powershell_commands.txt

# Install Telenet Client 
dism /online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:TelnetClient


# Install Telenet Client Deploy .NET Framework 3.5
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All 


#Allow DPM Agent Push
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow DPM Remote Agent Push" dir=in action=allow service=any enable=yes profile=any remoteip=192.168.100.15

# Fix for The WS-Management service cannot process the request
Register-PSSessionConfiguration -Name Microsoft.PowerShell


# Credentials in script

$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString "vagrant" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("vagrant", $secpasswd)


#Connect network drive
net use \\sto01.ad.temasoft.com /user:temasoft\maniax P@ssword1

# Switch form 2012R2 Standard to Datacenter 
dism /online /set-edition:ServerDatacenter /productkey:<Product key> /AcceptEula

# Get a list of trusted hosts
Get-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts

# Note that these commands don't create a list of trusted hosts, it simply replaces the trusted host with what you set via the command. If you need to add multiple hosts, they need to be comma seperated

# Trust all computers in a domain
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts *.contoso.com

# Turst a single machine
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value myserver

# Add another single machine
$trustedHosts = (Get-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts).value
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value "$trustedHosts, mynextserver"

# Trust an IP address range
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -value 192.168.10.*

# Trust all remote machines (not recommended)
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts *

# Enable RDP
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#Enable Remote Desktop
set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 0
#Allow incoming RDP on firewall
Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"
#Enable secure RDP authentication
set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp' -name "UserAuthentication" -Value 1   


#Run PS script from online source
iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/skylock/packer-windows/master/scripts/configwinrm.ps1'))


# Set Network Connection Profile Windows 7 & 2008 R2
$networkListManager = [Activator]::CreateInstance([Type]::GetTypeFromCLSID([Guid]"{DCB00C01-570F-4A9B-8D69-199FDBA5723B}")) 
$connections = $networkListManager.GetNetworkConnections() 


# Set network location to Private for all networks | 0 - Public | 1 - Private | 2 - Domain
$connections | % {$_.GetNetwork().SetCategory(1)}


# Set Network Connection Profile Windows 8.1 & 2012 R2
Get-NetAdapter | Set-NetConnectionProfile -NetworkCategory Private

# Clear all event logs
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wevtutil el | Foreach-Object {wevtutil cl "$_"}

# Exchange Powershell
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get-user | where-object{$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database "servername\Mailbox Database" | get-mailbox | select name,windowsemailaddress,database

get-user -organizationalUnit Accounting | where-object{$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database "servername\Mailbox Database" | get-mailbox | select name,windowsemailaddress,database


Temasoft-MailboxDatabase

get-user | where-object{$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database "MTA01\Temasoft-MailboxDatabase" | get-mailbox | select name,windowsemailaddress,database

get-user -organizationalUnit Accounting | where-object{$_.RecipientType -eq "User"} | Enable-Mailbox -Database  "MTA01\Temasoft-MailboxDatabase" | get-mailbox | select name,windowsemailaddress,database


# Hyper-V Linked Clones
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# Create the VM (with no VHD at this stage)

New-VM –Name DC02 -Generation 2 –MemoryStartupBytes 1024MB -SwitchName “Core vSwitch” -Path D:\Hyper-V\ -Verbose

# Create our New Differencing Disk

New-VHD –ParentPath "e:\Templates\Syspreped\Windows.Server.2012.R2\Virtual Hard Disks\Windows.Server.2012.R2.vhdx" -Path "D:\Hyper-V\DC02\Virtual Hard Disks\DC02-DiffDiskVM.vhdx" -Differencing

# Attach this Disk to the VM

Add-VMHardDiskDrive DC02 -Path "D:\Hyper-V\DC02\Virtual Hard Disks\DC02-DiffDiskVM.vhdx" –ControllerType SCSI -ControllerNumber 0

# Start VM

Start-VM DC02
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# Test netwok performance

To generate large amounts of network traffic I used the iperf tool running on two virtual machines, one iperf “client” and the other as “server”. 
I have found that the following iperf settings generates the best combination for network throughput tests on Windows Server:

Server: iperf -s -w 64k -l 128k

Client: iperf -c <SERVER-IP> -P 16 -w 64k -l 128k -t 30