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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create random numbers. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the questions I received when I was speaking at the SQL Rally in Orlando, Florida was whether I prefer working in the Windows PowerShell console, or do I prefer to use t...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to export Microsoft Outlook calendar information.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading your Hey Scripting Guy! blogs that were talking about the 2011 Scripting Games. I was unable to compete this year, but that did not prevent me from watching the games. I bet you did not know that Windows PowerShell...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses the use of aliases in Windows PowerShell scripts. He covers the pros and cons in this blog. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. “You can have my aliases when you pry my cold dead fingers from my keyboard,” was not one of the emails I received during the 20...

Summary: In this Weekend Scripter blog, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses considerations for code reuse. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It has been really fun these past few weeks reviewing all of the scripts that were submitted for the 2011 Scripting Games. One of the questions I have seen crop up on the...

 Hello, everyone. This is Clint Huffman, this time writing from Seattle, Washington, in the United States. I have hijacked this blog. Don’t tell Ed. Just joking. Actually, Ed Wilson allowed me the honor of filling in for him on one of the blog posts and I hope he isn’t disappointed. I’ve been working on the Performance Analys...