Protect Your PowerShell Scripts with Version Control
Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE Stefan Stranger talks about using version control to protect your Windows PowerShell scripts.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am pleased to...
View ArticlePowerTip: Easily Pause a PowerShell Script for a Process to End
Summary: Learn how to pause a Windows PowerShell script and wait for another process to end prior to continuing. How can you easily pause a Windows PowerShell script and wait for a specific process to...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Finding In-Use Phone Extensions
Summary: Guest blogger Tim Bolton talks about using Windows PowerShell to determine what phone extensions are currently in use.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is amazing the number of...
View ArticlePowerTip: Find Which PowerShell Cmdlets Have Most Aliases
Summary: Find out which Windows PowerShell cmdlets have the most defined aliases. How can I determine which Windows PowerShell cmdlets have the most aliases? Use the Get-Alias cmdlet and group by the...
View ArticleUnderstanding PowerShell Remote Management
Summary: Understanding Windows PowerShell remote management.Weekend Scripter: Enabling Windows remote managementMicrosoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I thought I would share a portion of...
View ArticlePowerTip: Change the PowerShell Console Title
Summary: Learn how to change the Windows PowerShell console title. How can I change the title of the Windows PowerShell console? One way to do this is to use the WindowTitle property from...
View ArticleUsing Windows PowerShell Jobs
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows an excerpt from his new step-by-step book about using Windows PowerShell jobs.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to share a...
View ArticlePowerTip: Pause a PowerShell Script
Summary: Learn how to pause a Windows PowerShell script. How can I pause a Windows PowerShell script? In Windows PowerShell 3.0 use the pause function, as shown here.23:10 C:\> pausePress Enter to...
View ArticleNew Year’s PowerShell Predictions for 2013
Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP (and honorary Scripting Guy) Don Jones makes his Windows PowerShell predictions for the New Year. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. A couple of...
View ArticlePowerTip: Get-Community Help
Summary: Use Twitter to get Windows PowerShell Help. How can I quickly get help to a Windows PowerShell problem? According to Matthew Moore, a member of the Atlanta Windows PowerShell user group, use...
View ArticlePowerShell Workflows: Restrictions
Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP Richard Siddaway talks about restrictions on Windows PowerShell workflows.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the second in a series of...
View ArticlePowerTip: Find All of the One-Letter PowerShell Aliases
Summary: See how to find all of the Windows PowerShell aliases that use a single letter. How can I find all of the Windows PowerShell aliases that use a single letter? Use the single wildcard character...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Deploy a New Active Directory Forest
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to deploy a new Active Directory forest.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I thought I would provide...
View ArticlePowerTip: Find PowerShell Active Directory cmdlets
Summary: Find all of the Windows PowerShell Active Directory Domain Services cmdlets. How can I find all of the Windows PowerShell Active Directory cmdlets? On a domain controller, or a computer that...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Using PowerShell Profiles
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about understanding and using Windows PowerShell profiles.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I thought I would provide another...
View ArticlePowerTip: Easily Find the Location of Current User Profile
Summary: Easily find the location of the Windows PowerShell current user current host profile. How can I find the location of the current Windows PowerShell profile for your current host? Use the...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Sorting Folders by Size
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, uses Windows PowerShell 3.0 to sort folders by size.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is amazing how things continue to go in circles … I know...
View ArticlePowerTip: Quickly Show Folders and Subfolders in PowerShell 3.0
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to quickly show folders and subfolders. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to quickly show folders and subfolders? Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet with the –Directory...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Messing Around with Disks
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows 8 storage module to create partitions and to format disks.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I thought I...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell 3.0 to Find Size of Volumes and Partitions
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 to find the size of disks, partitions, and volumes. How can I find disk space information for disks, partitions, and volumes on...
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