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SUMMARY: Ed Wilson talks about his summer of PowerShell tour with dates and links to live appearances. Hello everyone,  Hope you are having a fantastic day. Ed and I have been busy as usual and are ready to get busier.  Here are the dates and links to upcoming events we will be attending and Ed speaking. There is a trip to Europe that some items a...

Summary: Learn the top three tips to effectively use Windows PowerShell to sort data in this blog post by the Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson. One of the fundamental things that I need to do when I look at any kind of data is sort it so that I can make sense of what I am looking at. It doesn’t matter if I am looking at Yelp for restaurant recom...

Summary: Learn how to require admin privileges to run a Windows PowerShell script.  How can I make sure that my Windows PowerShell script has administrator privileges to run?  Use the #Requires directive and specify RunAsAdministrator. Here is an example:

Summary: Learn how to properly answer a technical question in a presentation in this step-by-step post by PowerShell MVP June Blender. Today we have another blog post by PowerShell MVP June Blender. June is an Honorary Scripting Guy and a technical evangelist for the SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. She has been working with PowerShell for a long time. W...

Summary: Learn how to use a script block with the Group-Object cmdlet in Windows PowerShell to create custom groupings in this article by Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson. Good morning. Ed Wilson the Microsoft Scripting Guy is here. This week, I have been hanging out with a group of writers. It has been both fun and educational. It is always good...