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Author: Matt

  • PowerShell join computer to a domain

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    To join a Windows computer to a domain using PowerShell use the following script. You can read my previous post, here on how to create the password file. #set domain, credential, and hostname variables $File = “C:\Scripts\Password.txt” $Key = (1..32) $UserName = “contoso.com\adjoin” $Password = Get-Content $File | ConvertTo-SecureString -Key $Key $DomainJoinCredentials = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList…

  • encrypt password with key using PowerShell

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    Encrypt password with key using PowerShell Encrypt password with key using PowerShell. One major issue that I had to overcome, was to hide the password for the scripts that I will use them on schedule and there will be no need to include it as clear text. Using the below I was able to encrypt…

  • How to Shrink a Thin Provisioned Virtual Disk (VMDK)

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    Thin provisioned disks are a great feature to save capacity as your virtual machine filesystem will never use the full capacity. I do not know a single system where you do not have at least 10GB of free space for OS disks. I am not considering databases, applications, or fileservers which will grow constantly. Having a thin…