Showing results for November 2014 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: The Scripting Wife presents networking ideas for Windows PowerShell scripters. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today the Scripting Wife is going to write the blog post... Hello fellow scripters! The Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is not feeling so great, so I thought I would be nice to him on this Sunday morning and write this blog...

Summary: Find Windows PowerShell module information from a cmdlet.  How can I find more information about the module that provides a Windows PowerShell cmdlet?  Use the Get-Command cmdlet, pipe the results to the Foreach-Object cmdlet, then inside the script block,            use Get-...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to retrieve latitude and longitude information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today it is cold and dreary, so I thought it would be a nice time to play around with Windows PowerShell. One of the things I have always wanted to do is use Windows PowerShel...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a list of FSMO role holders in Active Directory.  I use NETDOM QUERY FSMO to list my domain controllers that hold the FSMO roles, but can I do it with Windows PowerShell?  As usual, there is more than one way to do most things in Windows PowerShell, but here are some syntax examples to meet your need...

Summary: Learn three essential steps for Windows PowerShell when upgrading from Windows Server 2003. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have the final post in the series about Active Directory PowerShell by Ashley McGlone. Before you begin, you might enjoy reading these posts from the series: Over the years Microsoft has...