Showing results for March 2013 - Page 2 of 13 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft senior technical writer, Yuri Diogenes, and knowledge engineer, Tom Shinder, talk about using Windows PowerShell to protect a Windows Server 2012-based cloud infrastructure. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we start a three-part series by Yuri Diogenes and Tom Shinder. The authors describe examples about how you...

Summary: Learn how to see which nouns in Windows PowerShell are used most.  How can I find which Windows PowerShell cmdlet nouns are used most?  Import all the modules, then use the Get-Command cmdlet to retrieve all cmdlet information, and group by noun. You can also use the following commands to sort the results by count. Note...

Summary: Learn how to get the last boot time for your computer.  How can I find the last boot time for my computer by using Windows PowerShell?  In Windows PowerShell 3.0, use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet, and select the LastBootUptime property from the Win32_Operatingsystem WMI class: PS C:\> Get-CimInstanc...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about troubleshooting the InvokeMethodOnNull error in a Windows PowerShell script.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Ed...thank you for all you do for those of us who are spread so thin we can't go deep on subjects like scripting. I have a question regarding a script you created in Use PowerShell to Create...

  Summary: Store your Windows PowerShell credentials in a variable for later use.  How can I store alternate credentials for repeated use in my Windows PowerShell session? Use the Get-Credential cmdlet to prompt for a credential, and store the results in a variable: $credential = Get-Credential