[Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1. Using builtin -WhatIf functionality to prevent outages. Good thing I just didn't let it run without some training wheels. As you can see, instead of just ...

Don’t copy and paste the same code over and over again. Instead, create a PowerShell function and save yourself time.

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