PowerShell and Configuration Manager 2012 R2–Part 4
Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets to work with driver packages. Hey, Scripting Guy!My current job involves creating packages in Configuration Manager 2012. Is there some way to automate...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell to Identify Network Drivers in Configuration Manager
Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets in Windows PowerShell to identify all network drivers. I deal with drivers detection issues in Windows PE because we have too many network card drivers....
View ArticlePowerShell and Configuration Manager 2012 R2–Part 5
Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets to create an application.Oh, Scripting Guy! I want to get home at a decent hour today, but I need to bring this massive list of applications into...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell to Show Deployment Types for Application
Summary: Use the Configuration Manager cmdlets to identify all deployment types for an application. How can I use Windows PowerShell to pull up a list of all deployment types for one of my...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: The Case of the Disappearing PowerShell Console
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about fixing a problem where his Windows PowerShell console disappears.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. So there I was, on a two week...
View ArticlePowerTip: Find Free Commands in PowerShell 5
Summary: Learn how to find free commands in Windows PowerShell 5.0. I would like to customize my command line experience in Windows PowerShell 5.0, but I don’t want to write a lot of code....
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Report on Network Level Authentication
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use Windows PowerShell to report on Network Level Authentication.Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend,...
View ArticlePowerTip: Find Expiring Certificates by Using PowerShell
Summary: Boe Prox shows how you can find certificates that are expiring. How can I find if I have any certificates on my system that are expiring within 30 days? Use the ExpiringInDays dynamic...
View ArticleGet Wireless Network SSID and Password with PowerShell
Summary: Jason Walker explores using Windows PowerShell to get the SSID and password for a wireless network.Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy is here. Today I'm turning over the keyboard to Jason...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell to Generate Object with Two Property Types
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to generate an object with two property types. How can I use Windows PowerShell to generate an object with two property types from simply splitting a string? Use the...
View ArticleAutomating Index Fragmentation Reports
Summary: Guest blogger, Laerte Junior discusses how to use PowerShell to automate an index fragmentation report and generate an Excel file.One of the day-to-day tasks of a DBA is to maintain your...
View ArticlePowerTip: Store Current Pipeline Value in Variables with PowerShell
Summary: Use PowerShell to store current pipeline values in variables. How can I use Windows PowerShell to improve my code by storing the current pipeline value into variables? Use the new...
View ArticleIntroducing the PowerShell Excel Module
Summary: Guest blogger, Doug Finke talks about his PowerShell Excel module.The PowerShell Excel Module is a brand new, exciting, and better way to interact with Microsoft Excel from Windows PowerShell....
View ArticlePowerTip: Create Function List and Find PowerShell Files
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to create a function list and find files. How can I use Windows PowerShell to avoid repetitively typing “ls . –r *.ps1” to get a list of PowerShell files and then...
View ArticleBeginning Use of PowerShell Runspaces: Part 1
Summary: Boe Prox presents some tips about beginning use with runspaces.Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting...
View ArticlePowerTip: Find Current Runspaces in PowerShell
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to find the current runspaces in Windows PowerShell. How can I list all of the currently running runspaces in Windows PowerShell? Use the Get-Runspace cmdlet in Windows...
View ArticleBeginning Use of PowerShell Runspaces: Part 2
Summary: Boe Prox presents some tips about beginning use with runspaces.Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting...
View ArticlePowerTip: Get the Async Object Created by BeginInvoke
Summary: Boe Prox shows how retrieve a seemingly lost Async object from a runspace. How can I get the seemingly lost Async object created by BeginInvoke? Use Reflection to pull this information out of...
View ArticleBeginning Use of PowerShell Runspaces: Part 3
Summary: Boe Prox shows us some tips about using runspace pools for multithreading.Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend,...
View ArticlePowerTip: Add Custom Function to Runspace Pool
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to add a custom function to a runspace pool. How can I use Windows PowerShell to add a custom function to a runspace pool? Use the following approach:#Custom...
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