Showing results for March 2014 - Page 6 of 10 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating a port scanner with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, I needed to access my printer. Unfortunately, after several networking changes, I did not remember the IP address of my printer. However, I did know that the printer sets up a web serv...

Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell providers that support transactions.  I want to use transactions, but I am not sure if the provider I need to use actually supports transactions. How can I be sure?  Use the Get-PSProvider cmdlet, and filter the capabilities of transactions: Get-PSProvider | where capabilities -match 'tra...

Summary: Chris Campbell explains his resolution process for the the Iron Scripter competition at PowerShell Saturday 007. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we welcome back guest blogger, Chris Campbell. It has been just over a month since I got back from PowerShell Saturday 007 in Charlotte, and it was a blast! The t...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily find blog posts via RSS.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find a list of Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog posts without           a lot of development work?  Use the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet and specify the URI for the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog RSS feed: $uri = http:/...

Summary: Microsoft support escalation engineer, James Kehr, talks about using the Windows Azure REST APIs with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have James Kehr, a Windows availability support escalation engineer, as our guest blogger… Application programming interfaces, more commonly called an APIs be...