Showing archive results for March 2013

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about understanding Windows PowerShell and basic string formatting.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I am really confused. It seems that at times you pull off some really wild string formatting, and I have yet to see it documented very well. I have your new Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step book on orde...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find disabled Windows features in Windows 8.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to find disabled Windows features?  Use the Get-WindowsOptionalFeature cmdlet with the –online parameter and filter for a state of disabled (note this command must run with elevated p...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about discovering cool information by playing around with Windows PowerShell modules. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the weekend here in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. I am sipping a cup of oolong green tea with a bit of jasmine and cinnamon stick, and eating so...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 to find renamed cmdlets. You recently discovered that a cmdlet you had used on Windows Server 2008 R2 has been renamed in Windows Server 2012. Because an alias was created that mapped the old cmdlet name to the new cmdlet name, it took you awhile to discover the rename. How ca...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover dynamic parameters for his favorite cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I submitted my session for SQL Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia. To be honest, I was not going to do so because it is only two weeks prior to TechEd in New Orleans—...