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How to set a preferred DC in PowerShell

It’s quick and easy but keep in mind this does not set a default for PowerShell sessions. You’ll have to enter this command in each window you want to specify a DC in. Set-ADServerSettings –PreferredServer <fqdn> On the same subject, it’s easy to find out what DC & GC you’re using in a particular PowerShell [...]

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VBScript To List WMI providers

Just in case you need it as well – strComputer = “.” Set objWMIService=GetObject(“winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\” & _ strComputer & “\root\cimv2″) Const ForAppending = 8 Set objFSO = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _ (“c:\scripts\wmiProviders.txt”, ForAppending, True) Set colWin32Providers = objWMIService.InstancesOf(“__Win32Provider”) For Each objWin32Provider In colWin32Providers objTextFile.WriteLine(objWin32Provider.Name) Next objTextFile.Close Possibly Related Posts: Real Life Exchange 2010 Disaster [...]

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