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January 2017 - Scripting Blog [archived]

PSScriptAnalyzer deep dive – Part 1 of 4

January 31, 2017 Jan 31, 2017 01/31/17
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, shows the basics about how to use PSScriptAnalyzer. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a 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, workingsysadmin.com. This week...

View passwords of wireless profiles without using netsh.exe

January 13, 2017 Jan 13, 2017 01/13/17
Doctor Scripto
Ever since the GUI lost the ability to view the password of a wireless profile, I wanted to provide this functionality in PowerShell. A search of the Internet for how to view the password of a Wi-Fi profile returns numerous examples of how to use netsh.exe to accomplish this. I wrote a previous blog post about how to view Wi-Fi profiles, and ...

Visual Studio Code editing features for PowerShell development – Part 2

January 12, 2017 Jan 12, 2017 01/12/17
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Editing features for Visual Studio Code that use the PowerShell extension. Welcome to Part 2 about editing features of Visual Studio Code. Everything that we  examined in Part 1 of this series is about Visual Studio Code editing features that are available without the PowerShell extension installed! They apply to your markdown, JSON...