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Many of the Microsoft AD cmdlets have a ““Filter and an ““LDAPFilter parameter. So what”™s the difference? PS> Get-Help Get-ADUser -Parameter *Filter* -Filter Specifies a query string that retrieves Active Directory objects. This string uses the PowerShell Expression Language …
Quick reminder that the UK PowerShell group is hosting a Live Meeting webcast on PowerShell Advanced functions tomorrow ““ details from http://richardspowershellblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/uk-powershell-groupadvanced-functions/
PowerShell in Depth is rapidly approaching its publication date ““ see www.manning.com/jones2 for details
My latest book has been released on the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). Active Directory Management in a Month of Lunches takes the newcomer to AD through the tasks they need to perform to manage their organization"™s AD. it assumes no knowledge of AD and shows how to perform the common …
I decided to replace one of the DCs in my test environment with a Windows 2012 Server Core machine. Server Core has really come of age in Windows 2012 ““ its easy to configure. I”™ve covered configuring a server before but to recap: Rename the machine ““ use Rename-Computer Set …
When you used the WMI cmdlets Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_logicalDisk -ComputerName RSLAPTOP01 You were using DCOM to access the remote machine. Even if you accessed the local machine you were using DCOM. This changes in PowerShell v3 when using the CIM cmdlets. If you don"™t use a computername …
When: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 7:30 PM (GMT) Where: Virtual *********~* Advanced functions give you ability to create functions that act like cmdlets. Learn how to get the most from this powerful part of the PowerShell functionality Notes Richard Siddaway has invited you to attend an online meeting …
I"™ve been grading the scripts in the warm up events for the Scripting Games and noticed a lot of people doing this: Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk | where {$_.DriveType -eq 3} Ok now it works but there are a couple of things wrong with this approach. Firstly, you are ignoring the built …
The series of articles on PowerShell workflows that are appearing on the Scripting Guy blog is now complete. The articles in the series that have been published are: http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/12/26/powershell-workflows-the-basics.aspx …
As a warm up for this years Scripting Games a two event Winter Scripting Camp has been organised. Details from https://powershell.org/games/
