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PowerShell regex crash course – Part 1 of 5

September 30, 2016 Sep 30, 2016 09/30/16
Doctor Scripto
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, ...

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

September 16, 2016 Sep 16, 2016 09/16/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Use PowerShell to pull out specify TimeZone data from an object. (image) 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? (image) In PowerShell, use [System.TimeZone] ...

Use PowerShell to integrate with the Lync 2013 SDK for Skype for Business – Part 2

September 16, 2016 Sep 16, 2016 09/16/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to extend PowerShell with Lync 2013 SDK to explore groups and contacts information in Skype for Business 2016 client. MVP Chendrayan Venkatesan is back again to show us how to get started with the Lync 2013 SDK to enable us to do some cool stuff with PowerShell and Skype for Business! Take it away Chen! Skype for Business...

Use PowerShell to integrate with the Lync 2013 SDK for Skype for Business – Part 1

August 19, 2016 Aug 19, 2016 08/19/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Get started with the Lync 2013 SDK by using PowerShell to manage Skype for Business 2016 client. (image) How do I integrate Windows PowerShell with the Lync SDK to manage Skype For Business client? (image) MVP Chendrayan Venkatesan is back again to show us how to get started with the Lync 2013 SDK and do some really cool stuff ...