powershell

Windows PowerShell was released by Microsoft for Windows XP in 2007. It is an automation engine that consists of a scripting language and command line shell.


Powershell is integrated into the Microsoft.net Framework and generally used by system administrators for local and remote administrative tasks.


Powershell 2.0 was released with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and has since then been made available for previous Microsoft operating systems as well via the Windows Management Framework.


Powershell 2.0 added many new features including background jobs, remoting, modules or advanced functions.

You'll find bloggers talking about Powershell at sites like Windows Powershell Blog and Windows 7 News.

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• Scripting Games - Win32_LogicalDisk or Win32_Volume

  
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  I have heard some discussions recently regarding whether Win32_LogicalDisk or Win32_Volume should be used in the answer to event 3 in the Scripting Games. The problem requires you pull the drive letter, drive size and freespace for local disks on the server. Notice the emphasis – that will be important. ...
  2 days ago

• PowerTip: Create an XML Representation of a Registry Key with PowerShell

  
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  Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to create an XML representation of a registry key.  How can I easily create an XML representation of a registry key by using Windows PowerShell?  Use the  Get-ChildItem  cmdllet and the registry provider to get the registry key, and pipe the results to the  Export-CliXML ...
  2 days ago

• Use PowerShell to Copy Only Folders that Contain Files

  
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  Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to copy only folders that contain files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. In some respects, it seems like I have been using Windows PowerShell for a long time. In other respects, it seems like the journey begun only a ...
  3 days ago

• Weekend Scripter: Add Power and Functionality to the PowerShell ISE Part 2

  
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  Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, adds more power and functionality to the Windows PowerShell ISE with a modified module. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This is Part 2 of a two part series where I edit my Windows PowerShell ISE module and add five new functions. The five new functions are: ...
  4 days ago

• Security Series: Using PowerShell to Protect Your Private Cloud Infrastructure – Part 3

  
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  Summary : Microsoft senior technical writer, Yuri Diogenes, and knowledge engineer, Tom Shinder, talk about using Windows PowerShell to protect a Windows Server 2012-based cloud infrastructure. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest bloggers Yuri Diogenes and Tom Shinder are back with the exciting ...
  1 week ago

• PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Changed Directories

  
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  Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to identify directories that changed since a specific date.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to find directories that have changed since a specific date?  Use the  Get-ChildItem  cmdlet and specify only directories. Pipe the results to  Where-Object  and evaluate the  ...
  1 week ago

• Weekend Scripter: Playing with PowerShells Get-Variable Cmdlet

  
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  Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, spends some time playing around with the Get-Variable cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am doing something a little different. Instead of drinking English Breakfast tea, I woke up feeling like I wanted Oolong tea instead. So I made ...
  1 week ago

• Grant Full Access to All Mailboxes in Exchange 2007 and 2010

  
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  This is a short tutorial on how to add full access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2007 and 2010 for a an additional user. This can come in handy when say migrating to Office 365 in which you need your migration account to have full access. We were surprised by how many variations we found, so we decided to post one. ...
  1 week ago

• PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Running Virtual Machines

  
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  Summary : Sean Kearney explains how to use Windows PowerShell to find running virtual machines.  How can I find a list of virtual machines on my computer that is running Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V?  Use the Get-VM cmdlet  and filter on the State property: Get-VM | Where { $_.State -eq Running } ...
  1 week ago

• Active Directory Services and PowerShell manageability

  
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  As you might be aware, every Microsoft server product has the requirement to be manageable through PowerShell and System Center. The PowerShell requirement is formulated as part of the Common Engineering Criteria (CEC) . With PowerShell available as a version 3 product (and part of Windows Server 2012) it’s time ...
  1 week ago

• Dew Drop – May 10, 2013 (#1,545)

  
  Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew — Authority: 475
  Top Links Publish Individual Files to your Server in Visual Studio 2012.2 (Rick Strahl) Toastr 1.3.0 Now Available (John Papa) Inside Windows Phone – Windows Phone and HTML5 (Larry Lieberman) My Conversation with Bill Clinton at the 2013 Fiscal Summit (Bill Gates)   Web Development Happy 10th ...
  1 week ago

• Get a List of Virtual Machines by Using PowerShell

  
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  Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 in Windows Server 2012 to obtain a list of virtual machines. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. If you are a seasoned Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog reader, you know that the most frequent guest blogger is Sean Kearney. If you are new to the blog, I welcome ...
  1 week ago

• QuickHitter 03 : Put some Windows updates in my basket

  
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  Maybe this is just news to me, but I didn’t know this resource was out there. In comparing the updates between two nodes on a cluster, I found out about the “ Microsoft Update Catalog ” where you can add updates to your basket and download them all at once. I also found the cluster validation wizard lists the ...
  1 week ago

• Scripting Games–making work

  
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  I saw this in one of the submissions: $Properties = @{} $Properties[Computer] = $SystemInfo.__SERVER $Properties[OperatingSystem] = "$($OSInfo.Caption) - $($OSInfo.CSDVersion)" $Properties[PhysicalMemory] = $SystemInfo.TotalPhysicalMemory   My immediate thought was the entrant likes making work ...
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• Scripting Games–making work

  
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  I saw this in one of the submissions: $Properties = @{} $Properties[Computer] = $SystemInfo.__SERVER $Properties[OperatingSystem] = “$($OSInfo.Caption) – $($OSInfo.CSDVersion)” $Properties[PhysicalMemory] = $SystemInfo.TotalPhysicalMemory   My immediate thought was the entrant likes making work for ...
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• Scripting Wife Comments on Beginner Event 3

  
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  Summary : The Scripting Wife reveals her impressions of 2013 Scripting Games Beginner Event 3. OK, I will admit it, when I read this event I sort of  freaked out.  I mean, create an HTML report? I do not even know what HTML means, and little about how to create one. I do know that a report means send out more ...
  1 week ago

• Dew Drop – May 9, 2013 (#1,544)

  
  Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew — Authority: 475
  Top Links Introducing Objective Sharpie (Aaron Bockover) jQuery Migrate 1.2.1 Released (Dave Methvin) When To Comment Your Code (Steve Smith) Conversation #38– disrupt or die (Steven Sinofsky)   Web Development Developing a CRUD grid with IgniteUI, Node.js, Express, Mongoose, MongoDB and Nginx ...
  2 weeks ago

• SharePoint 2010 Create Permission Level Programmatically

  
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  While its relatively easy to create permission levels from SharePoint 2010 UI, We had 2000+ site collections in a web applications and scripting/programmatic way to create permission level would be the best choice. We wanted to do a SharePoint permission level customization by eliminating delete capability from ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2013 Scripting Games: Advanced Event 3

  
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  Summary : Scripting Games Advanced Event 3:  Dr. Scripto needs to create an HTML report for hard disk drive status. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the release of Event 3 for the 2013 Scripting Games. This year the Games are being administered and run by www.powershell.org . You need to go ...
  2 weeks ago

• 2013 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 3

  
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  Summary : Dr. Scripto needs to create an HTML report for hard disk drive status. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the release of Event 3 for the 2013 Scripting Games. This year the Games are being administered and run by  www.powershell.org . You need to go to their website to submit your ...
  2 weeks ago

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