Windows 8 Archives - Thomas Maurer

Open website from PowerShell

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:23:21 +0000

If you want to directly open a website from the PowerShell console, you can use the Start-Process cmdlet. This will open the website in the default browser: Start-Process "https://www.thomasmaurer.ch" You can also use “Start” which is an alias for Start-Process: Start "https://www.thomasmaurer.ch" Yes this is a very short post, but I hope this …

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Windows Sysprep for Virtual Machines

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 31 May 2016 13:56:37 +0000

For using the same system image for different virtual machines or physical computer, Microsoft created a tool called sysprep.exe. This blog post covers Most people should be already familiar with that tool. If not here is the description: Sysprep prepares a Windows installation (Windows client and Windows Server) for imaging, allowing you to capture a …

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Basic Networking PowerShell cmdlets cheatsheet to replace netsh, ipconfig, nslookup and more

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:57:26 +0000

Around 4 years ago I wrote a blog post about how to Replace netsh with Windows PowerShell which includes basic powershell networking cmdlets. After working with Microsoft Azure, Nano Server and Containers, PowerShell together with networking becomes more and more important. I created this little cheat sheet so it becomes easy for people to get …

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How to create Windows Server bootable USB media for deployment on UEFI based systems

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:07:39 +0000

When you were create a USB media for PCs, notebooks and servers which were using BIOS you could use several tools to do this. Now most of the tools do not really create a USB media drive which can be used to boot and install Windows or Windows Server on a UEFI based system such …

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Windows 10 Editions and upgrade paths

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 19 May 2015 21:58:57 +0000

Last week Microsoft announced the different editions of Windows 10. As in the past Microsoft offers Windows in different editions that are tailored for various different use cases and scenarios. Windows 10 will power an broad range of devices – everything from PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and Surface Hub. It will also …

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Troubleshoot Windows InstantGo (Connected Standby)

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:01:25 +0000

In Windows 8 Microsoft released a feature called InstantGo (formerly know as Connected Standby) which should bring smartphone like Power Management features to your Windows tablet or notebook. Devices such as the Surface Pro 3 do offer this feature. This post should help you troubleshoot issues with InstantGo or Connected Standby. InstantGo requires the following: …

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Save PowerShell Object to file for Remote Troubleshooting

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:48:59 +0000

This is not something new to the most of you PowerShell guys out there, but still there are a lot of IT Pros which do not know about this. Sometimes we have to do some remote troubleshooting without having access to the system itself. The thing you can do is to let the customer send you …

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This is why OneNote is Awesome

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:27:12 +0000

Well I know I usually blog more about Microsoft Datacenter and Cloud stuff, especially Hyper-V and System Center, but I am a huge fan of Microsoft’s Office Suite. I live in Outlook and Microsoft OneNote. I organize my private life, my work, and university notes in OneNote. I get often asked by customers or friends …

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Surface Pro 2 – My First Impressions

Thomas Maurer — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:25:04 +0000

As you may know, I am a Surface user from the first moment. I owned a Surface RT, which I use at home in the living or bedroom to browse the web, read, watch some videos, or listen to music. Since February of this year, I also own a Surface Pro which replaced my notebook. …

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Microsoft Server Posterpedia Windows 8.1 App just updated

Thomas Maurer — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:04:10 +0000

Some days ago Microsoft released some of the new architecture poster for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V. Today Microsoft released an update in the Windows App Store for their Server Posterpedia App including the new Hyper-V 2012 R2 posters and some design changes. Server Posterpedia is an interactive app that uses technical posters as a …

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