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Dec 26, 2013
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PowerTip: Display a Blinking Message by Using PowerShell

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use this one-line Windows PowerShell command to display a blinking message.  Is there a one-line command that I could use to blink a message in the Windows PowerShell console to get the users attention?  Pipe a range of numbers to the Foreach-Object cmdlet (% is an alias), clear the screen in the Begin bl...

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Dec 26, 2013
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PowerShell Report for a Windows Failover Cluster

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to create a report for a Windows failover cluster. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Rhys Campbell… I’m involved in the administration of several Failover Clusters, and I wanted to be able to easily report on these and get an alert for any changes in status. Enter W...

Scripting Guy!Windows PowerShellguest blogger
Dec 25, 2013
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PowerTip: Add Computer to Security Group with PowerShell

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Active Directory PoweShell cmdlets to add a computer to a security group.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to add a computer to a security group?  Use the Add-ADGroupMember cmdlet, and remember to use the SAM account name on the computer: To add a computer called “STATION01” to a security group called &...

Windows PowerShellPowerTipSean Kearney
Dec 25, 2013
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‘Twas the Night Before Scripting: Part 5

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto

Summary: Tonight, our Admin friend learns to migrate group memberships. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. If you missed it, be sure to watch Sean’s video: Just Script It! Also to catch up with our story, read:  And now, our conclusion… During the past four days, we encountered a friend who (with the aid of Dr. S...

Windows PowerShellguest bloggerSean Kearney
Dec 24, 2013
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PowerTip: Show Group Members with PowerShell

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a list of group members in Active Directory.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to regularly show who is in an Active Directory group, for example, Domain Admins?  To show who is in the Domain Admins group in Active Directory, run the following command: Get-ADGroupMember DomainAdmins If you’d li...

Windows PowerShellPowerTipSean Kearney