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Summary: Windows PowerShell MVPs, Sean Kearney, Steve Murawski, and Shane Hoey, talk more about the MVP Summit. An update from Sean... The last day of the MVP Summit is upon us. Aside from of all of the NDA goodie events, many really cool things happen outside of the MVP Summit sessions. Evening events and exploring downtown Bellevue—sure, t...

Summary: Learn how to wait for a Windows PowerShell job to complete.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to wait for a job that I have run to complete?  Use the Wait-Job cmdlet, and specify the job ID, for example: Wait-Job –ID 5

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about running a Windows PowerShell workflow on a remote computer. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning it is beautiful outside. I am sitting on the porch sipping a cup of English Breakfast tea. I made a pot this morning, and I added some orange peel, Meyer lemon, and a bit of h...

Summary: Learn how to find Help about a specific Windows PowerShell parameter.  How can I easily find what values a specific Windows PowerShell cmdlet accepts?  Use the Get-Help cmdlet and specify the cmdlet name and parameter, for example: get-help Restart-Computer -Parameter for

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVPs share their Summit experiences. Here is a report Windows PowerShell MVP, Steve Murawski The MVP Summit is one of my favorite times of the year despite the fact that [MVP.Summit] -notcontains 'Sleep'. Why is the Summit one of my favorite times? Well, I'll tell you. First, you have a thousand or two zea...