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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Write TargetResource Functions for PowerShell DSC

May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015 05/12/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE, Jason Walker, talks about writing Get, Set, and Test TargetResource functions for DSC. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Microsoft PFE and Honorary Scripting Guy, Jason Walker, is back with us today for Part 2 of his two-part series. Yesterday in Anatomy of a PowerShell DSC Resource, I gave ...

Anatomy of a PowerShell DSC Resource

May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 05/11/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger and Microsoft PFE, Jason Walker, talks about the anatomy of a Windows PowerShell DSC resource. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is Part 1 of a two-part series written by Microsoft PFE and Honorary Scripting Guy, Jason Walker. The majority of my "PowerShelling" lately has been around Desired ...

Use the PowerShell AD Provider to Modify User Attributes

March 21, 2013 Mar 21, 2013 03/21/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Windows PowerShell Active Directory module provider to modify user attributes in AD DS. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Just searching for users, or filtering for them, is not entirely all that useful. For me, I need to be able to make changes based on that search or filter. ...

Use PowerShell to Find Non-Default User Properties in AD

March 20, 2013 Mar 20, 2013 03/20/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and the Active Directory module provider to find non-default AD DS user properties. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find information about users such as office location, and phone number that is not returned by the Active Directory module provider by ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Find Dynamic Parameters

March 9, 2013 Mar 9, 2013 03/9/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover dynamic parameters for his favorite cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I submitted my session for SQL Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia. To be honest, I was not going to do so because it is only two weeks prior to TechEd in New Orleans&...

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