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Add AD security group to local administrators on Hyper-V server running core

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First connect to the remote server with powershell

[cc lang="powershell"]Enter-PSSession -ComputerName contoso\hv01[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Enter-PSSession -ComputerName contoso\hv01[/cc]

Next run the command to add the group:

[cc lang="powershell"]Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "CONTOSO\Hyper-V Admins"[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "CONTOSO\Hyper-V Admins"[/cc]

If you’re paranoid (like me) and want to check this worked you can use:

[cc lang="powershell"]Get-LocalGroupMember "Administrators"[/cc]

1	[cc lang="powershell"]Get-LocalGroupMember "Administrators"[/cc]

Configuring log-on scripts to run via powershell from the “Run” key in Windows registry

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If you’ve tried to add a powershell script to a registry run key, you’ve probably discovered that it doesn’t run with powershell. Instead, Windows just opens the script in Notepad and leaves it sitting there all naked and exposed! So in order to launch the powershell scripts we’re going to need to use a .bat…

Powershell script to display message box to user giving them the option to restart now or later

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I required a script that would run automatically for a user from a RunOnce key. This powershell script gives the user a message box asking if they would like to restart now or later. If they choose “yes” it will reboot now, if they choose “No” or “Cancel” it will not restart but will give…

Hyper-V host running core – check RAM from remote server with Powershell

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Here’s a little script I created that was useful to check the amount of physical RAM installed on a Hyper-V server running core. It reports the amount of physical RAM in the host as well as the amount of RAM which is actually visible and addressable to the server. It also reports the RAM which…

Find number of cores on each processor for Microsoft Server 2016 Licensing

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To calculate the cost of licensing for Server 2016, it’s necessary to know how many cores each CPU of your server is running. This WMI query is useful in identifying that.

[cc lang="powershell"]$property = "systemname", "deviceid", "name", "maxclockspeed","addressWidth", "numberOfCores", "NumberOfLogicalProcessors"
Get-WmiObject -class win32_processor -Property  $property | Select-Object -Property $property[/cc]

1 2	[cc lang="powershell"]$property = "systemname", "deviceid", "name", "maxclockspeed","addressWidth", "numberOfCores", "NumberOfLogicalProcessors" Get-WmiObject -class win32_processor -Property $property \| Select-Object -Property $property[/cc]

How to install and configure Hyper-V Host (core) for remote administration

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It’s possible to configure a Hyper-V host running core to be fully managed remotely. I have read various suggestions on the web saying it’s better and more secure to leave the Hyper-V host in a workgroup, but the effort required when doing that just doesn’t make it worth it in my opinion.And we actually want…

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Add AD security group to local administrators on Hyper-V server running core

Powershell script to display message box to user giving them the option to restart now or later

Hyper-V host running core – check RAM from remote server with Powershell

Find number of cores on each processor for Microsoft Server 2016 Licensing

How to install and configure Hyper-V Host (core) for remote administration

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