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Using Scheduled Tasks and Scheduled Jobs in PowerShell

Summary: Learn about using scheduled tasks and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Dave Bishop, senior technical writer on the Windows Server team, and June Blender, senior programming writer on the Windows Azure Active Directory team, investigate scheduled tasks and scheduled jobs in ...

Use PowerShell to Rename Files in Bulk

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to rename files in bulk. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Matt Tisdale is back today with another solution to a situation at work… I received a call from a gentleman named Cristofer this afternoon. He had a business need and he heard from someone that Windows PowerShell could help...

Use PowerShell to Remove Data from CSV File

Summary: Guest blogger, Matt Tisdale, talks about using Windows PowerShell to remove data from a .csv file. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Matt Tisdale… Last night a geoscientist told me that he has almost 900 .csv files, and he needs to remove two columns of data from them. He has used Windows ...