How to Find Which Process is Listening on a Port in Windows
This post is a guide on how to check what service is running for a TCP or UDP port on a Windows host computer.
Get All Database Sizes in SQL Server
Measuring databases is important for knowing how much disk space a SQL Server requires today, as well as the future growth of the database files.
How to Backup a SQL Server Database
This post contains a demo on how to backup a SQL Server Database and includes some information on the types of backups available in MS SQL.
Get Estimated Backup Restore Time in SQL Server
This post contains a SQL script to get estimated completion times and process information for your currently running database backups &
How to Get Last Backup Times for all Databases in SQL Server
This is a post on how to get the last backup dates and times for all databases on a SQL Server Instance.
How to Check Windows Firewall Status with PowerShell
This post will help you to check your local Windows Firewall status using PowerShell (whether it’s off or on for each Profile).
How to Enable Windows Firewall with PowerShell
This post is contains a demo on how to enable Windows Firewall with PowerShell in Windows Server. This might be needed if you have discovered Windows Firewall is disabled on your or multiple computers, or you might want to re-enable it after disabling this for a test (see my other post on disabling instead of enabling).
How to Disable Windows Firewall with PowerShell
This post contains a demo on how to disable Windows Firewall with PowerShell on a Windows computer. Disabling the Local Firewall on Windows is not a recommended move, and it will ultimately make your computer less secure.
Best Terminal for Windows 2022
This is a post to share an opinion on the best Terminal for Windows 2022. The answer to all our needs in the year 2022 is Windows Terminal.
How to Reboot WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
To reboot WSL, run wsl --shutdown to stop WSL distros then enter back into WSL as you normally would to start it back up again.
PowerShell Create Folder If Not Exists
In this post, I share a script that will help you create folders and sub-folders with PowerShell if they do not already exist.
How to Create New Files & Folders in PowerShell
This is a post on how to create new files and folders using PowerShell. Creating new files and folders in Windows is generally done via GUI.
