Showing results for August 2012 - Page 8 of 13 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using DSQuery to return results for use in Windows PowerShell.  Hey, Scripting Guy!  I like using the DSQuery tool to search Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Can I use that tool with Windows PowerShell? —WS  Hello WS, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here....

Summary: Learn how to query Active Directory via Windows PowerShell.  Can you name five ways to query Active Directory from within Windows PowerShell?

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to Search Active Directory Domain Services for servers and produce an uptime report.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoyed your series of blogs last week, and I consider uptime reports to be a vital topic. In fact, this was the very task I was assigned to do in my new job—write a script to obtain an ...

 Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, offers a quick thirty-word description of Windows PowerShell, and he proves it.   What is Windows PowerShell in thirty words or less?  Windows PowerShell is the next generation cmd prompt and scripting language from Microsoft. It can be a replacement for vbscript and for the cmd prom...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows a script that produces red for down and green for up. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, I have been playing around with this script off and on all week. Last night, my old high school friend John called to discuss plans for our upcoming Kentucky trip – I am teaching a Windows...