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Summary: In the final version of my Windows PowerShell WMI helper module, I add aliases and modify comment-based help to find roles of functions. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is the weekend, at least in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the...
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Over the last year I’ve posted functions I’ve written to extend the Windows PowerShell ISE. I have finally pulled everything together into a module I’m calling the ISE Scripting Geek. Download and extract the zip file (below) to your...
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Summary : In this step-by-step blog post, the Microsoft Scripting Guy covers installing the Active Directory Management Service for Windows PowerShell access to Active Directory Domain Services. Hey, Scripting Guy! I read with interest your blog post...
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Summary : Guest Blogger Jon Newman shows how to automate Facebook with a free Windows PowerShell module. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It’s Guest Blogger Week! Today, we have Jon Newman from Microsoft who is going to talk to us about his...
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Last month I started playing with WPF to show how a multi-coloured clock could be displayed on screen. This was picked up and an easier version was created by Doug Finke using the ShowUI module from codeplex http://showui.codeplex.com/ . Other...
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Summary : Learn how to use the BSonPoSH Windows PowerShell module to check Active Directory replication and other tasks. Hey, Scripting Guy! Your article yesterday left me wondering. If there are so many cool things in the BSonPoSH module, why did you...
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Summary : Learn how to use the BSonPoSH Windows PowerShell module to simplify Active Directory management tasks. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering if there are any modules that can help me with routine, daily administration tasks. I really hate to re...
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Summary : Install the PSCX and get 80 new cmdlets to ease Windows PowerShell use. Hey, Scripting Guy! You have been spending quite a bit of time recently talking about functions and modules and the like. What is the big deal, and where would I find such...
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My codeplex project publishing PowerShell Admin Modules (PAM) is discussed in this post http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/06/29/don-t-write-wmi-scripts-use-a-powershell-module.aspx In particular the Get-OSInfo function from the PAMSysInfo...
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Summary : In this article, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about using parameter sets to simplify Windows PowerShell commands. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I had a great time the other night talking to Windows PowerShell MVP Shane Hoey...
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Summary : Learn how to use a free Windows PowerShell module to avoid writing WMI scripts to get common administrator information. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things that is really cool about Windows PowerShell modules, is that you...
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Summary : Learn how to combine Windows PowerShell modules to save time and reduce scripting overhead. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the cool things about Windows PowerShell modules is that they are easy to share. In addition, because...
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Summary : The Microsoft Scripting Guys talk about turning three scripts into a single module to configure basic desktop tasks. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have spent the last several days building a new computer. The following photo shows...
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In PowerShell v1 we had snapins to extend and add functionality. In PowerShell v2 modules were added. Modules give us more flexibility and control. I’ve had to re-install a couple of snapins recently as part of the preparation for the presentation to...
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Nuget is not just for developers! If you are an IT Pro, you can use it as well. Nuget is a relatively new tool from Microsoft that provides the ability for people to easily share and use code. Microsoft is marketing it to developers as the way to share...