Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I had a wonderful time in Corpus Christi, Texas, last week. The Windows PowerShell class I taught during the week was really fun. I had a mixture of SQL admins, .NET developers, and network administrators. This is typical bec...
At any rate, and in the spirit of the occasion, the Scripting Guy who writes this column decided to do something frightening and horrifying for today’s column. And what could be more frightening or more horrifying than a Windows PowerShell script that deletes all the files in a folder mo...
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This afternoon is shaping up to be a lovely day. I spent the morning teaching a Windows PowerShell class to a group of writers via LYNC. It was fun, and there were lots of questions. The Scripting Wife and I have all the windows in our ...
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Dude, dude, dude (or dudette). TechEd 2014 is nearly here. Tomorrow the Scripting Wife and I jump onto a big old hairy plane and head to Houston, Texas for TechEd 2014 North America. We will head to the Convention Center, and begin the ...
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After it has launched (yes, with a .bat file – to enable logging and a check of the version of Windows PowerShell), the script will check whether it’s being run with the same farm account credentials you specified in SetInputs.xml. It will warn you and stop, if not. Why? In ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to determine the owner of a file using Windows PowerShell? — GF Hey, GF. Well, today is April 15th, which, in the US, can mean only one thing: it’s time to celebrate the birthday of Italian mathematicianPietro Antonio Cataldi, be...
Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that I can use Windows PowerShell and the Get-Unique cmdlet to determine which items are unique in a collection. However, I want to do the opposite: I want to determine which items arenotunique in a collection. How can I do tha...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, summarizes the Windows PowerShell Best Practices Talk from Microsoft TechEd 2012. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Wow, what an exciting week the Scripting Wife and I had last week. We began with Microsoft TechEd 2012 in Orlando, and...
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This will need to be a quick post, but I wanted to try to help to catch you up to date with the goings-on here at Microsoft TechEd 2012 in Orlando, Florida. The morning started off with our special guest, Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Jeffery...