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Using DeployImage and Windows PowerShell to Build a Nano Server: Part 5
Summary: Use the DeployImage module to build bootable Windows PE media with deployment content.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here today to show you one of my favorite pieces of my...
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PowerTip: Find Module Path with Windows PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the location of a module. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the location of a module that I am using from a vendor? Use the Path property of the...
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Weekend Scripter: PowerShell ASCII Bar Charts
Summary: Microsoft PFE, Wei Hao Lim, presents a script that creates ASCII bar charts.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger. Please welcome Wei Hao Lim.Wei is a...
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PowerTip: Time How Long PowerShell Command Takes to Complete
Summary: Easily time how long a Windows PowerShell command takes to complete. How can I time how long a command takes to complete in Windows PowerShell? Use the Measure-Command cmdlet—for example, to...
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Weekend Scripter: Conceptual PowerShell Help
Summary: Guest blogger, Tim Warner, talks about using Windows PowerShell conceptual Help.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back Timothy Warner as our guest blogger today.Tim is an...
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PowerTip: Find List of PowerShell About Topics
Summary: Find a list of Windows PowerShell About topics. How can I find Help topics so I can learn about various Windows PowerShell concepts? Use Get-Help and a wildcard character, for example:Get-Help...
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What is Pester and Why Should I Care?
Summary: Guest blogger, Dave Wyatt introduces a new test framework for PowerShell called Pester.This week we are honored to have one of the authors of Pester here with us on the Hey, Scripting Guys!...
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PowerTip: Get Started with Pester Tests and PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to start a Pester test. How do I run Pester tests? Place your tests into a file with a name that ends with .Tests.ps1, and then run the Invoke-Pester cmdlet.
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Getting Started with Pester
Summary: Guest blogger, Dave Wyatt explains how to get information back from Pester.At the end of yesterday’s post, What is Pester and Why Should I Care?, I showed this brief example of a .Tests.ps1...
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PowerTip: Connect Pester to Automated System
Summary: Learn how to incorporate Pester into an automated system. How do I incorporate Pester into an automated system? Use one of the features in Pester that are built for this purpose: NUnit XML...
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Unit Testing PowerShell Code with Pester
Summary: Guest blogger, Dave Wyatt, discusses using Pester to analyze small pieces of Windows PowerShell code. Note This is Part 3 of a five-part series. Also see:What is Pester and Why Should I...
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PowerTip: Test Active Directory Script with Pester
Summary: Use Pester to safely test script changes to Active Directory. How can I test my Active Directory script without having it make changes to my live domain? Use Pester’s mocking feature to test...
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Testing Script Modules with Pester
Summary: Dave Wyatt discusses using Pester for testing PowerShell modules. Note This is Part 4 of a five-part series. Also see:What is Pester and Why Should I Care?Getting Started with PesterUnit...
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PowerTip: Use Pester to Test Functions in Module
Summary: Use Pester to test new functions in your module. How can I unit test a non-exported function in my script module? Use the InModuleScope command to execute some or all of your Pester script...
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More Pester Features and Resources
Summary: Dave Wyatt wraps up his week teaching us about Pester with information about more resources. Note This is a five-part series that includes the following posts:What is Pester and Why Should...
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PowerTip: Contribute to the Pester Project
Summary: Learn how you can add to the Pester solution. How can I contribute to Pester? On the project’s GitHub site, submit bug reports or feature requests in the Issues log, or submit your...
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Introducing the PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code
Summary: Doug Finke, Microsoft MVP, introduces a new way to edit code.There’s a new editor in town and as with any new shiny toy, it’s a good to download, kick the tires, and give it the seven day...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Change Colors in PSReadline Module
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell access color options in the PSReadline module. How can I use Windows PowerShell to alter the colors in the PSReadline module? Use the Set-PSReadlineOption...
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Build a Better Copy-Item Cmdlet
Summary: Sean Kearney investigates how to navigate file system content.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here with an early holiday gift—a way to deal with copying many files and getting some...
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PowerTip: Determine Size of Folder with PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the size of a folder. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily get the size of a folder structure? Use a combination of Get-Childitem and Measure-Object....
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