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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to show easily how long a process runs.  You need to find how long a particular process has been running. How can you easily do this with Windows PowerShell?  Use the New-TimeSpan cmdlet and specify the –Start parameter as the results from Get-Process on a process and the StartTime property. This is s...

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Brian Jackett, talks about using Windows PowerShell to get Exchange Online Mailbox size in GB. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to welcome back guest blogger, Brian T. Jackett. Brian T. Jackett is a premier field engineer at Microsoft who has specialized in SharePoint development, Project Server, and...

PowerTip: Find the Number of Entries in Event Logs Summary:  Use Windows PowerShell to find the number of entries in all event logs and ETL logs?   How can you use Windows PowerShell to show how many entries exist in all traditional event logs as well as ETL logs?  Use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet and pass a wild card to the –L...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to display Windows Update messages from specific apps in Windows 8.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out how often I am getting Windows Update messages for various apps in Windows 8. It seems like I am having to update things quite often, but I want to make sur...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a quick event log status update.  How can I quickly obtain a status update on my event logs? Things such as the retention policy, overflow action, and numbers of event in the logs? Use the Get-EventLog cmdlet with the * after it, as shown here. Get-EventLog *