Great Resource For IIS Training

 IT Admin Tips, Learning  No Responses »
Jan 302012
 

I have been working lately on trying to round out my skill set again instead of being primarily focused just on the operating system.  One of the areas that I have started to look at again is Internet Information Server 7.  One of the best sites out there for free training material is http://learn.iis.net.   The site has a great overview that gets you up to speed on what IIS is capable of doing.  The site also has a download section, community section, forums section, and a blogs section.  The people that provide content are experts with IIS 7.  The videos that I have watched so far are spot on.  Check out the links below to learn more about the site.

Overview of The site –  learn.iis.net
http://www.iis.net/overview

 Download Section –  learn.iis.net
 http://www.iis.net/download

Forums Section – learn.iis.net
http://forums.iis.net/

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PoshWSUS on Codeplex

 IT Admin Tips, Windows Server 2008  No Responses »
Jan 162012
 

 

PowerhShell has turned into one of the best tools that we have as administrators of windows products.  Support from the community is truly amazing.  PoshWSUS is a module that was created to help administrate WSUS.  The below commands can be used instead of executing everything through the GUI.  Stop by the CodePlex site and check it out.  Below are also a couple more links you can reference.  Please leave a comment if you have used it and what you think.

Current Commands From The PoshCode website.  (http://poshwsus.codeplex.com/)

Current commands are:

  • Add-WSUSClientToGroup
  • Approve-WSUSUpdate
  • Connect-WSUSDatabaseServer
  • Connect-WSUSServer
  • Deny-WSUSUpdate
  • Disconnect-WSUSServer
  • Export-WSUSMetaData
  • Get-WSUSChildServer
  • Get-WSUSClient
  • Get-WSUSClientGroupMembership
  • Get-WSUSClientPerUpdate
  • Get-WSUSClientsInGroup
  • Get-WSUSCommand
  • Get-WSUSContentDownloadProgress
  • Get-WSUSCurrentUserRole
  • Get-WSUSDatabaseConfig
  • Get-WSUSDownstreamServer
  • Get-WSUSEmailConfig
  • Get-WSUSEvent
  • Get-WSUSGroup
  • Get-WSUSInstallableItem
  • Get-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Get-WSUSServer
  • Get-WSUSStatus
  • Get-WSUSSubscription
  • Get-WSUSSyncEvent
  • Get-WSUSSyncHistory
  • Get-WSUSSyncProgress
  • Get-WSUSUpdate
  • Get-WSUSUpdateApproval
  • Get-WSUSUpdateCategory
  • Get-WSUSUpdateClassification
  • Get-WSUSUpdateFile
  • Get-WSUSUpdatePerClient
  • Get-WSUSUpdateSummary
  • Get-WSUSUpdateSummaryPerGroup
  • Get-WSUSUpdateSummaryPerClient
  • Import-WSUSMetaData
  • New-WSUSComputerScope
  • New-WSUSGroup
  • New-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • New-WSUSLocalPackage
  • New-WSUSUpdateScope
  • Remove-WSUSClient
  • Remove-WSUSClientFromGroup
  • Remove-WSUSGroup
  • Remove-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Remove-WSUSUpdate
  • Reset-WSUSContent
  • Resume-WSUSDownload
  • Resume-WSUSUpdateDownload
  • Set-WSUSEmailConfig
  • Set-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Start-WSUSCleanup
  • Start-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Start-WSUSSync
  • Stop-WSUSDownload
  • Stop-WSUSSync
  • Stop-WSUSUpdateDownload
  • Test-WSUSDatabaseServerConnection

Examples Of PoshWSUS
http://learn-powershell.net/2010/11/14/wsus-administrator-module/ 

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Driverquery.exe Command Line Tool

 IT Admin Tips, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008  No Responses »
Jan 152012
 

System administrators sometimes need to be able to produce a list of drivers that are installed on their system.  Driveryquery.exe is an excellent command line tool from Microsoft to accomplish this.  This tool will give you a report on all of the current device drivers that are loaded on your system.  The command line tool also gives you several options on the information that it will display.  Below is a screenshot that shows all of the options available for running Driverquery.exe.

Driverquery.exe From Microsoft

Driverquery.exe From Microsoft

 

Examples Of Driverquery.exe

This example will pipe the information from driverquery.exe to a txt file on the drive.
C:\driverquery.exe > C:\driverqueyr.txt

This example will format the output into a list view.
C:\driverquery.exe /fo list

This example will turn on verbose output for more information.
C:\driverquery.exe /V

This example will show drivers that are currently running.
C:\driverquery.exe /v | findstr Running

 

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