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Scope in Action
Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVPs, Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks, talk about the impact of Windows PowerShell scope when creating tools.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will not...
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Do One Thing and Do It Well
Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVPs, Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks, talk about a fundamental tool design consideration.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we will not have our usual...
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Using PowerShell Aliases: Best Practices
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, demystifies some of the confusion surrounding using Windows PowerShell aliases.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. “Don’t use aliases!” I hear this...
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PowerTip: Easily Find PowerShell Aliases for Cmdlets
Summary: Learn how to easily find Windows PowerShell aliases for cmdlets. How can I find if there is an alias for a specific cmdlet by using Windows PowerShell 3.0?Use the Get-Alias cmdlet and the...
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Using PowerShell Functions: Best Practices
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about some best practices for using Windows PowerShell functions.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Windows PowerShell functions are really...
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PowerTip: Easily See the Content of Your Function
Summary: Use the Get-Content cmdlet to read the content of your Windows PowerShell function. How can I see the content of a function that is on on my system, which I did not write? Use the Get-Content...
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Accepting Arguments for PowerShell Functions: Best Practices
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the best practices surrounding accepting input for a Windows PowerShell function.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. April in the...
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PowerTip: Find All Windows PowerShell Functions
Summary: Easily find all the Windows PowerShell functions. How can I find all Windows PowerShell functions easily? Use the Get-Command cmdlet, and specify the CommandType function:Get-Command...
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Named Arguments for PowerShell Functions: Best Practices
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using named arguments in Windows PowerShell functions.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If I go to the trouble of writing a Windows...
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Microsoft Script Explorer: Next Steps
Summary: The next steps Microsoft Script Explorer are revealed.For those who are familiar with Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell, you know that we haven't released additional updates...
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Security Series: Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud...
Summary: Microsoft senior technical writer, Yuri Diogenes, and knowledge engineer, Tom Shinder, talk about using Windows PowerShell to protect a Windows Server 2012-based cloud infrastructure....
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PowerTip: Determine the Status of Your DHCP Server Audit Log
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the status of your DHCP server audit log. How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine the status of my DHCP server audit log in Windows Server 2012? Use...
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Weekend Scripter: Pick Comments from a PowerShell Script
Summary: Guest blogger, Bob Stevens, shares a script to pick out comments from a Windows PowerShell script.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Bob Stevens. I...
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PowerTip: See All PowerShell Script Execution Policies
Summary: Find the settings for all five script execution policy scopes. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see all of the script execution policies that affect the current Windows PowerShell session?...
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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Clean Out Temp Folders
Summary: Guest blogger, Bob Stevens, talks about using Windows PowerShell to clean out temporary folders on desktops following a malware infection.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find the Temp Folder Path
Summary: Find the path to the temporary folder. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the path to the temporary folder?Use the Temp variable, and obtain its value from the Env: PS drive.$env:TEMP
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Installing WSUS on Windows Server 2012
Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, talks about installing WSUS on Windows Server 2012 via Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today to Honorary...
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PowerTip: Get a List of Installed BPA Models
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to obtain a list of all installed Best Practice Analyzer models. How can I get a list of all the Best Practice Analyzer models that are installed on my server? Use the...
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2013 Scripting Games Start April 22!
Summary: Announcing the Windows PowerShell 2013 Scripting Games, which begin April 22, 2013.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Don Jones is with us today from the offices of PowerShell.org....
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PowerTip: Find the PowerShell Version
Summary: Easily find the installed version of Windows PowerShell. How can I find the installed version of Windows PowerShell? There are two easy ways.1. Use the automatic $PSVersionTable variable:PS...
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