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Using PowerShell CIM Cmdlets to Explore WMI Classes
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shares an excerpt about WMI and CIM from his book, Windows PowerShell Best Practices.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have an excerpt...
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PowerTip: Find WMI Classes that Support Updates
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes that support updates. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes that support updates? Use the Get-CimClass cmdlet in Windows PowerShell...
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Understanding Tradeoffs When Searching for a String
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, provides an excerpt from his new book, Windows PowerShell Best Practices, about searching for strings.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I...
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PowerTip: Find Aliases for Your Favorite PowerShell Commands
Summary: Find aliases for your favorite Windows PowerShell commands. How can I find shortcut names for the long command names I am always typing when I work from the Windows PowerShell console? Use the...
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Use PowerShell to Find Two-Letter Alias Combinations
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about finding all two-letter alias combinations by using Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have an excerpt from...
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PowerTip: Find All Two-Letter PowerShell Aliases
Summary: Find all two letter aliases. How can I see all defined two-letter Windows PowerShell aliases? Use the Get-Alias cmdlet and a wildcard character combination:Get-Alias ??
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Avoiding PowerShell Scripting Pitfalls
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shares an excerpt from his book, Windows PowerShell Best Practices that discusses scripting pitfalls.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I...
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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Aliases that Rename Commands
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find aliases that rename commands. How can I find Windows PowerShell aliases that rename commands? Use the Get-Alias cmdlet, pipe the results to Where-Object, and...
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Create Backups of Virtual Machines in Windows Azure by using PowerShell
Summary: Guest blogger, Keith Mayer, talks about using Windows PowerShell to manage cloud-based backups.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back Keith Mayer as our guest blogger today....
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Show Path to All Your Profiles
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to show the path to all your Windows PowerShell profiles. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the path to all of my Windows PowerShell profiles— not only...
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Using PowerShell ISE Snippets to Remember Tricky Syntax
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell ISE code snippets to ease the burden of tricky-to-remember syntax.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Jonathan Medd, Windows PowerShell MVP, is with us to...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Choose Random Letters
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to choose random letters. How can I use Windows PowerShell to arrange five letters in a random order? Use the Get-Random cmdlet, specify the letters as input values,...
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Weekend Scripter: Modify DNS Settings via Windows PowerShell
Summary: Guest blogger, Gershon Levitz, talks about modifying DNS settings with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Gershon Levitz....
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PowerTip: Find Day of the Week by Using PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the day of the week. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find the day of the week—for example, Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday? Use the Get-Date...
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What is CIM and Why Should I Use It in PowerShell?
Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy and guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, explores CIM and using it with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest post from Trevor...
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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Cmdlets that Accept CIM Session
Summary: Learn how to find all Windows PowerShell cmdlets that accept a CIM session. How can I find a list of all the Windows PowerShell cmdlets that accept a CIM session? Use the Get-Command cmdlet...
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Introduction to the CIMCmdlets PowerShell Module
Summary: Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, talks about using the CIMCmdlets PowerShell module.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest post from Trevor Sullivan. Trevor is an...
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PowerTip: Find Commands in Specific PowerShell Modules
Summary: Learn how to find commands in specific Windows PowerShell modules. How can I find all the commands in the CIMCmdlets Windows PowerShell module? Use the Get-Command cmdlet and specify the...
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Use PowerShell to Manipulate Information with CIM
Summary: Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, talks about using Windows PowerShell and CIM to manipulate information.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest post from Trevor...
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PowerTip: Copy Information to the Clipboard with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to easily copy information to the clipboard by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to copy WMI information to the Windows Clipboard so I can use it...
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