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Nov 23, 2013
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Using Scheduled Tasks and Scheduled Jobs in PowerShell

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Summary: Learn about using scheduled tasks and scheduled jobs in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Dave Bishop, senior technical writer on the Windows Server team, and June Blender, senior programming writer on the Windows Azure Active Directory team, investigate scheduled tasks and scheduled jobs in Windows Pow...

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Nov 16, 2013
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Copy Profiles to SkyDrive

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to copy all profiles from a local computer to SkyDrive.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to copy all of the profiles from my local computer to SkyDrive?  Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet. This works only if you have SkyDrive set up and available to the local computer: Get-ChildItem $pshome\*profile.p...

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Nov 2, 2013
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PowerTip: Find if Computer has .NET Framework 4.5

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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find if a computer has .NET Framework 4.5. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find if my machine has .NET Framework 4.5 (required for Windows PowerShell 4.0)? Here's a little function that finds this information for you:function Test-Net45{    if (Test-Path 'HKLM:SOFTWAREMicroso...

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Nov 2, 2013
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How to Write Great Help Examples

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Summary: Read these tips to help you write outstanding Windows PowerShell Help. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is June Blender. June is a writer for the Windows Azure AD SDK. She is also a frequent contributor to the Hey Scripting Guy! blog, and for PowerShell.org. Examples are the most important element of Win...

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Oct 21, 2013
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PowerTip: Search for YouTube Videos

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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search YouTube videos.  How can I search for YouTube videos about Desired State Configuration in Windows PowerShell 4.0?  Use Invoke-RestMethod: Invoke-RestMethod -uri "https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?v=2&q=Desired+State+Configuration+PowerShell"  The following comma...

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