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PowerTip: Back up GPOs with PowerShell

February 1, 2015 Feb 1, 2015 02/1/15
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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to back up all GPOs in a domain.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to generate a backup of all Group Policy Objects in a domain?  Use the Backup-GPO cmdlet from the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).            Specify a name, path, domain, and server, ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Troubleshoot Group Policy Part 2

February 1, 2015 Feb 1, 2015 02/1/15
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Summary: Guest blogger, Alex Verboon, continues his series about using Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot Group Policy. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back guest blogger, Alex Verboon. Today Alex adds to his previous blog about using Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot Group Policy. He provides a script that automates this...

Use PowerShell to Import Group Policy Objects

January 5, 2014 Jan 5, 2014 01/5/14
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Summary: Microsoft PFE, Ian Farr talks about using Windows PowerShell to import Group Policy Objects. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday, guest blogger, Ian Farr talked about backing up Group Policy Objects  (GPOs) in his post Using PowerShell to Back Up Group Policy Objects. He continues his GPO series today… ...

Using PowerShell to Back Up Group Policy Objects

January 4, 2014 Jan 4, 2014 01/4/14
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Summary: Guest blogger, Ian Farr, talks about using Windows PowerShell to back up Group Policy Objects. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am happy to welcome back a recent new guest blogger, Ian Farr. Here is what Ian had to say about himself: I started out writing UNIX shell scripts to automate simple tasks. Then as a ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell for ADM Cleanup—The Exciting Conclusion

February 17, 2013 Feb 17, 2013 02/17/13
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Summary: Two Microsoft PFEs conclude their three-part series on cleaning up old ADM files from AD DS. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, we have the conclusion of a three-part series written by PFEs Mark Morowczynski and Tom Moser. Be sure to read the blog for Friday and Saturday first if you have not already done so. ...