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get-cluster | Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHba -rescanvmfs
$datastore = get-datastore "DATASTORE-NAME"
$esxi = get-view -id ($datastore.ExtensionData.Host | select-object -last 1 | select -ExpandProperty Key)
$datastoresystem = get-view -id $esxi.ConfigManager.DatastoreSystem
$expandOptions = $datastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreExpandOptions($datastore.ExtensionData.MoRef)
$datastoreSystem.ExpandVmfsDatastore($datastore.ExtensionData.MoRef,$expandOptions.spec)

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REM Convert guest VM from EFI to BIOS boot, grow disk, etc. before doing this
REM Boot to appropriate Windows Server install media and open repair command prompt
diskpart
select disk 0
list partition
select partition 1
assign
select partition 2
assign
list volume

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get-credential | export-clixml -path "C:\foo\bar\credential.xml"

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install-windowsfeature -name web-server -includemanagementtools
remove-item c:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm
add-content -path "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.htm" -value $("Hello World from $($env:computername)")

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Reg Add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Diagnostics /v "16 LDAP Interface Events" /t REG_DWORD /d 2

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Connect-MsolService -Credential (Get-Credential)
$licensedMSOLUsers = Get-MsolUser -MaxResults 5000 | ? {$_.islicensed -eq $true}
($licensedMSOLUsers) | ? {$_.licenses.accountskuid -notcontains "office365tenant:EMS"}

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(Get-VBRProtectionGroup -name "Protection Group Name").container.entity | % {$_.name}

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get-cluster 'clustername' | Get-VMHost | Foreach {Start-VMHostService -HostService ($_ | Get-VMHostService | Where { $_.Key -eq "TSM-SSH"} )}

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# useful for systems that don't want a whole PEM file
openssl pkcs12 -in windows-pfx-export.pfx -out exported-pem.pem -nodes
openssl rsa -in exported-pem.pem -out private.key
openssl x509 -outform pem -in exported-pem.pem -out certificate.cer

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bind ssl serviceGroup ServiceGroup_Name -cipherName CipherGroup_BestPractices
unbind ssl serviceGroup ServiceGroup_Name -cipherName DEFAULT_BACKEND