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PowerTip: Find Help for PowerShell DSC
Summary: Learn how to find Help for Windows PowerShell 4.0 DSC. How can I find Help that is related to Windows PowerShell 4.0 Desired State Configuration (DSC)? Use the Get-Help cmdlet (after running...
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Specifying PowerShell 4.0 DSC Configuration Data
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell 4.0 DSC and specifying configuration data.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about...
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PowerTip: Apply PowerShell 3.0 DSC Configuration
Summary: Learn how to apply a Windows PowerShell 4.0 DSC MOF file. How can I apply a Windows PowerShell 4.0 DSC MOF file to a computer? Use the Start-DSCConfiguration cmdlet and specify the path...
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Using PowerShell 4.0 DSC to Control Configuration Drift
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using DSC in Windows PowerShell 4.0 to control configuration drift.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a very important...
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PowerTip: Use DSC to Remediate a Server
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 4.0 DSC to easily remediate a server. How can I see what has been fixed on the server before I re-apply a DSC configuration? Use the –Verbose switch when you call the...
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Configure SMB Shares with PowerShell DSC
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use SMBShare resources with Windows PowerShell DSC.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today the Scripting Wife and I are doing...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find SMB Shares
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find SMB shares. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find a list of all the SMB shares on my Windows 8.1 laptop? Use the Get-SMBShare function.
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Use Configuration File to Apply PowerShell DSC to Multiple Servers
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using a configuration data file to apply DSC to multiple servers.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Hmmmm…I guess the Charlotte...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display DSC Resources
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to display DSC resources. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find what DSC resources are available to me? Use the Get-DSCResource cmdlet.
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Weekend Scripter: PowerShell, Network Adapters, and Domain Name System
Summary: Learn how to use the networking Windows PowerShell DSC resource.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I have said on numerous occasions, “I love Windows PowerShell.” Today is no...
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PowerTip: PowerShell One-Liner to Find Virtual Machine
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 4.0 to find a virtual machine. How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 to find a virtual machine when I only have partial name information so I can stop it or make other...
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Weekend Scripter: Troubleshoot with PowerShell DSC Diagnostics Module
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the DSC Diagnostics module for troubleshooting Windows PowerShell DSC.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning the...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Create Zip Archive
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily create a zip archive. How can I use Windows PowerShell to create a zip archive of a folder on my system? Use Get-ChildItem from PSCX to copy the...
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Using the Windows Azure REST APIs with PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft support escalation engineer, James Kehr, talks about using the Windows Azure REST APIs with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have James Kehr,...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Blog Posts
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily find blog posts via RSS. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find a list of Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts without a lot of development work? Use the...
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Taking on Iron Scripter Competition at PowerShell Saturday 007
Summary: Chris Campbell explains his resolution process for the the Iron Scripter competition at PowerShell Saturday 007.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we welcome back guest...
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Find PowerShell Providers that Support Transactions
Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell providers that support transactions. I want to use transactions, but I am not sure if the provider I need to use actually supports transactions. How can I...
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Creating a Port Scanner with Windows PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating a port scanner with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, I needed to access my printer....
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PowerTip: Find Printer Ports by Using PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find printer ports. How can I use a Windows PowerShell function to enumerate printer ports on my system? Use the Get-PrinterPort function. By default, it returns...
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Use PowerShell to Send Test Page to a Printer
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to send a test page to a printer.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am sipping an awesome...
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