April 2011 - The Lonely Administrator - Powershell.com – Powershell Scripts, Tips and Resources

ScriptingGeek Free Shipping until May 3

I’m happy to report that from now until Tuesday May 3rd, 2011 at 11:50PM Mountain Standard Time, you can get free shipping from www.ScriptingGeek.com on orders over $30. ScriptingGeek.com has a selection of script-related t shirts, sweatshirts,...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 8:40 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: ScriptingGeek

Friday Fun Randomness Abounds

I find it a little ironic that although I like efficiency, structure and order I’m fascinated with randomness. In today’s Friday Fun I want to explore a few ways you might incorporate randomness into your PowerShell scripting. Perhaps you...

Published Fri, Apr 29 2011 8:14 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Friday Fun, Get-Random, FridayFun, strings, ofs

Create a Master PowerShell Online Help Page

As I hope you know, PowerShell cmdlets can include links to online help. This is very handy because it is much easier to keep online help up to date. To see online help for a cmdlet use the -online parameter. … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:23 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, ConvertTo-HTML, Regular Expressions, Miscellaneous, PowerCLI, Get-Command, Help

Deep Dive Formatting and Type Extensions

At the PowerShell Deep Dive, I did a short presentation on using format and type extensions. There was a lot of demo crunched into a very short period of time. Needless to say this is a complex topic that we … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 10:40 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, DeepDive, TypeData, FormatData, Conferences

PowerShell Deep Dive Treasure

Without a doubt the PowerShell Deep Dive conference was one of the best meetings I’ve ever attended and I wanted to share one tidbit I came away with that I find immensely useful and never knew. During one of Bruce … Continue reading →...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2011 6:32 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, DeepDive, Conferences, History, console

Scripting Games 2011 Beginner Event 5 Commentary

My commentary for Beginner Event 5 in the 2011 Scripting Games is now available. One item that seems to be missing on the ScriptingGuys site is my complete solution so I thought I would share it here, plus a variation. … Continue reading →...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 12:01 PM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Get-WMObj, new-object, ScripitngGames

Managing WSUS from a Non-Domain Member

I run a lot of test machines in my home office network and rely on WSUS. However, my primary desktop is a stand alone system, that is not a domain member. This has always meant that I needed a remote … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 7:25 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Windows 7, Windows Server, WSUS

Get Comon Data

While judging entries in this year’s Scripting Games I realized there were some common properties that were repeatedly used. This got me thinking about a simple way to retrieve that information with a single command Then you could access the …...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2011 8:30 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, new-object

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