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PowerTip: Get List of Blocked Domains on Lync with PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a list of all domains that are blocked from federating with Lync. I am auditing a client's Lync server and need to pull up a list of all the Domains that are...
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Managing Lync Server 2013 with Windows PowerShell—Part 5
Summary: Learn about basic Lync auditing. Hey, Scripting Guy!I go sites and need to work on various Lync servers. Often my first challenge is getting their configuration. Where do I start?—RD Hello...
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PowerTip: List All Lync Enterprise Voice Users with PowerShell
Summary: Get a list of users and phone numbers from your Lync infrastructure. How can I use Windows PowerShell to pull a weekly list of all our Lync Telephone numbers? Use the Get-CSUser cmdlet, and in...
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Weekend Scripter: Basic Lync Server 2013 Backup and Restore—Part 1
Summary: Learn how to make a rudimentary backup for a simple Lync Server environment.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here. Today we're going to play a game of "Let's Pretend."Let's pretend you...
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PowerTip: Export Lync Topology with PowerShell
Summary: Use the Lync cmdlets to obtain a copy of the Lync topology. Instead of going through the GUI wizard, can I use Windows PowerShell to schedule a fresh copy of my Lync topology as a...
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Weekend Scripter: Basic Lync Server 2013 Backup and Restore—Part 2
Summary: Use native automation and Windows PowerShell cmdlets to back up Lync Server 2013.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here to finish up my crazy weekend fun automating Lync backup.So we've...
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PowerTip: Document Server's IP Addresses by Using PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to document the IP addresses on a server. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily go through my server environment and document the IP addresses in use on...
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Back to the Basics Part 1: Learn About the PowerShell Pipeline
Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks about the basics of the Windows PowerShell pipeline.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we have a series of five posts...
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PowerTip: Learn to Start the PowerShell Pipeline
Summary: Find cmdlets that permit starting the pipeline in Windows PowerShell. How do I find all the Get commands that allow me to start a pipeline? Although there are a number of ways, the...
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Back to the Basics Part 2: Learn about the Pipeline and "Getters"
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks about the basics of using the Windows PowerShell pipeline and "getters."Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week, Gary Siepser, a Microsoft PFE...
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PowerTip: Use Custom Delimiter with CSV File
Summary: Use a custom delimiter with Windows PowerShell when reading a CSV file. Can I use a delimiter other than the comma ( , ) when reading from a CSV file? Import-CSV has a parameter dedicated for...
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Back to the Basics Part 3: Do Something with Your Data
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, further investigates the basics of the Windows PowerShell pipeline.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It's midweek already! Time sure flies, especially...
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PowerTip: Sorting More than One Column
Summary: Learn to sort by more than one column in Windows PowerShell. Can I use Windows PowerShell to sort by more than one column, and have the primary column be ascending and secondary...
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Back to Basics Part 4: More Ways to Manipulate Data
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks more about the basics of the Windows PowerShell pipeline.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Gary Siepser delivers his Part 4 of his five part...
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PowerTip: Looking for Folders and Files in PowerShell
Summary: Learn about looking for folders and files in Windows PowerShell. Why does this command show me folders instead of files?Dir | Where PSIsContainer -eq False In Windows PowerShell, use the...
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Back to Basics Part 5: Outputting Data
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks about outputting data via the pipeline in this exciting conclusion to a five part series.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today brings an end to...
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PowerTip: Difference Between XML PowerShell Cmdlets
Summary: Understand the difference between XML cmdlets in Windows PowerShell. What is the difference between the Windows PowerShell cmdlets, Export-CliXML and ConvertTo-XML? The Help file for...
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Weekend Scripter: Using Try, Catch, Finally Blocks for PowerShell Error Handling
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Ashley McGlone, talks about using Try, Catch, Finally blocks for error handling in Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today’s guest blogger is...
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PowerTip: Examine the Most Recent PowerShell Error
Summary: Learn how to examine the most recent error in Windows PowerShell. My Windows PowerShell command failed with an error. How can I look at the error record? Use the $error automatic variable to...
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Weekend Scripter: From Zero to PowerShell Hero
Summary: Microsoft MVP and winner of the Scripting Games, Taylor Gibb, talks about his experience with Windows PowerShell and IT in general.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the great...
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