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Curly Blue and the meaning of scripting – Part 3
Summary: Curly Blue discovers the raw power of Cim-Instance combined with PowerShell remoting. We continue with Curly Blue as he searches understand the meaning of scripting. He is still sitting in the...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to determine active CIM sessions
Summary: Use the Common Information Model (CIM) cmdlets to pull a list of active sessions to remote workstations. How can I find active CIM sessions on my workstation? Just use this one cmdlet to list...
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Curly Blue and the meaning of scripting – Part 4
Summary: Curly Blue learns how to use GitHub resources on PowerShell to clean out old office installations. When we last saw our hero, Curly Blue, he had been hanging around the office of Azura and...
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PowerTip: Get a list of local Users in Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016
Summary: Use the cmdlets provided in PowerShell 5.1 to manage local user accounts on a system. I remember having to use the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) accelerator to access a list of...
View ArticleCurly Blue and the meaning of scripting – Part 5
Summary: Curly Blue learns the true meaning of scripting in PowerShell. When we last saw our hero, Curly Blue, he had discovered not only the ease of use of PowerShell but also the vast community...
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PowerTip: Get the Notes field when accessing users or groups in Active Directory
Summary: Use the Active Directory Module to get the information from the “Notes” field. I’m trying to find the Active Directory property to use to access the Notes field when I’m viewing a user or a...
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Where[-Object] clauses for people who use SQL
Summary: Learn about the power of the Where[-Object] cmdlet in PowerShell. Can I do a WHERE clause with an IN, in PowerShell? Yes! Today’s post is from Aaron Nelson ( blog | twitter ), who is a...
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SharePoint Online cmdlets to help your migration
Summary: Use these PowerShell cmdlets to migrate to SharePoint Online. Today’s post is from Christopher Weaver, who is a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) and focuses on SharePoint and Office 365...
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Visual Studio Code editing features for PowerShell development – Part 1
Summary: The editing features of Visual Studio Code come in handy as you develop your PowerShell scripts. In the previous blog post, we explained how to get started with PowerShell development in...
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Visual Studio Code editing features for PowerShell development – Part 2
Summary: Editing features for Visual Studio Code that use the PowerShell extension. Welcome to Part 2 about editing features of Visual Studio Code. Everything that we examined in Part 1 of this series...
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View passwords of wireless profiles without using netsh.exe
Ever since the GUI lost the ability to view the password of a wireless profile, I wanted to provide this functionality in PowerShell. A search of the Internet for how to view the password of a Wi-Fi...
View ArticleNearly everything has changed for SQL Server PowerShell
2016 was the best year in SQL PowerShell history! I guess I should have mentioned that here sooner. Wired® Magazine recently said that Microsoft SQL Server was the surprise hit of the year. The primary...
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PSScriptAnalyzer deep dive – Part 1 of 4
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, shows the basics about how to use PSScriptAnalyzer. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a Cloud and Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP,...
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PowerTip: Find all the Azure Automation jobs that will run in the next two days
Summary: Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to find all the Azure Automation jobs that will run in the next two days. Is there a way to find all the Azure Automation jobs...
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PSScriptAnalyzer deep dive – Part 2 of 4
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to suppress, include, and exclude PSScriptAnalyzer rules. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a Cloud and Datacenter Management...
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PowerTip: Convert from UTC to my local time zone
Summary: Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how write a function to convert from UTC to your local time zone. I have a time that I’d like to convert from UTC to my local time...
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PSScriptAnalyzer deep dive – Part 3 of 4
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to use Pester to get nUnit formatted results out of PSScriptAnalyzer. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a Cloud and Datacenter...
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PowerTip: Get a list of suspended Azure Automation jobs
Summary: Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how get a list of all your suspended Azure Automation jobs. I think I have an Azure Automation job that is getting suspended for...
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PSScriptAnalyzer deep dive – Part 4 of 4
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to write a custom PSScriptAnalyzer rule. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a Cloud and Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP,...
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PowerTip: Get a list of security patches installed in the last 90 days
Summary: Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how to get a list of all the security patches installed in the last three months. How can I list all the security patches that I’ve...
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