Showing results for October 2012 - Page 6 of 13 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to examine the SQL Server object. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to continue exploring the SQL Server provider for Windows PowerShell. We will dive into the named instance node of SQL Server. Note   Yesterday I introduced the ...

Summary: Save Windows PowerShell Help files for use on other machines.   How can you download Windows PowerShell 3.0 Help files to update Help on other computers?  Use the Save-Help cmdlet and specify a network share as the destination: save-help -Module * -Force -Verbose -DestinationPath \\server1\help

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, provides an introduction to the SQL Server 2012 provider for Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the really cool things about SQL Server 2012 is the SQL Server provider for Windows PowerShell. By using the SQL Server provider, you gain access to a driver that...

Summary: Find Windows PowerShell cmdlets that support the Job or the AsJob parameters.  How can you find Windows PowerShell cmdlets that relate to jobs?  Use the Get-Command cmdlet and the ParameterName parameter to search for parameters with the name Job or AsJob: Get-Command -Parame...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to optimize Hyper-V VHD disk size. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of my favorite Windows 8 features is that (depending on the age of your laptop) you can add real-live, honest-to-goodness Hyper-V. This is such a cool feature because Micr...