Ok, here's just some basic syntax for working with Zip files with Powershell. This was tested with Powershell 5.1...likely backwards compatible a few versions. This does the following: Creates a local folder if it doesn't exist Downloads a zip file from the web to the created local folder (URL below just a random zip I … Continue reading Powershell Snippets: Working with Zipped Files
Windows Activation Issue on Server 2016
I recently installed Server 2016 from volume license. Everything went normally on the install. However, when going to activate, I'd click on Change product key and nothing would happen. Nothing. However, launching the same activation GUI from the CMD line worked just fine. I can't find a lot of documentation on this issue, so it … Continue reading Windows Activation Issue on Server 2016
Spread Placement Groups
AWS recently introduced spread placement groups, an important piece for high availability for certain types of smaller deployments. Let's say your workload required 4 instances and you've placed 2 instances Availability Zone A and 2 in Availability Zone B within a single region. With a normal deployment, it would be possible for the instances in … Continue reading Spread Placement Groups
