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December 2013 - Page 2 of 14 - Scripting Blog

Weekend Scripter: Using PowerShell to Replace STSADM

December 29, 2013 Dec 29, 2013 12/29/13
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Summary: Learn about a Windows PowerShell script to replace STSADM –o enumallwebs in SharePoint. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today guest blogger, Brian Jackett. Brian is a senior premier field engineer at Microsoft who has specialized in SharePoint development, Windows PowerShell, and Project Server since ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Host New Year’s Eve Countdown Clock

December 28, 2013 Dec 28, 2013 12/28/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Use [DATETIME] variables and arrays to produce a countdown timer. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here filling in for our good friend, Ed. With the New Year coming up in a few days, I decided to present something silly and geeky. I want to use Windows PowerShell to produce a New Year’s countdown timer. Figuring out the ...

Phantom Elements in a Hash Table

December 27, 2013 Dec 27, 2013 12/27/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft PFE and guest blogger, Chris Wu, talks about working with hash tables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Chris Wu… Admittedly, hash tables didn’t catch my attention when I started using Windows PowerShell, but over time it has proven to be one of my favorites. This is ...