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December 31, 2012Dec 31, 201212/31/12Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows an excerpt from his new step-by-step book about using Windows PowerShell jobs.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I want to share a portion of my new Microsoft Press Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step book.
February 3, 2012Feb 3, 201202/3/12Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script he presented earlier this week.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script three days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet.
February 2, 2012Feb 2, 201202/2/12Summary: Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, further optimizes the Windows PowerShell script that he presented in his previous two blogs.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is Georges Maheu. Georges presented a script two days ago to gather Windows services information in an Excel spreadsheet: Beat the Auditors,
January 14, 2011Jan 14, 201101/14/11
Summary: Learn how to use jobs to run parallel queries, remove objects from active memory, work with text files and use the Get-Member Cmdlet to go behind the scenes of PowerShell commands in this edition of Quick Hits Friday.
March 18, 2010Mar 18, 201003/18/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I like the idea of using Windows PowerShell jobs in a script. The problem is that I have multiple jobs I want to run. I would like to be able to wait until all the jobs have completed,
March 17, 2010Mar 17, 201003/17/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! Your examples this week on using Windows PowerShell jobs have all been from the command line. Is it possible to use Windows PowerShell jobs in a script? If so, how would I do it?
— AG
March 16, 2010Mar 16, 201003/16/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I am not sure how much help running the Get-Process cmdlet as a job is going to be for me in my work environment. I kind of get what you are trying to do—provide an illustrative technique for working with Windows PowerShell jobs—but I have things that take a really long time.
March 15, 2010Mar 15, 201003/15/10
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been thinking about writing a script and using the .NET Framework class system.thread to give me the ability to do multiple things at once. I need to perform a query of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) that will consume a decent amount of time.
