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Using Desired State Configuration and Chef to deploy System Center

January 27, 2016 Jan 27, 2016 01/27/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Chef and DSC in Windows PowerShell to deploy System Center in this guest blog post by Jason Morgan.Ed Wilson, here. Today I have a guest blog post by Jason Morgan in which he will talk about using Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Chef to deploy System Center. Welcome back, Jason…Hello again. Today I’...

Announcing the 2015 Honorary Scripting Guys

January 26, 2016 Jan 26, 2016 01/26/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: The Honorary Scripting Guys for 2015 are announced in this blog post. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I have been pretty busy—I missed work because of my ear surgery and the holidays, so I have enlisted the help of the Scripting Wife, Teresa Wilson, to write this post to announce the 2015 Honorary Scripting Guys. I ...

PowerTip: Find running services with PowerShell

January 25, 2016 Jan 25, 2016 01/25/16
mredwilson
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find running services. (image)  How can I use Windows PowerShell to quickly produce a sortable list of running services on my computer? (image)  Use the Get-Service cmdlet to return the services, and the Out-GridView to produce a sortable list: gsv | ogv Note   gsv is an alias for Get-Service, and...