Summary: Find cmdlets that permit starting the pipeline in Windows PowerShell. How do I find all the Get commands that allow me to start a pipeline? Although there are a number of ways, the Get-Command cmdlet has a parameter called -Verb for this purpose: PS > Get...
Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks about the basics of the Windows PowerShell pipeline. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week we have a series of five posts that are written by PFE Gary Siepser as we head back to the basics with the Windows PowerShell pipeline. Gary Siepser here (@PowerShellPFE). For ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to document the IP addresses on a server. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily go through my server environment and document the IP addresses in use on each machine? We can do this with a wee bit o' magic from the new Get-NetIPConfiguration cmdlet &...
Summary: Use native automation and Windows PowerShell cmdlets to back up Lync Server 2013. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here to finish up my crazy weekend fun automating Lync backup. So we've already gone through probably the trickiest part, which is getting the bulk of the Lync server infrastructure backed up. To read about that, see ...
Summary: Use the Lync cmdlets to obtain a copy of the Lync topology. Instead of going through the GUI wizard, can I use Windows PowerShell to schedule a fresh copy of my Lync topology as a regular nightly task so I can compare deltas? Run the following Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create a file called ...
