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Summary: Learn how a simple change to a preference variable can help prevent accidental changes when using Windows PowerShell.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. When I was teaching my Windows PowerShell Best Practices class out in Irvine, California, recently, I was talking to the class about the whatif parameter. I did my usual introd...

Summary: Change the $FormatEnumerationLimit Windows PowerShell preference variable and display more data in the console.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is approaching the holiday season in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. From now until the middle of January, 2012, many companies are on “IT lockdown” a...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to query Active Directory for computers, ping for status, and display in green/red.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. While the Scripting Wife and I were out in California speaking to the Microsoft Premier Field Engineers (PFE) about Windows PowerShell, a question arose. The PFE said he had ...

Summary: Learn how to use the passthru parameter in Windows PowerShell to return objects from commands and allow more management tools.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have got a rather curious question that I have not been able to find anything about. What is up with the passthru parameter? I mean, I see it on some commands, and not on other commands...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses how to manage remote Windows PowerShell sessions.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I can see where being able to run a command on a remote computer might be kind of cool. But more often than not, I need to actually sit at the console of the remote computer. For this, I have been using remote desktop pr...