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Script Wars: The Farce Awakens (part V)
Summary: Rey is skilled in PowerShell, and new to Contoso Holly Jolly Hat Company. Already she has been a great boon to her new co-workers and had her sneakers become the subject of a hungry trash...
View ArticleCross-platform PowerShell remoting in action
Summary: Learn how to configure and use cross-platform PowerShell remoting in PowerShell Core. I’m Christoph Bergmeister, a London-based full stack .NET software developer with a passion for DevOps. To...
View ArticlePowerShell and the REST API for the IT pro
Summary: This post provides a quick introduction to what the REST API is, and how it applies to Windows PowerShell. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! I can see there is this cool cmdlet called Invoke-RestMethod....
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to read an RSS feed
Summary: “Hey, Scripting Guy!” shows you how to use Invoke-RestMethod to read a list of entries from an RSS feed. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the list of articles from an RSS feed?...
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Windows PowerShell and the Azure Text-to-Speech Rest API (Part 1)
Summary: You can use Windows PowerShell to authenticate to the Microsoft Cognitive Services Text-to-Speech component through the Rest API. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! I heard about the cool Microsoft...
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PowerTip: Create new authentication keys for AzureRM Cognitive Services
Summary: Change the keys to authenticate to Azure RM Cognitive Services, by using Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I created the keys for my Rest API. I know I can change them in the web...
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Windows PowerShell and the Text-to-Speech REST API (Part 2)
Summary: You can use Windows PowerShell to authenticate to the Text-to-Speech REST API. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading up on the REST API for the Text-to-Speech component of Cognitive Services....
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PowerTip: Build simple HTML with PowerShell
Summary: Here’s how to use the ConvertTo-HTML cmdlet to build basic HTML content. Hey, Scripting Guy! Occasionally I need to build basic HTML documents. I heard there was a way to do that with...
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Introducing the DscLcm utility for PowerShell
Summary: Desired State Configuration is a great deployment tool to meet your organization’s infrastructure-as-code goals. I recently came across a situation for a project that uses the Push Service (as...
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Get certificate info into a CSV by using PowerShell
Summary: Certificate management is always challenging. Let’s explore how to use PowerShell to export local certificate information to a comma-separated values (CSV) file on Windows 7 (or later)...
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PowerTip: Get all your local certificates by using PowerShell
How can I use Windows PowerShell to enumerate all certificates on my Windows computer? If you have Windows 7 or later, you can user the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to enumerate all certificates on a...
View ArticleRun PowerShell code in Puppet
Summary: Hi everyone, Dan Franciscus here. I’m a systems engineer and freelance technical writer based out of New Jersey. My expertise is in Windows Server, PowerShell, VMware, and Puppet. Puppet is an...
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Windows PowerShell and the Text-to-Speech REST API (Part 3)
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to access the Cognitive Services Text-to-Speech API. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading up on how we could use PowerShell to communicate with Azure to gain an access...
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PowerTip: Ensure that errors in PowerShell are caught
Summary: Here’s how to make sure your errors get caught with Try Catch Finally. Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve been trying to use the Try Catch Finally, but some of my errors aren’t getting caught. What...
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Windows PowerShell and the Text-to-Speech REST API (Part 4)
Summary: Send and receive content to the Text-to-Speech API with PowerShell. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! I was playing with the Text-to-Speech API. I have it almost figured out, but I’m stumbling over the...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to play WAV files
Summary: Make use of the native features of Windows through PowerShell to play sound. Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve got some WAV files I would love to play without launching an application. Is there a...
View ArticleWindows PowerShell and the Text-to-Speech REST API (Part 5)
Summary: Send and receive content to the Text-to-Speech API with PowerShell. Q: Hey, Scripting Guy! Could you give a buddy a hand in getting the last pieces together for the Text-to-Speech API? —SR A:...
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PowerTip: Determine your version of PowerShell and host operating system
Summary: Identify your PowerShell environment by making use of built-in PowerShell variables. Hey, Scripting Guy! If I’m writing a script, how can I detect if I am running on Windows, Linux, or Mac...
View ArticleParse HTML and pass to Cognitive Services Text-to-Speech
Summary: Having some fun with Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on first?” comedy routine, and multiple voices with Bing Speech. ------------------------------- Hello everyone! The last few posts, I showed...
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PowerTip: Turn off the power to your computer with PowerShell
Summary: A simple way to power off your computer by using the Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve got a script that needs to power off a system after it’s done. How can I accomplish...
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