PowerShell, IIS and log settings

A function to retrieve IIS log settings from a local or remote IIS 6 server. Written to be compatible with PowerShell 1.0.
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Reading share security with PowerShell

The cmdlet Get-ACL is very capable when it comes to NTFS permissions, but it cannot read share permissions. This function makes an effort to provide a simple way to return share security (and other information) from a share.
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Reading NTFS and Share security with VbScript

NTFS (File System) and Share security can be enumerated using the Win32_LogicalFileSecuritySetting and Win32_LogicalShareSecuritySetting WMI classes. This post demonstrates how to use each class to read the security descriptors.
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Get-MailboxStatistics for Exchange 2003

Using PowerShell to create a version of Get-MailboxStatistics for Exchange 2003.
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Administering Microsoft DNS in PowerShell

DNS administration in PowerShell, including tasks like creating zones and adding Host (A) records, can be performed using the WMI interface. Full documentation for the interface is available from Microsoft in the DNS WMI Provider Reference.

I have released a PowerShell 2.0 module using the WMI provider here.
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Modifying DNS records with WMI

Using WMI it is possible to modify any existing record hosted on a Microsoft DNS Server. The method used varies slightly depending on which record type we want to change.
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NTFS, WMI, VbScript & listing explicit rights

This script uses WMI to enumerate each access control entry in an NTFS access control list, looking for explicit entries, that is, entries that are not inherited.
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Microsoft DNS & stale records

This post explains how to identify and report on stale records in a dynamically updated Microsoft DNS zone.
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Microsoft DNS & static records

Windows 2008 has an improved user interface for DNS. The main console includes details of a records time stamp and whether or not the record is Static. Life isn’t quite so easy with Windows 2003. However, as each static record has a time stamp set to 0 they can be found with a little work.
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