Hey guys I’ve got some exciting news!! As it turns out you can use powershell to admin your servers. That’s right! And to prove it, here’s a nice little script I wrote this morning to change the service acct and passwords on all the boxes I wanted. Actually, I’m just going to show you the … Continue reading Exciting News→
Hey everybody… it’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but that’s what starting a new gig will do to you. I’ve had so many new things to rant about here and I’m sure I’ll be getting to those in the future, but right now I want to share a funny story with you. We had … Continue reading Data Explosion→
Ok we arrived in Seattle for PASS only I found out tonight that I’m not supposed to call it PASS. Apparently the PC name for PASS is the PASS Summit. Oh well… So we started at the Tap House wtih Allen White and his wife and then went to the convention center (I can still … Continue reading 1st Night at PASS→
I had a comment on one of my last posts that suggested that I talk about a few things and this is the first thing that struck my interest because it’s a topic that’s close to my heart. And of course, I’m talking about getting away from the GUI and learning to do things at … Continue reading Get Away from the GUI→
I managed to take the 70-450 exam for Katmai a couple weeks ago and I was surprised to find that I got a powershell question. As well, I was looking through some practice questions for the Katmai Dev exam (don’t remember the number)and there were a couple powershell questions on there as well. So I’ve … Continue reading I Warned You→
We’re having a problem with BOE right now and our BOE admin has been on with their support tech for weeks now. The guy keeps insisting that the problem is our DB backups. He says that taking offline backups takes the DB offline so BOE loses connection during that time. The problem is that we … Continue reading MSSQL is not Oracle→
OK, I’m also changing this in the original post, but in case you don’t think to go back and check. When I sent my admin password solution to a buddy at MS, he tried it and it didn’t work. After a fairly short discovery, I discovered that it worked for me because I had a … Continue reading More thoughts on Admin Passwords→