Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine what character a string starts with. How can I use Windows PowerShell to show me if a string starts with a particular letter (this also needs to be case sensitive)? Use the StartsWith method from the String class, and supply the char...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using Windows PowerShell to work with users in Active Directory Domain Services. Hey, Scripting Guy! We are a rather diversified IT shop, but we have a heavy investment in Microsoft, and particularly in Active Directory. We use it for everything. I need to be able to update user informa...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to convert a string to all lowercase characters. How can I use Windows PowerShell to convert a string that is in all uppercase to all lowercase characters? Use the ToLower method from the String class: "STRING".ToLower()
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about creating users in Active Directory Domain Services without using a module. Hey, Scripting Guy! In my company, we do a lot of work with Active Directory, and my team is responsible for this. But not all of the administrators have the Active Directory module, so I cannot assume that it will be ...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to select two random numbers from twenty possible numbers. How can I use Windows PowerShell to select two of twenty attendees at user group to receive prizes? Create a range of input numbers with the Get-Random cmdlet, then use the –Count parameter to retrieve ...
