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Weekend Scripter: Configure a New Virtual Machine with PowerShell

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses using Windows PowerShell 3.0 to configure a virtual machine on his laptop. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I really appreciate is weekends. Most of the time, I do not even open my email. Freedom from email is something I dream about. Recently, my cell ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Create a New Virtual Machine

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to easily create a new virtual machine on a computer running Windows 8. Playing around with the Hyper-V module Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is autumn in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States—as autumn as we get in the Deep South. ...

Understanding Simplified Foreach Syntax in PowerShell 3.0

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the simplified Foreach syntax in Windows PowerShell 3.0 and provides guidance on when to use which syntax. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I finally had a bit of time to get some stuff done that I had been needing to do, such as submitting my session proposals for the ...