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2012 Scripting Games Advanced Event 9: Perform an Inventory

April 12, 2012 Apr 12, 2012 04/12/12

Summary: In Advanced Event 9, you are required to perform a hardware inventory and write the information to an XML file. About this eventEvent scenarioYou are a network manager at a medium-sized organization, and it is time to perform an inventory of computers on the network. You need to collect the following information: ...

Use PowerShell to Parse an XML File and Sort the Data

March 26, 2012 Mar 26, 2012 03/26/12

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Summary: In this blog, the Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to parse her books XML files and to find authors and sort titles.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today the registration opens for the 2012 Scripting Games. You can go to the 2012 Scripting Games site on PoshCode, click Log On, choose your ...

The Scripting Wife Learns to Use PowerShell to Work with XML

March 25, 2012 Mar 25, 2012 03/25/12

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Summary: In this blog, the Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to work with an XML file.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is only eight days until the kickoff of the 2012 Scripting Games. Tomorrow the signup for the 2012 Scripting Games goes live. I have finished all the meetings, and everything is now in ...

Use PowerShell to Parse XML Exchange Audit Results

January 26, 2012 Jan 26, 2012 01/26/12

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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to parse XML-formatted Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 audit reports. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. The search results that return from the New-AdminAuditLogSearch cmdlet are pretty useless. Looking at all that XML in Internet Explorer is not very fun...

See Why PowerShell Can't Export Some Properties to CSV

November 15, 2011 Nov 15, 2011 11/15/11

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Summary: Learn why Windows PowerShell cannot export certain properties to a CSV file and what to do about it. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, Terry Dow posted a comment on my Use PowerShell to Work with CSV Formatted Text blog post. Basically, Terry is asking about exporting a multivalue property via Export-...