Microsoft Datacenter blog by Ralph Kyttle

Here I share my thoughts and experiences with Microsoft Datacenter technologies

Verifying Spectre / Meltdown protections remotely

In this post we will take a look at the SpeculationControl PowerShell module that was recently...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 01/05/2018

SMB1 - Audit Active Usage using Message Analyzer

Well, it’s another weekend and here we are again talking about SMB1. The WannaCrypt Ransomware...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 05/13/2017

Discover SMB1 in your environment with DSCEA

So, SMB1. Hopefully by now you have already heard and heeded the advice Ned Pyle provided in the...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 04/07/2017

DSCEA 1.2.0.0 has been released - Introducing exciting new updates to Start-DSCEAscan

DSCEA 1.2.0.0 has been released Details on this release are listed below: Introduced exciting new...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 04/05/2017

Introducing DSCEA

Updated with a link to the latest release announcement, DSCEA 1.2.0.0...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 03/21/2017

SQL MP Run As Accounts – NO LONGER REQUIRED - The Thought Process

If you are currently reading this, chances are you might have seen another post with a similar name...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 04/27/2016

PowerShell - Passing Parameters as Variables using Remote Management and Invoke-Command

Recently I had a need to write a PowerShell script that could accept a set of parameters at script...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 06/04/2015

SharePoint - SharePoint 2010 and Remote PowerShell for use with System Center Orchestrator 2012

Today we will be taking a look at how to enable a PowerShell script to execute SharePoint cmdlets on...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 05/18/2015

Azure - Add an Azure virtual machine to an Active Directory domain that exists on-prem

The following information was inspired by another post by one of my colleagues, Diego Viso. A few...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 01/10/2015

SCOM 2012 R2 - Use PowerShell to end an active maintenance mode

The following information was inspired by another post by one of my colleagues, Neil Peterson. Last...

Author: Ralph Kyttle Date: 11/10/2014