AWS EC2 – Get all EC2 instances in all profiles and all regions

In this blog I will share one way to get all AWS EC2 instances in all profiles and all regions including instance’s Id, name, state, private & public IPs and other instance information. I will show how to calculate the instance’s name and state (running, stopped, etc.) The result can be displayed or saved to a file.

By Saad Khamis November 27, 2023 AWS , PowerShell 15770 views

AWS Backup – List all protected resources in all profiles and all regions

Would you like to know resources protected by AWS Backup?
In this blog I will share one way to list all AWS protected resources in all profiles and all regions. Also, query the backed up EC2 state and Backup tag.

By Saad Khamis November 17, 2023 AWS , Backup , Cloud , PowerShell 17039 views

Microsoft Teams – Fix “Sorry, we couldn’t connect you.” for multiple users’ profiles

In this blog I will share one way to fix Microsoft Teams “Sorry, we couldn’t connect you.” for multiple users’ profiles and in multiple workstations or virtual machines.

By Saad Khamis November 3, 2023 Azure , Teams 11980 views

Windows – Get all installed patches, updates and hotfixes

In this blog I will share one way to get all installed patches, updates and hotfixes on a local or a remote Windows workstation or server.

By Saad Khamis October 25, 2023 Azure , PowerShell , Windows 20327 views

Azure – Get Storage Account Lifecycle Management Policy Rules

Azure NSG Flow Logs Explorer is an easy to use explorer like tool to view Azure NSG flow logs.

By Saad Khamis October 12, 2023 Azure , PowerShell , Storage 33906 views

Azure – NSG Flow Logs Explorer

Azure NSG Flow Logs Explorer is an easy to use explorer like tool to view Azure NSG flow logs.

By Saad Khamis June 23, 2023 Azure , Tools 24131 views

Windows – Find built-in administrator account name and disable it

Introduction We will find the built-in administrator account name, even if it was renamed, and disable it. When Windows workstation or server is installed, the default built-in administrator account name is Administrator. Some companies rename the local built-in administrator account, …

By Saad Khamis December 14, 2022 PowerShell , Windows 33656 views

Azure App Registrations – Export certificates and secrets details

Introduction This PowerShell function returns information about Azure App Registrations certificates and secrets, including expiry date, days left to expire, owner and other information. Returned information can be filtered, for example, by days left to expire and imported to CSV. …

By Saad Khamis December 13, 2022 App Registrations , Azure 21363 views

WebJEA config Editor

WebJEA config Editor is an easy to use tool to simplify editing WebJEA config.json configuration file. WebJEAconfigEditor.exe v0.7.4 (01/04/2023) has a simple and clear Explorer like interface that can edit multiple config.json files. WebJEAconfigEditor can duplicate commands, copy & paste …

By Saad Khamis November 15, 2022 Tools 19509 views

Azure SQL Server: Get Azure SQL Server Firewall Rules

Introduction In this blog I will share one way to get Azure SQL Server firewall rules and the option to save the result in a CSV file. I will also show how to use parameters in PowerShell command. My blogs …

By Saad Khamis August 25, 2022 Azure , PowerShell , SQL Server 35474 views