Windows

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 36250 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 41536 views

Windows Servers: Import SSL certificate on IIS and set up HTTPS binding using PowerShell

In this blog I will share one way to import SSL certificate on IIS and set up HTTPS binding to use the imported SSL certificate using PowerShell. If you already imported the new SSL certificate, you can skip that step …

By Saad Khamis October 30, 2021 PowerShell , Windows 22131 views

Windows Servers: Check backup status on local and remote servers using PowerShell

In this blog I will share one way to check Windows Server Backup on local, remote single serve or remote multiple servers using PowerShell. In a later blog I will show how to integrate this with Azure Automation Accounts to …

By Saad Khamis October 14, 2021 Backup , PowerShell , Windows 12774 views