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Aug 12, 2016
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PowerTip: Identify the numeric value of a custom (dingbat) character using PowerShell

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Summary: Use PowerShell to determine the value of an Extended ASCII character to reproduce it for later use. I have a really simple question that’s been bugging me. I have a string with a special (Extended ASCII) character that I scraped from some output. I can’t find the ASCII value of it to reproduce it. How can I get the value of this silly “D...

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Jul 27, 2016
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to remove a user from all site collections in SharePoint Online

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Summary: Learn how to use PowerShell to remove a corporate user from all site collections in SharePoint Online. How can I use Windows PowerShell to quickly remove a corporate user from all site collections in SharePoint Online? Use the following commands (change the login user name as required):

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Jul 14, 2016
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PowerTip: Find all devices connected to a computer

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Summary: Use PowerShell to find all devices that are connected to a computer. How can I use Windows PowerShell to list all devices that are connected to a computer? Use the Get-PnpDevice cmdlet and the -PresentOnly switch. Here is an example:

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Jul 1, 2016
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PowerTip: Get the public IP of an Azure VM with PowerShell

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Azure Resource Manager cmdlets to get the public IP address of an Azure virtual machine.  How can I get the public IP address information for an Azure Resource Manager virtual machine (VM)? All you need to do is use Get-AzureRmVm to find the VM and pass it to Get-AzureRmPublicIPAddress as in the following example:

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Jun 30, 2016
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PowerTip: Get a GUI interface for any PowerShell cmdlet

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Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Show-Command to build PowerShell cmdlets. I ran into a problem. Some cmdlets have too many parameters to list. Is there an easy way to build a cmdlet with its parameters for the console? You’ll love this trick! Just use the Show-Command cmdlet with any PowerShell cmdlet to get a GUI interface. In the following example, we use th...

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