Showing results for May 2013 - Page 2 of 11 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Scripting Wife reveals her ideal North America TechEd 2013 Schedule   It is time for TechEd NA 2013. I have to tell you I am super excited to be able to attend such an awesome conference and to get to talk with so many wonderful people. As some of you may know Ed works from home and I am retired from public work. That means we are in...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create and to add new virtual hard disks while configuring new virtual machines on Hyper-V. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday was a holiday in the U.S. People in Charlotte, North Carolina were outside cooking hot dogs on their barbeque qrills, ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to identify the network adapter connection profile in Windows 8.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows 8 to identify the network connection profile for my network adapter? Use the Get-NetAdapter cmdlet and pipe the results to the Get-NetConnnectionProfile cmdlet: G...

Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell and the UpdateServices module to manage WSUS. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have an awesome blog post written by Boe Prox about using the UpdateServices module to manage WSUS. Boe is the 2010 second-place winner of the Scripting Games, and he won a free pass to TechEd 2010 in New Orleans. ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to eject the DVDs from a group of virtual machines.  How can I eject any mounted DVDs from a group of virtual machines that are running Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012?  Use the Set-VMDvdDrive cmdlet and set the path to $null: $name = "Client1","Server1","Server2" $name | Foreach {Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName...