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Security Series: Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud Infrastructure – Part 2

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. Guest bloggers Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes are back with Part 2 of their series about security.&...

Microsoft Script Explorer: Next Steps

Summary: The next steps Microsoft Script Explorer are revealed. For those who are familiar with Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell, you know that we haven't released additional updates since we published the release candidate (RC) in August 2012. Over the past few months, we have been talking with customers and partners and ...

Accepting Arguments for PowerShell Functions: Best Practices

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the best practices surrounding accepting input for a Windows PowerShell function. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. April in the Carolina’s is a special time. In fact, it is my favorite time of the year here. This is because the weather is invariably mild. This week, it ...