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Summary: Learn how to use a collection of cool Widows PowerShell tricks to simplify writing scripts.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am proud to announce that Microsoft's  newest Windows PowerShell MVP  Bartek Bielawski returns to the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Congratulations Bartek! Bartek Bielawski has been ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to clean up extended user attributes following a stalled Active Directory migration.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am proud to announce the return of Microsoft MVP Nicolas Blank to the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Nicolas has more than 14 years’ experience on various versions of Exchange ...

Summary: Use scaling and queuing Windows PowerShell background jobs to avoid system overload.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Today I am proud to announce the return of Boe Prox to the blog.   Boe Prox is currently a senior systems administrator with BAE Systems. He has been in the IT industry since 2003 and has spent the past ...

Summary: Learn different ways to work with Windows PowerShell drives, including using WMI to find the root.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been trying to grasp this idea of Windows PowerShell drives. I am not certain how they are useful, or how I can find information about them. Can you help? —BP   Hello BP, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed...

Summary: Learn how to use the same syntax to create different types of items via Windows PowerShell providers.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am wondering about the Windows PowerShell idea of providers. I have seen you mention them before, but not recently. I am not even sure that the Scripting Wife has talked about Windows PowerShell providers. Is t...