Monitor Your Network with PowerShell [OC]

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Monitor Your Network with PowerShell [OC]

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Monitor Your Network with PowerShell

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In this video you’ll see the full process I went through to create a script to monitor up and down times for my network. You’ll learn how to build a script t...

I recently created a YouTube channel where I do deep dives into creating automations with PowerShell. Instead of just publishing the solutions I take you through the entire development process.

In this video I go through creating an uptime monitor for multiple IP addresses that can ping each IP every minute. I go through the evolution of trying Test-NetConnection, then giving up and using dotnet objects for asynchronous execution. And finally, how to put that all together and get your results.

This is only my fourth video, so any and all feedback on it is welcome.

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2•5 months ago
Just spotted you mention it on bsky! I’ve queued it up, and will be jumping on a train to London later so will have a moment hopefully!

Thank you for mentioning it here!

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