Showing archive results for October 2014

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Dave Wyatt, says the number 1 reason to upgrade to Windows PowerShell 4.0 is Desired State Configuration. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, Dave Wyatt, is back to share his ideas about upgrading to Windows PowerShell 4.0. Dave is a Microsoft MVP (Windows PowerShell) and a member of the bo...

Summary: Microsoft IIS MVP, Terri Donahue, talks about her path to upgrading to Windows PowerShell 4.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome new guest blogger, Terri Donahue. Microsoft IIS MVP, Terri Donahue is a systems administrator who has been supporting Internet Information Services (IIS) since version 4.0. Through th...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 4.0 Where operator to filter results.  How can I use a Where operator in Windows PowerShell (without using the pipeline or Where-Object)            to filter through processes?  Use Get-Process  to group the processes into a collection, t...

Summary: Guest blogger and Windows PowerShell MVP, Jeff Wouters, provides several practical reasons for upgrading to Windows PowerShell 4.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we continue our “Why Upgrade to Windows PowerShell 4.0” series with a guest blog post written by Jeff Wouters. Jeff is a Windows PowerShell MVP in...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to replace all characters in a string that is not part of a group. How can I use Windows PowerShell to remove all the non-alphabetic characters in the following string?           (The single quotation marks are not part of the string.)'({Abcde})' Create a regular expression pat...