Summary: Use the Get-PSProvider cmdlet to find Windows PowerShell providers that support transactions. How can you find out which Windows PowerShell providers on your system support transactions? Use the Get-PSProvider cmdlet and pipe the results to Where-Object to filter out capabilities that include tran...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to easily update Windows PowerShell type data by using a built-in cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning, the Scripting Wife and I are heading back to Charlotte, North Carolina. We were in Raleigh, North Carolina, so I could speak at the Triangle SQL Server User Group...
Summary: Learn how to use the warning redirection operator to suppress Windows PowerShell warning messages when importing a module. How can you hide the warning message from a Windows PowerShell module when you import it if the module contains an unapproved verb? Use the warning stream redirection operator when importing the module, and...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to mount ISO files in Windows 8. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I love about interacting with the community is that I always come away with something. At times, it is a scenario where an IT Pro is attempting to do somethin...
Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet, Get-Command, to view the syntax of a command. How can you use the Get-Command cmdlet to view the syntax of a Windows PowerShell cmdlet? Use the Syntax switch (gcm is an alias for the Get-Command cmdlet): gcm new-vm -Syntax
