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Jeffery Hicks is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis on automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award.
Last Update: Nov 15, 2023
In this article, I will show you how to test network connectivity between two endpoints using the PowerShell Test-Connection cmdlet. PowerShell Test-Connection vs Ping Since the first time computers were networked together, people have had to test their connections. Just like a dial tone that tells you the phone is ready to use, many IT…
Last Update: Oct 12, 2023
Jeff Hicks shows us how to use PowerShell to enumerate members of very large Active Directory groups.
Last Update: Oct 12, 2023
PowerShell Problem Solver Jeff Hicks demonstrates better techniques for get user account details from members of an Active Directory group.
Last Update: Apr 17, 2023
Microsoft PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks gives us the low-down on creating advanced functions in PowerShell in this detailed tutorial.
Last Update: Apr 17, 2023
PowerShell expert Jeff Hicks provides an overview of introductory PowerShell terms to help you get acquainted with PowerShell.
Last Update: Feb 13, 2023
This is series of articles about managing Active Directory with PowerShell. This one particularly focuses on using the LDAP moniker.
Last Update: Dec 05, 2022
In today’s post, Jeff Hicks discusses SetX.EXE which allows IT pro’s to quickly and efficiently create their own environmental variables. SetX makes the task of adding custom environmental variables to support internal applications or automated processes very easy, especially when this needs to be done on remote machines.
Last Update: Nov 21, 2022
Windows Server 2008 R2 has introduced an exciting new feature, the Active Directory Recycle Bin. In this post, Jeff Hicks shows how to enable the feature with PowerShell to recover deleted objects in your AD.
Last Update: Nov 21, 2022
In a previous article in this series, PowerShell MVP Jeff Hicks walked us through enabling the Active Directory Recycle Bin feature. In this post, Jeff demonstrates how to easily recover deleted objects in Active Directory using PowerShell.
Last Update: Oct 19, 2022
PowerShell trainer Jeff Hicks wraps up his look at operators with some special cases.