to create some separation between the design of the UI and … Continue reading PowerShell DeepDive: WPF, Data Binding and INotifyPropertyChanged