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PowerShell – Hash Table Get That Value

When writing scripts I like to use PowerShell ISE or VSCode a lot. It simplifies a lot of your daily scripting tasks like IntelliSense or Snippets. But sometimes these little helper don’t tell always the truth. Why? Well, I show you an example which is quite common. On problem there is if you are working […]

SCOM – Exchange 2010 MP “extest_” User (?)

Have you ever installed the Exchange 2010 management pack? If you follow the management pack guide there will be a section where you can enable the synthetic transaction tests for the Exchange. Those synthetic transactions will perform several tests on your Exchange infrastructure and warn you if there is a problem with your mail flow. […]

Microsoft MVP Award 2017

Yes I got it again, awesome! Today I received an e-mail from Microsoft, that I am re-awarded for another year as Most Valuable Professional (MVP). This is my 3rd year as an MVP and it still feels like –WOW! I got the award in the Cloud and Datacenter Management space for my expertise and community […]