Direct Link to VM in the vCenter HTML5 interface. - November 20, 2019
Create a direct link to a virtual machine in the vCenter HTML5 interface.
Tags [ vCenter ] [ code ] [ csharp ]

Dotnet core and data protection encryption - November 20, 2019
Explore using ASP.NET data protection encryption in a console application. These extensions also work cross platform, but not all options are available on Linux.
Tags [ dotnet ] [ dependency injection ] [ data protection ] [ encryption ]

List AD group members when the group contains foreign security principals - November 20, 2019
This post describes how to get an Active Directory group's members when some of those members are foreign security principals -- in a different domain. Unfortunately, the standard Get-ADGroupMember cmdlet will fail under these circumstances. Fortunately, we can work around that with a little PowerShell magic.
Tags [ Windows ] [ PowerShell ]

How to do an offline install of remote server administration tools (RSAT) on Windows Server and Windows 10 - November 20, 2019
This short post demonstrates how to install windows capabilities using the features on demand ISO and dism.exe. Using this method you can install individual RSAT management tools and other available windows capabilities.
Tags [ RSAT ] [ Windows ]

Powercli Script to Unmount and Detach Datastores - May 14, 2019
A PowerShell/PowerCLI script to unmount and detach groups of datastores in VMware vCenter.
Tags [ VMware ] [ PowerCLI ] [ PowerShell ]