Showing archive results for February 2011

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use code snippets to simplify writing Windows PowerShell scripts. Weekend Scripter: Code snippets Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I was recently in a meeting in which Jeffrey Snover (the original architect for Windows PowerShell) was also present. I love hearing Jeffrey Snover tal...

Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys formally announce the 2011 Scripting Games featuring Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! Hi Ed, I was wondering when you are going to announce the 2011 Scripting Games? In addition, what changes or improvements do you anticipate for this year? —EO Hello EO, Microsoft Scripting, Guy Ed Wilson here. ...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to export performance counter sets to simplify analysis and tuning. Hey, Scripting Guy! I think that using Windows PowerShell to parse performance counter stuff is pretty cool. However, as much as I am a command line person, there are times when I need to be able to use the GUI. For example, often I nee...

Summary: Learn how to use the Import-Counter cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to parse saved performance counter log files. Hey, Scripting Guy! We have configured a series of custom performance monitor logs that run as scheduled tasks and collect monitoring information. The problem is that I never seem to have time to run Performance Monitor to review...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use Windows PowerShell to check your server’s performance. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell to collect performance information from my servers, but I also would like to parse the data after it is collected. Is that something I can do with Windows PowerShell? ...