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Configure IIS Logging

March 3, 2016February 25, 2016 by Kevin

I always move my IIS logs to a different drive, and I almost always include all fields. This is something that annoys me since I have to do it over and over again. Just like everything that I have to do over and over again, I wrote a script to do it for me. The … Read more

Moving SolarWinds Logs to a new Drive

March 3, 2016February 25, 2016 by Kevin

I built a script which facilitates changing the default logging location for most SolarWinds programs in a SolarWinds Orion installation. Not every log can be moved, but this script does change the majority of the log locations and also takes a backup of the original file beforehand. The important part is the RegEx that is used … Read more

Removing Default Web Site & Application Pool

August 10, 2020February 25, 2016 by Kevin

I’m always sick and tired of having to remove the IIS Default Web Site and DefaultAppPool after I’ve installed the Web Roles in Windows Server 2012 R2. So, I created a short script that will remove them. DISCLAIMER: These materials are provided “AS IS” without any express or implied warranty of any kind.

Required Windows Features with SolarWinds Orion

March 3, 2016February 25, 2016 by Kevin

My presentation is completely built around optimizing your SolarWinds Orion installation. In that presentation, I make reference to several scripts that I use to help me in provisioning Orion Servers. One such script is used to install the necessary Windows Features for each role. It uses XML files as the source for which features are needed … Read more

Holiday Party 2015

February 22, 2016December 12, 2015 by Kevin

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”5″ gal_title=”Holiday Party 2015″] Had a great time at the company Holiday Party this year. This is a few of the pictures snapped up.

PowerShell function to suppress HTTPS self-signed certificate errors

March 17, 2022December 7, 2015 by Kevin

I’ve been working frequently with the Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod functions recently against my SolarWinds Orion infrastructure. I’d normally use the Swis Snapin, but instead wanted to get a little more experience with JSON and XML. Now, when I try to make that call to port 17778 on any machine except the Orion server itself, I … Read more

Geocoding Longitude and Latitude using PowerShell and the Google Maps API

August 10, 2020July 31, 2015 by Kevin

So, I ran into an issue where I needed to convert a ton of addresses to map points for use with a database. It’s not something that I have to do too often, but I decided to look through the documentation for Bing, Google, OpenStreet, and MapQuest API’s.

Converting RTF to TXT via PowerShell

August 11, 2020October 1, 2014 by Kevin

So I ran into a problem recently where I needed to convert an RTF document back to it’s base text values. I could do it via a copy & paste, but after digging around a little bit, I happened on an article from Microsoft with some pointers. How to: Convert RTF to Plain Text (C# … Read more

Celebrity Sighting!

June 13, 2014 by Kevin

So, I’ve been in “officially” in Austin for about 6 weeks now. I’m still learning the town and liking what I’m seeing, but last night I got a sign from God (at least for the geeky fan-boy in me) that this town is my new “home.” Last night I was out with other members of … Read more

Wedded Bliss!

April 27, 2014 by Kevin

So, I’m getting married in just a few hours. I get to marry my best friend. She has been my rock and is helping me make more of myself every day. Though the ceremony will be small, you can share in our excitement by joining us online. Check it out here.