Problem:
How do I use robocopy to copy files from one directory to another?
Troubleshooting Fileservers at capacity or with limited space and clearing large, old files
Problem:
Recently I had to find a fast way of clearing space on a fileserver that was literally at bursting point, the 2TB disk had just 100MB free space remaining. I needed a way to identify the large, old files quickly so that I could then check with the file owners that they could be deleted.
How do I make a bootable USB flash drive with Windows on it?
This is a pretty simple one, for those of you that have a volume licence subscription or other method of downloading Microsoft .iso files with complete installers on them – this is how to make a bootable USB flash drive from them.
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Getting to know the get-messagetrackinglog command in Microsoft Exchange
I recently spent some time at a client that was asking for various pieces of information from their Microsoft Exchange server. Most of what they wanted was quickly and easily accessible through the Exchange PowerShell commandlet get-messagetrackinglog.
First up was a simple command to show all entries from the message tracking log where the recipient of the email was test.comain.com. For this I used:
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Use the Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux
Microsoft Loves Linux?
If using Linux within your Microsoft operating system has been something that you have always dreamed of then you may be pleased with this feature. Microsoft has made a number of Linux distros available within the Windows store that enable you to use a bash terminal window.
How to check your DFS backlog
Problem: Sometimes when there is a heavy network load or the fileservers are particularly busy I have noticed that DFS replication items begin to queue and the delay between synchronisation increases. I wanted to see what was in the DFS replication backlog and see it clear to make sure replication was working.