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Exploring the Windows Defender Catalog

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about playing around with the Get-MpThreatCatalog function in Windows 8.1. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I bet you thought I fell off of the face of the earth. Actually, I have been busy working with Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. There is some ...

PowerTip: Search for YouTube Videos

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search YouTube videos. (image)  How can I search for YouTube videos about Desired State Configuration in Windows PowerShell 4.0? (image)  Use Invoke-RestMethod: Invoke-RestMethod -uri "https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?v=2&q=Desired+State+Configuration+PowerShell" ...

Mike’s Best Practices at PowerShell Saturday in Atlanta on Oct 26

Here is a special guest blog by Mike F Robbins. Mike F Robbins is a Windows PowerShell enthusiast, IT pro, winner of the advanced category in the 2013 scripting games, and contributing author of a chapter in the PowerShell Deep Dives book. Mike blogs at http://mikefrobbins.com and can be found on twitter @mikefrobbins During the past two years...

InvokeRestMethod for the Rest of Us

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search web pages. Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson here. Today’s post is written by Doug Finke, a Windows PowerShell MVP, and June Blender, senior programming writer on the Windows Azure Active Directory team. Take it away, June… I was bending my brain around the cool new Windows Azure ...