Weekend Scripter: Getting Started with Windows Azure and PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft senior technical evangelist talks about getting started with virtual machine’s in the cloud by using Windows Azure and Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here....
View ArticlePowerTip: Find System Uptime via PSCX PowerShell Cmdlet
Summary: Use a cmdlet from the PSCX module to get your system uptime. How can I easily find my system uptime if I have the Windows PowerShell community extensions (PSCX) installed? Use the Get-Uptime...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Create Office 365 Reports
Summary: Guest blogger, Alan Byrne, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create Office 365 reports.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I would like to welcome guest blogger Alan...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell to Report Computer Performance
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to report on computer performance. How can I easily obtain the performance of local or remote computer by using Windows PowerShell? Query the Win32_WinSat class.In...
View ArticleUse PowerShell and Regular Expressions to Search Binary Data
Summary: Guest blogger and pioneer of the PowerSploit module talks about using Windows PowerShell and regular expressions to search binary data.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we...
View ArticlePowerTip: Audit Special Privilege Use with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to audit special privilege use with Windows PowerShell. How can I easily find information about auditing special privileges that are assigned to various logon IDs if I am running...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Interact with the Windows API: Part 1
Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Graeber, discusses how to use Windows PowerShell to interact with Windows API functions in Part 1 of a three-part series.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use a .NET Framework Class in PowerShell to Get User Info
Summary: Use a .NET Framework class in Windows PowerShell to get user name and domain name information. How can I use a .NET Framework class in Windows PowerShell to get a user name and domain in the...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Interact with the Windows API: Part 2
Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Graeber, talks more about interacting with the Windows API.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Matt Graeber is back today with Part 2 of a three-part series that...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use a PowerShell command to get User Name and Domain
Summary: Use an easy command in Windows PowerShell to get userdomain\username. How can I use a command in Windows PowerShell to get information about a current user in userdomain\username format? Use...
View ArticleUse PowerShell to Interact with the Windows API: Part 3
Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Graeber, completes his three-part series about interacting with the Windows API.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Matt Graeber is back with us today to finish up...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Screensaver Info for Logged-on User
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find screensaver information for a user who is currently logged-on. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find screensaver information for a currently logged-on user?...
View ArticleCreate a New Virtual Machine with PowerShell: Part 3
Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP and honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, completes his series about using Windows PowerShell to create a virtual machine.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Virtual Machines Using Dynamic Memory
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find which virtual machines on Hyper-V is using dynamic memory. How can I tell which of my virtual machines are running with dynamic memory ? Use the Get-VMMemory...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Understanding TimeSpan Objects
Summary: Guest bloggers, June Blender and Justin Hall, investigate strange behavior with TimeSpan objects in the Search-ADAccount cmdlet.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a...
View ArticlePowerTip: Use PowerShell 3.0 to Identify Zone Information of Files
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to identify the zone information of files in a folder. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to see which files in a folder have a Zone.Identifier...
View ArticleWeekend Scripter: Find Errant ACLs Inside a Folder with PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson talks about using Windows PowerShell to find errant access control lists on files inside a folder.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I have a long...
View ArticlePowerTip: Get Network Adapter Statistics in Windows 8
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to easily get network adapter statistics. How can I easily find network adapter statistics in Windows 8 by using Windows PowerShell 3.0? Use the...
View ArticleUse PowerShell 3.0 to Get More Out of Windows Live
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Chris Wu, talks about using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to automate Windows Live.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back to guest blogger, Chris Wu. Take it away...
View ArticlePowerTip: Import Specific Cmdlets from a Module
Summary: Selectively import specific cmdlets when you import a module. How can I import only cmdlets that use the verb Get from the PSCX module? Call the Import-Module cmdlet, specify the cmdlet...
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