Showing archive results for March 2014

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily create a zip archive.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to create a zip archive of a folder on my system?  Use Get-ChildItem from PSCX to copy the files, and pipe the output to the Write-Zip cmdlet: Get-Childitem c:\fso -Recurse | Write-Zip -IncludeEmptyDirectories...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 4.0 to find a virtual machine.  How can I use Windows PowerShell 4.0 to find a virtual machine when I only have partial name information so I can stop it or make other changes as required?  Use the Get-VM cmdlet to return virtual machine objects, use the dotted Where, and filter with a script...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find SMB shares.   How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find a list of all the SMB shares on my Windows 8.1 laptop?  Use the Get-SMBShare function.

Summary: Learn how to discover more information about Windows PowerShell jobs. How can I learn more about Windows PowerShell jobs? To find out more about any Windows PowerShell topic, research the Help files for each cmdlet:Get-Help Start-Job –ShowWindowTo discover the job related cmdlets:Get-Command *jobNot everything is job-relate...

Summary: Richard Siddaway looks at how you can use Windows PowerShell jobs in your enterprise. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the seventh, and last, post in a series that, hopefully, will shine the spotlight on Windows PowerShell jobs, remind people of their capabilitie...