Showing archive results for March 2015

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about optimizing Windows PowerShell code. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was looking at my Windows Phone this morning and I noticed that today is Friday the 13th. What seemed a bit strange to me is that I thought there was also a Friday the 13th last month. I then became curious. Ex...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to check for virtual machine snapshots.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to see if a particular virtual machine has snapshots?  Use the Get-VMSnapshot cmdlet, for example: Get-VMSnapshot dc1_nwt Note  This cmdlet requires running an account that has admin rights.

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to create a .zip archive and email it.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of files that I would like to archive on a regular basis to a .zip file. I need to email that .zip file as an attachment. I do this every week, and it takes me like nearly 15 minutes to cr...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to copy a source directory to multiple destinations.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to make multiple backup copies of a source directory without wasting a            lot of time mousing around?  Copying a single source directory to multiple destinations can be a single line ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to extract zipped files.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to work with zipped files from time-to-time. Often I store files in a zip archive so they are portable. I know how to copy the .zip archive from one place to another with Windows PowerShell, but I cannot ...