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Clean Up Your PowerShell Environment by Tracking Variable Use

Summary: Guest Blogger Ingo Karstein shares a Windows PowerShell function to track and remove variables from your environment.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today, we have a guest blog article written by Ingo Karstein. He has a really clever way to clean up your Windows PowerShell environment. I will let Ingo tell you a bit ...

Analyze Email Message Headers with PowerShell—Part 2

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to analyze email headers and obtain detailed origination information.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Guest Blogger Thiyagu continues with part 2 of his post about analyzing email headers with Windows PowerShell. See yesterdays’ post for information about Thiyagu and for the ...

Use PowerShell to Parse Email Message Headers—Part 1

Summary: Guest Blogger Thiyagu teaches how to use Windows PowerShell to parse and analyze email message headers.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Thiyagarajan Parthiban is our guest blogger today with an interesting article about using Windows PowerShell to analyze Exchange email. First, though, let’s learn something about ...

Updating Group Policy on a Dark and Stormy Night

Summary: Guest Blogger Jason Helmick talks about updating an Enterprise GPO on a dark and stormy night using Windows PowerShell.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson is here. Guest Blogger Week continues today with Jason Helmick as our guest. About the author Jason Helmick is an Instructor at Interface Technical Training and specializes in...