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PowerTip: Copy Your Script to Notepad Before Editing in Orchestrator
Summary: Easily create a backup before editing in Orchestrator. Ctrl-Z does not work in the Orchestrator editor window, so how can I protect myself if I make a typing error? Press Ctrl-A then Ctrl-C to...
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Systems Center 2012 Orchestrator and PowerShell: Part 5
Summary: Learn about cmdlets developed by the community for Orchestrator. Hey, Scripting Guy!I was looking, and I could not find any cmdlets to manage Orchestrator. Can you nudge me in the right...
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PowerTip: List Runbooks with PowerShell
Summary: Use community-based cmdlets to list available runbooks in Orchestrator. How can I list the runbooks in Orchestrator by using Windows PowerShell? Leverage the Orchestrator Web Service...
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Weekend Scripter: Use Hash Table with PowerShell to Create a Simple Piano
Summary: Use a hash table to play musical notes in the console.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here—filling in for our good friend, Ed Wilson.Today I decided to have some fun. It’s the weekend, I...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Wait for a Key Press
Summary: Learn about the Windows PowerShell version of “Pause.” How can I use Windows PowerShell to wait for a key in scripts like I used to use “Pause” in the command console? Use the $Host variable...
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Weekend Scripter: Create a Visual Piano with Windows PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to interact with the console display.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here—filling in for our good friend, Ed Wilson.For some reason, I find a need to open today’s...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Search a Hash Table
Summary: Quickly search a hash table in Windows PowerShell. How can I easily search for information in a hash table full of data in Windows PowerShell? Plug in the name of a value, for...
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Conditional User Profile Deletion Revisited
Summary: Guest blogger, Bob Stevens, revises his script for conditional user profile removal.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I am happy to welcome back guest blogger, Bob Stevens. Take it...
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PowerTip: Display Only Hidden Files and Folders in PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display only hidden files and folders. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to display only hidden files and folders? Use the –Hidden parameter from...
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Recursively Search Active Directory Security Groups
Summary: Guest blogger, system admin Marc Carter, talks about recursively searching AD security groups with Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Marc Carter is back with us...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Disabled User Accounts in AD DS
Summary: Easily find disabled user accounts in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) by using Windows PowerShell. How can I easily use Windows PowerShell to find disabled user accounts? Use the...
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Creating ACLs for Windows Azure Endpoints—Part 3
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create ACLs for Windows Azure endpoints.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Windows networking engineer, James Kehr, is back with us today to...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell and WSMan to Obtain Service Info
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell and WSMan to obtain service information about WinRM. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 with WSMan to query service information? Use the Get-WsmanInstance cmdlet and...
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HelpInfoUri, HelpUri, and other Help Mysteries
Summary: Learn about Updatabe Help in Windows PowerShell 3.0.Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson here. Today June Blender is back to tell us about Updatable Help in Windows PowerShell 3.0. Take it away, June…One...
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PowerTip: Supporting Updatable Help
Summary: Find Windows PowerShell modules that support Updatable Help. Which modules support Updatable Help? Modules that have a HelpInfoUri property value support Updatable Help:Get-Module...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell 3.0 to Find WMI Classes
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to find WMI classes that create stuff. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to find WMI classes that can create stuff? Use the Get-CimClass cmdlet and specify the...
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Weekend Scripter: Use Windows PowerShell to Play Recorded Music
Summary: Use a hash table and an array to run prearranged actions.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney here. I’m filling in for our good friend, Ed again today. I think he’s busy playing some tunes...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Send Beep to Console
Summary: Use the Beep command in Windows PowerShell. How can I send a sound in Windows PowerShell to notify a user if an error occurs in the script? Windows PowerShell can send a Beep to the...
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Weekend Scripter: Using PowerShell to Cook Popcorn for Music
Summary: Leverage Windows PowerShell for some simple on-screen animation.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here. I’m filling in for our good friend, Ed Wilson. Ed got hungry today and asked me to...
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PowerTip: Determine Size of PowerShell Console
Summary: Determine how large your Windows PowerShell console is. How can I see how large my Windows PowerShell console is? Access the WindowSize property from the $Host...
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