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PowerShell: How to export and import ssl certificate from commandline?

Posted by Ivan
/ September 4, 2017 / 1 Comment

It has been many years ago I needed to automate and use certutil.exe program to import a certificate. In the past I used SCCM program to run a certain script to import a certificate for me. Recently while working on a project to setup ADFS and WAP servers I needed...

Posted in PowerShell
SCCM: How to uninstall/remove Skype for Business 2016 client?

Posted by Ivan
/ September 4, 2017 / 1 Comment

With Office 365 ProPlus application package that I am preparing to deploy with SCCM server I run into the issue that Skype for Business 2016 was installed. Office 365 ProPlus setup stopped as it wanted me to uninstall the Skype for Business client before it could continue. The new Skype...

Posted in SCCM
Powershell: Delete files based on extension?

Posted by Ivan
/ August 8, 2017 / Leave a comment

The following powershell script searches in the specified folder ($folder) and filters for a file extension if parameter ($extension). The script will echo the filename and delete $folder = "C:\Users" $extension = "cmd" if (!($extension)){$filter="*"} Else{$filter=foreach ($item in $extension.split(",")){$item.insert(0,"*.")}} if (test-path $folder) { foreach ($file in get-childitem "$folder\*" -recurse -force...

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Windows 10: Using Client Hyper-V

Posted by Ivan
/ February 4, 2017 / Leave a comment

One of the features that Microsoft client OS has introduced with Pro and Enterprise version is the Client Hyper-V. It allows you to run full-blown virtualization host to create operating system images, App-V packages and do testing locally on your client pc. I am in favor of this as I...

Posted in Windows 10
PowerShell: Automate SSO configuration for SAP GUI

Posted by Ivan
/ August 12, 2016 / Leave a comment

Some years ago I needed to rollout SSO for SAP GUI windows client. At that time I used AD GPO preferences to deploy the required DLL's, INI + services file and the system environment settings. The solution has worked for many years succesfully, now and than IT support forgot to add...

Posted in PowerShell, SAP, SCCM
Office 2016: Outlook cannot provide form scripting support

Posted by Ivan
/ June 29, 2016 / 4 Comments

I run into following problem after upgrading to Office 2016. Enterprise Vault Add-in is no longer working. I had similar issue also with Office 2010. Office has been installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS server. Solution Find MSI string for Office from RegEdit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Start elevated command prompt...

Posted in Microsoft, Office 2016
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2: setup is asking for product key

Posted by Ivan
/ April 6, 2016 / Leave a comment

In the past 24 hours I struggled with getting Windows Hyper-V 2012 R2 server installed. I tried to boot from a virtual CD where I mount my ISO file that I download from Microsoft website. Each time I entered the setup it started to ask me for a product key....

Posted in Hyper-V, Microsoft
McAfee: Web Gateway for Hyper-V – Part 2

Posted by Ivan
/ March 11, 2016 / Leave a comment

After successfully creating, installing and testing Web Gateway on Hyper-V server (see part 1), I started planning towards a global deployment. My deployment is based on multiple sites where Hyper-V hosts are located and having a standardized AD site naming convention. I was able to create a semi-automated PowerShell script...

Posted in Hyper-V, McAfee, Web Gateway
PowerShell: Hyper-V switch set to public network

Posted by Ivan
/ February 3, 2016 / 4 Comments

When troubleshooting backup agent/server communication I found the following situation on my Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host: My virtual NIC adapter for Hyper-V switch and ManagementOS was set to "Public network"/"Unidentified network". I want to change this to Domain as there are several windows firewall rules that only allow...

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McAfee: Web Gateway for Hyper-V – Part 1

Posted by Ivan
/ January 15, 2016 / 7 Comments

McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) is a web security product that protects your network against threats arising from the web such as viruses and other malware, inappropriate content, data leaks, and related issues. Some of the main features: intercepting and transmitting web traffic (as proxy server), authenticating users (against Windows Active Directory –...

Posted in Hyper-V, McAfee, Web Gateway