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PowerTip: Configure a client to listen for content requests by using PowerShell when powered on battery

March 12, 2016 Mar 12, 2016 03/12/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to configure a client to listen for content discovery requests even when running on battery with Windows PowerShell. (image)  How can I use Windows PowerShell to configure a client to listen for content discovery requests even when my computer's running on battery? (image)  Open Windows PowerShell with elevated ...

Overview of the PowerShellGet module to find scripts

February 23, 2016 Feb 23, 2016 02/23/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: In this blog post, I provide a quick overview of the PowerShellGet module and its various commands. Believe it or not, the Windows PowerShell Saturday event in Tampa, Florida is coming up pretty quickly. There are still some tickets available, but they have been going pretty quickly lately. There are some awesome speakers coming to ...

PowerShell Spotlight: February 2016

February 22, 2016 Feb 22, 2016 02/22/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft MVP, Teresa Wilson, talks about Windows PowerShell Saturday in this month’s PowerShell Spotlight. Hello scripters, I hope everyone had a marvelous weekend and is planning on an awesome week. I have been working on some of the last of the preparations for PowerShell Saturday #010 coming up in less than a month (March 19) ...

Migrate Windows CA from CSP to KSP and from SHA-1 to SHA-256: Part 5

February 19, 2016 Feb 19, 2016 02/19/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to modify the registry for SHA-256 as a part of migrating a Windows certification authority from CSP to KSP and from SHA-1 to SHA-256. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud & Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in for The Scripting Guy this ...

Migrate Windows CA from CSP to KSP and from SHA-1 to SHA-256: Part 4

February 18, 2016 Feb 18, 2016 02/18/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Thomas Rayner, Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP, shows how to import a certificate into a KSP and bring it into the certificate store. Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud & Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in for The Scripting Guy this week. You can find me on Twitter (@MrThomasRayner) or on my ...