Chaitanya

Chaitanya is a system admin with 12 + years of IT experience, and a blogger. He has good knowledge of PowerShell and Automation is his primary focus. Some of his works include Citrix Auto VDI deployment and Citrix Machine catalog update tool written in PowerShell.

Ubuntu Apt Get Mastery: A Guide with Practical Examples

Switched to Linux, but not sure how to install or remove software packages? Learn how to run Ubuntu apt-get commands to manage software packages!
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Compare Objects with PowerShell (Step by Step Guide)

Learn how to compare objects with PowerShell’s Compare-Object cmdlet in this tutorial that will come in handy for your admin tasks!
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How to Perform a VMware Backup & Best Practices

Learn a plethora of ways to perform a VMware backup for your VMware VMs and host configuration in this step-by-step tutorial!
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Correct Way of Using Ubuntu systemctl to Control Systemd

Need a better way to control services in your Ubuntu machine? Learn how to effectively manage services in Ubuntu with systemctl commands in this tutorial!
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How To Configure an NFS Server Windows Installation

Sharing files in a network of diverse computer operating systems can be convenient after an NFS Server Windows installation. Learn how in this step-by-step tutorial.
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How to Install Citrix Receiver Ubuntu Client

Learn how to properly install and configure Citrix Receiver on Ubuntu to access your Citrix Applications!
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Activate PowerShell SFTP to Transfer Files

Learn step-by-step tutorial how to work with files remotely via SFTP and dig into some of the different PowerShell SFTP modules you can use. Learn how to list, upload and download files via PowerShell SFTP.
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Icacls: The Ultimate Guide in Managing File Permissions

Learn how to grant, deny, remove permissions, and more with the icacls command in this ultimate guide!
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Adding a Windows 10 Local Account : Step by Step Guide

Learn how to add Windows 10 user accounts via just about any way possible in this step-by-step tutorial covering both GUI and command-line methods.
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How to use RSOP to Inspect Applied GPO Settings

Learn how to find all of the policy settings those GPOs applied to a computer and user locally or remotely with the RSOP (resultant set of policy) tool.
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Launching Citrix Workspace for Mac : Step by Step Tutorial

Learn, step-by-step, how to download, install and run the Citrix Workspace app for Mac in this handy guide.
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Discover the Set Adaccountpassword to Reset an AD Password

If you've been resettings AD user passwords in ADUC, then you've been missing out. The Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet opens up possibilities to reset not just a single user password, bulk user passwords through scripting. Learn how in this step-by-step tutorial.
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How to Verify Applied GPOs with the GPResult Tool

Learn how to discover RSOP and other applied Group Policy settings with the handy gpresult command-line tool.
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Automate Service Management Through net stop and sc Command

Learn how to use the net stop, net start, sc query and other commands to manage Windows service from the command prompt.
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New-SelfSignedCertificate: Creating Certificates with PowerShell

Don't want to spend on third-party certificates when developing websites or testing applications? Learn how to create self-signed certificates with the New-SelfSignedCertificate cmdlet for free in this tutorial.
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How to Find (and Remove) Unlinked GPOS in Active Directory

Unlinked GPOs can clutter up Active Directory if not maintained. Learn how to find all of these GPOs via the GUI and PowerShell in this article.
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Chaitanya 6 min. read

Contributing to GitHub Projects (Git Pull Request for Dummies)

Learn how to contribute to GitHub projects by issuing Git pull requests to work with GitHub repo owners in this step-by-step article.
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How to Add a Computer to a Domain (GUI and PowerShell)

Learn how to add a Windows computer to a domain via the GUI, netdom, PowerShell and even remotely in this post.
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Set-ExecutionPolicy for Managing PowerShell Execution Policies

Learn all about PowerShell execution policies, various scopes, contexts, how to use Get-ExecutionPolicy and Set-ExecutionPolicy.
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