Showing archive results for December 2012

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to simplify checking the dirty status of Exchange Mailbox databases.  Hey, Scripting Guy!, I have a large number of Exchange servers, and when I do a database restore, often I am unable to mount the database because it says that the database is dirty. So how can ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to adjust the case of an entire string.  How can I adjust the case of an entire string?  Charlotte PowerShell User Group member Brian Wilhite says: One way to adjust the case (upper or lower) of an entire string object is to call the ToUpper or ToLower methods of the string object. ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell 3.0 CIM cmdlets to discover WMI class associations. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about the new Windows PowerShell 3.0 CIM cmdlets is the way they enhance WMI discoverability. Indeed, one of the primary questions I g...

Summary: View detailed IP address information for non-virtual network adapters.  How can I obtain detailed IP address information from a non-virtual network adapter?  Charlotte PowerShell User Group member Brian Wilhite says: Luckily, there is a cmdlet that does this very thing.  The Get-NetIPConfiguration cmdlet with ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to create a custom Windows PowerShell object to simplify appending to CSV files.   Hey, Scripting Guy!  Yesterday, you talked about creating two objects, exporting them to CSV files, and then manipulating the strings to combine the CSV files. Is there a cleaner way of doing this?...