A regular ping command is great for checking if Host A can see Host B, but what if we want to go a bit deeper- for example check if a web server is contactable on port 80 and 443? The PowerShell cmdlet Test-NetConnection is a great tool for doing this.
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I don’t spend quite as much time reading books as I’d like to, in fact I think my new years resolution this year might be to read more IT books.
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In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights of this blog from the last year.
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Last week a Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter turned up in the post. I’ve tried some wireless PC display connectors before, and the general rule seemed to be they were clunky, unreliable, and not that user friendly. This however, changes that. This is WiDi/ Miracast as it should be; easy to set up and simple to …
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“If you are in IT you are gonna have to learn something new every year… side projects are a great way of doing it” John Troyer, TechReckoning - Architecting Your IT Career

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Symptoms When running the diag command from the Dell EqualLogic CLI (via a SSH session to an EqualLogic member) the process proceeds as normal but never completes, and the SSH session is eventually terminated. Repeating the operation produces the same result. Example Output: 1login as: grpadmin 2grpadmin@xxxxx's …

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Open Live Writer, an Open Source fork of the Windows Live Writer application, is now available. To check it works with this blog, here’s a test post.
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A new feature in Windows 10 is the ability to locate a missing device. Want to check you left your Surface at the Office and not on the train?- here’s how.
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November 2015 saw the return of Microsoft’s Future Decoded event to the ExCel Center in London.
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