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Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to automatically download TechEd sessions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have a guest blogger: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw. Downloading Microsoft TechEd sessions automatically Microsoft’s TechEd conference is the b...

Summary: Learn how to search SQL Server error logs to return useful information by using Windows PowerShell to do the heavy lifting.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to query the SQL Server error log for specific errors. But I am not real good with Windows PowerShell. What is the best way to do this? —LH Hello LH, Microsoft Scripting Guy, ...

 Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about different ways to use Windows PowerShell to get the SQL Server error log. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have recently inherited a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 box, and I am concerned about the thing. I am not a DBA, and to be honest the server sort of frightens me a bit. When I look into the A...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to work with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Service database backups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our guest blogger today is Muthusamy Anantha Kumar, a.k.a. “The MAK.” Muthusamy Anantha Kumar is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional database administrator (MCITP: Database Admi...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use description attributes to enable a quick retrieval of Windows PowerShell functions. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the 2011 Scripting Games are nearly completely over. “What?” you may ask. “Is there more to come?” Not sp...