Author Archives: Boe Prox

FSMO Roles and PowerShell

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Boe Prox

While at work a couple a week ago, I had to move some FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) roles around on our network.  What are FSMO roles you say? Well, instead of getting too deep into what they are and … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Patch Audit/Install GUI (PoshPAIG) Released

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Boe Prox

For the past few months, I have been working on a project for work that has pretty much been taking me away from working other items such as PoshWSUS. This project, which I have named PoshPAIG (yea, it’s the best … Continue reading →

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Patch Installation using PowerShell, VBScript and PSExec

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Boe Prox

In my current environment, I am one of many people in our shop that carry the same task as many of you. That task is to patch our systems to ensure we keep ourselves up to date on the latest … Continue reading →

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Audit VMware VM’s for Creator and write to vCenter VM notes with PowerShell and PowerCLI 4.1.1

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Boe Prox

I will start off by saying that this was not my idea to create this awesome script. The real hero behind this is Alan Renouf who first published the original script here.  For anyone working with VMware and PowerShell, Alan’s … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog on “Hey Scripting Guy!” About Administrator Credential Check

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Boe Prox

Once again I had the great honor of being asked to write a guest blog for the Hey Scripting Guy! Microsoft blog (my second guest blog). This time I was asked to pick a topic from the Scripting Games that … Continue reading →

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