Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to discover console color assignment. How can I see what colors are assigned in the Windows PowerShell console? Use the Get-Host cmdlet and expand the PrivateData property: (get-host).privatedata
Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE, Chris Weaver, talks about using Windows PowerShell to migrate host-named site collections. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back today to guest blogger, Chris Weaver… This week I was onsite with a customer in North Carolina. They were migrating to SharePoint 2013, but they hi...
Summary: Use this Windows PowerShell one-liner to find one-, two-, three-, and four-letter aliases. How can I use a Windows PowerShell one-liner to find the number of default aliases that are one, two, three, and four letters long? Use the range operator to create an array with 1 through 4 number...
Summary: Guest blogger, JD Platek, talks about storing the Windows PowerShell profile on SkyDrive. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I would like to introduce a new guest blogger. Please welcome JD Platek. JD has been in IT since 2003, and he is an Exchange Server 2010 and Office 365 MCM. He has supported many industries, plu...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list app background task information. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find performance information about app background tasks on my laptop running Windows 8.1? Open Windows PowerShell with Admin rights. Use the Get-AppBackgroundTask cmdlet, and incl...
