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September 2016 - Scripting Blog

PowerTip: How to escape characters in a string using regular expressions

September 30, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 09/30/16
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Summary: Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, Thomas Rayner, shows how escape characters for use in regex. Is there a way to escape characters in a string automatically for use in regex?  Use the [regex]::escape() method to automatically escape characters in a string so you can use them in regex. [regex]::escape('something. in here (needs...

PowerShell regex crash course – Part 1 of 5

September 30, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 09/30/16
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Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, shows the basics of working with regular expressions in PowerShell. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud and Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in for The Scripting Guy! this week. You can find me on Twitter (@MrThomasRayner) or posting on my blog, ...

Part 1 – Install Bash on Windows 10, OMI CIM Server, and DSC for Linux

September 28, 2016 Sep 28, 2016 09/28/16
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Summary: Learn about the Windows Subsystem for Linux that runs on top of Windows 10. Today we have a guest article written by Stefan Roth. Take it away Stefan … Hi, my name is Stefan Roth, and I am a Cloud and Datacenter MVP. In a couple of posts, I would like to show you how cool it is that Microsoft is touching the Linux world. Myself, ...

Scripting Guys at Ignite 2016 in Atlanta

September 26, 2016 Sep 26, 2016 09/26/16
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SUMMARY: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the Scripting Guys booth at Ignite 2016 in Atlanta.Good morning everyone. Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, here. So, the day has finally arrived – after literally months and months of planning, Ignite 2016 in Atlanta has arrived. Well, actually it arrived earlier with the Pre-Con’...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to retrieve the date and time of the given time zone ID

September 16, 2016 Sep 16, 2016 09/16/16
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Summary: Use PowerShell to pull out specify TimeZone data from an object. I have data retrieved from an external source that contains different time zone IDs like W. Europe Standard Time, AUS Eastern Standard Time, etc. How can I get the current date time value of it by using PowerShell? In PowerShell, use [System.TimeZone] and invoke the ...