Showing archive results for 2014

Summary: Guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, talks about using the CIM module in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest post from Trevor Sullivan. Trevor is an Honorary Scripting Guy, and a recognized Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC). To see more of Trevor’s guest posts, see these Hey, Scripting Guy...

Summary:  Learn how to find all Windows PowerShell cmdlets that accept a CIM session.  How can I find a list of all the Windows PowerShell cmdlets that accept a CIM session?  Use the Get-Command cmdlet and specify the –CimSession parameter: Get-Command -Parameter CimSession Note  If you rely on dynamic ...

Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy and guest blogger, Trevor Sullivan, explores CIM and using it with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest post from Trevor Sullivan. Trevor is an Honorary Scripting Guy and a recognized Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC). To see more of Trevor’s guest posts, see the...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the day of the week.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find the day of the week—for example, Monday,           Tuesday, or Wednesday?  Use the Get-Date cmdlet to return a DateTime object, and ten select the DayOfTheWeek property:...

Summary: Guest blogger, Gershon Levitz, talks about modifying DNS settings with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a new guest blogger, Gershon Levitz. Gershon is a senior technical writer for Hyper-V at Microsoft. The floor is yours, Gershon... There are times when I need to change the DNS settings and u...