Summary: Find aliases that were exported from a Windows PowerShell module. How can I find aliases that were exported from a particular module on my system? Use the Get-Command cmdlet, specify the module, pipe the results to the Foreach-Object cmdlet, and then look for aliases: Get-Co...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to manage Office 365 users. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The weather here in Charlotte has been nearly perfect recently. I love spring. It offers hope, and it seems to be a time of renewed commitments. A quick trip to the garden center, and the Sc...
Summary: Learn how to get only printer examples that are related to Windows PowerShell. How can I quickly and easily see only examples of Windows PowerShell commands that are related to printing in Help? Use the Get-Command cmdlet, then pipe the results to the Foreach-Object cmdlet a...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to explore his Office 365 tenant installation. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I are sore from our weekend spent doing yard work. I am not much of an outdoor kind of geek, and so my excursions are normally limited to going to a...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to quickly check to see if a computer is up. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see if a computer is up? Use the Test-Connection cmdlet to send a ping (icmp packet) to the remote computer. If you specify the –Quiet parameter,...
