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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to choose random letters.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to arrange five letters in a random order?  Use the Get-Random cmdlet, specify the letters as input values,           and then use the –count parameter to specify how many to choose: Get-Random -In...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell ISE code snippets to ease the burden of tricky-to-remember syntax. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Jonathan Medd, Windows PowerShell MVP, is with us to share some Windows PowerShell goodness. Take it away, Jonathan… Often when I am teaching students who are new to Windows PowerShell, one of ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to show the path to all your Windows PowerShell profiles.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the path to all of my Windows PowerShell profiles—          not only the current host or current user profile?  Use the $profile automatic variable, pipe the results to...

Summary: Guest blogger, Keith Mayer, talks about using Windows PowerShell to manage cloud-based backups. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back Keith Mayer as our guest blogger today. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. In Part 2, we’ll restore virtual machines in Windows Azure from these backups. Keith Mayer is a senior ...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find aliases that rename commands.  How can I find Windows PowerShell aliases that rename commands?  Use the Get-Alias cmdlet, pipe the results to Where-Object, and look for a hyphen in the name: Get-Alias | Where name -Match '-' | select name, definition