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March 2012 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Support Our 2012 Sponsor: BeyondTrust

March 29, 2012 Mar 29, 2012 03/29/12
Doctor Scripto
(image) BeyondTrust is excited to be a sponsor for this year’s Windows PowerShell Scripting Games. BeyondTrust is the global leader in securing the perimeter to mitigate internal threat and the misuse of privileges. BeyondTrust offers consistent policy-driven, role-based access control, monitoring, logging, and reporting to protect ...
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Support Our 2012 Sponsor: Devfarm Software

March 26, 2012 Mar 26, 2012 03/26/12
Doctor Scripto
(image) Devfarm Software’s mission is to build world-class products to simplify and automate the daily activities of IT administrators.  Devfarm Software’s flagship product, PowerWF Studio delivers on this dream by leveraging Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows PowerShell to innovate in the areas of administration, ...
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See Why It Is Important for IT Pros to Learn PowerShell

March 23, 2012 Mar 23, 2012 03/23/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: The Scripting Wife sees why it is important for IT Pros to learn about Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Morning comes early, especially when it is still morning. Today is the Charlotte IT Pro Appreciation Day conference in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. The Scripting Wife needs to be there early to...

Use PowerShell Environmental Variables to Store Temporary Information

March 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 03/22/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell environmental drive to store temporary information, and still use the Set-StrictMode cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is exactly 11 days until the 2012 Scripting Games commence. Here is how I found out that salient piece of information. New-TimeSpan -Start (get-date) -End "april 2, ...

Avoid PowerShell Errors by Initializing Variables

March 21, 2012 Mar 21, 2012 03/21/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Set-StrictMode Windows PowerShell cmdlet to aid in detecting uninitialized variables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Charlotte, North Carolina is alive with color this morning. There is a blue jay sitting on the light post at the end of the driveway, and a ...