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Import-Csv and Headers in PowerShell

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The Import-Csv cmdlet in PowerShell is awesome. It saves a lot of time and provides a great integration point since the csv format is a common option for exp...

Honorary Scripting Guy!

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This week I was selected as an Honorary Scripting Guy. The list includes some of the top authors and trainers in the PowerShell world, and it’s a real honor ...

Join me at SQL Saturday #151 in Orlando

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I will be presenting PowerShell for Beginners at SQL Saturday #151 in Orlando, Florida on September 29. This session will cover the fundamentals for anyone ...

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and PowerShell 3.0

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Yesterday, the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was released along with the beta of Windows Management Framework 3.0, which is PowerShell v3 for Windows 7 Servi...

Quest PowerShell Cmdlet Cheat Sheet

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Getting through the inital learning curve of using PowerShell for administration tasks can be frustrating. This is especially true when someone is on the pho...

List of PowerShell Books

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My list of free PowerShell eBooks has been very popular, so I decided to compile a list of paid PowerShell books. I own several of these books myself, and I ...

Sessions from the 2012 Orlando IT Pro Camp

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Thank you to everyone that attended the 2012 Orlando IT Pro Camp. It was a great opportunity to learn and network with other IT Professionals. Here are the s...

Enable RSAT Features with PowerShell and Dism

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Checking boxes gets old quickly, and I’ve installed and checked those little boxes for the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on Windows 7 enough time...

Version Control for PowerShell

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This presentation was mostly a demo of using TortoiseHg, and how it can be useful for IT Pros that need to manage production scripts. Here is the slide deck...

PowerShell 3.0 Community Technology Preview

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Microsoft released the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Management Framework 3.0, which includes PowerShell v3. This can be installed on Win...

Windows 8 Developer Preview with PowerShell v3

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Microsoft released the Windows 8 developer preview last night, which includes PowerShell version 3! The IT Pros that couldn’t sleep last night are reporting ...

Using Version Control for PowerShell

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Software developers wouldn’t think of working on a project without some type of version control for their source code. So why is this is a rare topic for IT ...

List of Free PowerShell eBooks

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When I needed to build a collection of PowerShell resources for our internal IT personnel, I had trouble finding a comprehensive list of all the freely avail...

Fan-Out Performance Without Remoting

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After my last post on PowerShell Remoting performance, I received an email asking if I had tried Split-Job. It works by creating multiple runspaces so that a...

PowerShell Remoting Performance

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Using fan-out PowerShell remoting has some amazing performance benefits, but it can be difficult to find real-world metrics that describe just how efficient ...

Embed a C# Program in a PowerShell Script

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Advanced Event 8 of the 2011 Scripting Games was a beast. It was complex even before the requirement of writing a graphical user interface, and this event ha...

Webclient Caching with PowerShell

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In Advanced Event 7 of the 2011 Microsoft Scripting Games, the goal was to map names to Twitter screen names. The information was to be gathered from the SQL...

ScriptBlock Flexibility in PowerShell

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I decided to start sharing some of my submissions for the 2011 Microsoft Scripting Games that received decent ratings. This is my entry for Advanced Event 3,...

Get-Geocode

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```powershell Function Get-Geocode { [CmdletBinding()] Param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [String]$Address, [ValidateSet("...

Updated Get-MonitorInfo

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This is an updated function for gathering monitor information that accepts input from the pipeline or as a parameter.

BIOS Management with PowerShell

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Hewlett-Packard’s Client Management Interface and Dell’s OpenManage Client Instrumentation allow their hardware to be managed through various enterprise mana...

Rename Computers with PowerShell

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Some documentation refers to the Rename-Computer cmdlet, but according to this post, providing an invalid computer name could cause unexpected results. Since...

Geocoding with PowerShell

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Version 3 of Google’s Geocoding API does not return information in CSV format. This updated code processes the XML returned by the new API.

Query Active Directory with PowerShell

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This function queries Active Directory for users matching the specified parameter and generates a PSObject with certain properties from the returned objects....

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VBScript

Creating Lists of Computer Names

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Very often you will want to run a script against a list of computers. I’ve found that the most flexible way is to grab computer names from a text file. When ...

Finding computer IP information

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When we went through a subnet change, we found there were many systems with an incorrect default gateway manually entered into their IP information.

Creating AD computer accounts from a CSV

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This is an updated script that creates computer accounts in Active Directory. This script uses a comma separated values file as an input instead of two text ...

Automatic Logoff when Screensaver Activates

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Many organizations have workstations in common areas for various purposes. If a user walks off without logging out first, that workstation needs to be unlock...

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Community

Join me at SQL Saturday #151 in Orlando

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I will be presenting PowerShell for Beginners at SQL Saturday #151 in Orlando, Florida on September 29. This session will cover the fundamentals for anyone ...

2012 Jacksonville IT Pro Camp

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It was great meeting so many new people interested in PowerShell at the Jacksonville IT Pro Camp last weekend. All of the presenters at these events are volu...

Resources from SQL Saturday #130

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I want to thank everyone that attended my PowerShell session at SQL Saturday #130 in Jacksonville. It was a great opportunity to demonstrate some PowerShell ...

SQL Saturday #110 Presentation

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This weekend was my first SQL Saturday, and I was very happy to have my session on PowerShell remoting selected. The SQL community is an amazing bunch of peo...

Presentation from 2012 Sarasota IT Pro Camp

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The 2012 Sarasota IT Pro Camp at Keiser University was a great success, mainly due to the hard work from the organizers and volunteers. I want to thank all t...

SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa

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I will be presenting at SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa, Florida on March 10th. This is a free event for SQL Server professionals and anyone that’s interested in ...

2012 Sarasota IT Pro Camp

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I will be presenting my PowerShell Remoting session at the Sarasota IT Pro Camp on February 18th. These events are free, one-day learning conferences for IT ...

Orlando IT Pro Camp Sessions

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I will be presenting two sessions at the Orlando IT Pro Camp on January 21st. IT Pro Camp is a free, one-day learning event for IT Professionals. There will ...

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Windows 8

Windows 8 Consumer Preview and PowerShell 3.0

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Yesterday, the Consumer Preview of Windows 8 was released along with the beta of Windows Management Framework 3.0, which is PowerShell v3 for Windows 7 Servi...

Windows 8 Developer Preview with PowerShell v3

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Microsoft released the Windows 8 developer preview last night, which includes PowerShell version 3! The IT Pros that couldn’t sleep last night are reporting ...

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