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A collaboration between IT gurus Don Jones and Greg Shields, Concentrated Technology is a place for concise, helpful IT new... continue reading About Us

by CommunityAdmin on Fri 05 Mar 2010 · No replies

5-Day PowerShell v2 Class in Seattle

I'll be teaching a 5-day class on Windows PowerShell v2 in Seattle this coming May. This is a very limited-attendance cl... continue reading 5-Day PowerShell v2 Class in Seattle

by DonJones on Mon 08 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

PowerShell AD Module for Windows Server 2008?

Don, I just read your TechNet Magazine article about AD scripting with PowerShell v.2.0 and the ActiveDirectory module. Yo... continue reading PowerShell AD Module for Windows Server 2008?

by Anonymous on Wed 03 Feb 2010 · Liked by 1 person · 1 reply

Creating users with Powershell on Windows Server 2008 R2, not able to Enable-ADAccount in one command

I am trying to add a list of users to my Windows Server 2008 R2 domain.  Below is my test command.  Everything w... continue reading Creating users with Powershell on Windows Server 2008 R2, not able to Enable-ADAccount in one command

by Anonymous on Wed 03 Feb 2010 · 2 replies

I Made a Paradigm

For my book, Definitive Guide to Windows Application and Server Backup 2.0, I coined the phrase "Backup 2.0." My i... continue reading I Made a Paradigm

by DonJones on Tue 26 Jan 2010 · 1 reply

Report Current Nic Connection Speed

Don, I've been given a project to report on the current connection speed of every server we own (800 +).  The... continue reading Report Current Nic Connection Speed

by Anonymous on Fri 08 Jan 2010 · 2 replies

Wow... free CBT Nuggets on your iPhone or iPod Touch

http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cbt-nuggets/id330040904 (iTunes App Store link)This is pretty cool - CBT Nuggets has a fre... continue reading Wow... free CBT Nuggets on your iPhone or iPod Touch

by DonJones on Wed 06 Jan 2010 · Liked by 1 person · No replies

Provisioning AD Users

I had a request to post a put-together version of my AD provisioning script, which originally ran in four parts at TechNet M... continue reading Provisioning AD Users

by DonJones on Mon 04 Jan 2010 · Liked by 1 person · 7 replies

Rocky Mountain IT Trifecta 2009

What's New in Win2008, Introduction to Hyper-V, and some of Don's PowerShell transcripts.... continue reading Rocky Mountain IT Trifecta 2009

by DonJones on Sun 27 Dec 2009 · No replies

Connections 2009

Slides from Connections 2009; 5 presentations... continue reading Connections 2009

by DonJones on Sun 27 Dec 2009 · No replies

TechMentor 2009

A bunch of presentations, including PowerShell, App-V, SQL Server, Server Core, and more. 7 decks total.... continue reading TechMentor 2009

by DonJones on Sun 27 Dec 2009 · No replies

Let me tell you why VMWare will eventually fail.

I'm a VMWare customer. As longtime readers of this site will know, I bought a Dell PowerEdge 2900 III with embedded ESXi... continue reading Let me tell you why VMWare will eventually fail.

by DonJones on Sat 19 Dec 2009 · Liked by 1 person · 6 replies

Windows 7 Virtual Machine Won't Start on VMWare ESX?

I have been fighting this one for a while - my sexy ESXi 4 server stops starting my Win7 VMs - they lock up at the... continue reading Windows 7 Virtual Machine Won't Start on VMWare ESX?

by DonJones on Sat 21 Nov 2009 · 2 replies

How do I change the system drive from C: to something else on a Windows 2008 box without breaking it???

Hello everyone, as part of my job I have to configure a Citrix XenApp Enterprise server farm. Some of the hosted applicati... continue reading How do I change the system drive from C: to something else on a Windows 2008 box without breaking it???

by Anonymous on Mon 02 Nov 2009 · 5 replies

Tell me: Why do you use the console?

I’m looking for situations where you MUST log into a server’s console – either directly, or using Remote D... continue reading Tell me: Why do you use the console?

by DonJones on Fri 21 Aug 2009 · 5 replies