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Reverse Desired State Configuration: How it works

October 27, 2017 Oct 27, 2017 10/27/17
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Nik Charlebois is a Premier Field Engineer based out of Canada. He is the author of several books on SharePoint automation, and he writes blog posts on a regular basis about all things PowerShell. You can find out more about his work here. ReverseDSC PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) has been around for a few years now, and many ...

Use PowerShell to integrate with the Lync 2013 SDK for Skype for Business – Part 2

September 16, 2016 Sep 16, 2016 09/16/16
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Summary: Learn how to extend PowerShell with Lync 2013 SDK to explore groups and contacts information in Skype for Business 2016 client. MVP Chendrayan Venkatesan is back again to show us how to get started with the Lync 2013 SDK to enable us to do some cool stuff with PowerShell and Skype for Business! Take it away Chen! Skype for Business...

Use PowerShell to integrate with the Lync 2013 SDK for Skype for Business – Part 1

August 19, 2016 Aug 19, 2016 08/19/16
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Summary: Get started with the Lync 2013 SDK by using PowerShell to manage Skype for Business 2016 client. How do I integrate Windows PowerShell with the Lync SDK to manage Skype For Business client? MVP Chendrayan Venkatesan is back again to show us how to get started with the Lync 2013 SDK and do some really cool stuff with PowerShell and...

Use PowerShell to report on SharePoint content with custom (dingbat) characters

August 12, 2016 Aug 12, 2016 08/12/16
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Summary: Learn how to use PowerShell to retrieve SharePoint list item values as dingbat symbols to make HTML reports simple and clean. Can you show me an example of how to report on my SharePoint data by using something other than the standard ASCII characters? Today we have a special guest MVP, Chendrayan Venkatesan, to help us out! ...

Get started with PowerShell and SharePoint Online

July 15, 2016 Jul 15, 2016 07/15/16
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Summary: Microsoft PFE Chris Weaver talks about getting started with Windows PowerShell and SharePoint Online. Welcome back Chris Weaver as guest blogger. You can see his previous guest blogs. Christopher Weaver is a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer (PFE) who focuses on SharePoint and Office 365 solutions for large enterprise Premier ...