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Archived blog of former Microsoft Premier Field Engineer Ashley McGlone featuring PowerShell scripts for the real world.

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Recently Microsoft's legal department asked me to remind you that, yes, I do work for Microsoft....

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 08/15/2011

Ed Wilson is coming to Columbus, Ohio!

Hey folks, The Microsoft Hey Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is coming to Columbus, Ohio on July 21st from...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 07/13/2011

AD Replication in TRON terms “The Grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 06/29/2011

Do Over: SID History One-Liner

Wouldn’t you know it. The very same day I posted the SID history script I found a shorter way...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 05/26/2011

Using PowerShell to resolve Token Size issues caused by SID history

Update: To see all articles in this series click here. No matter how bad he wants to an elephant...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 05/19/2011

PowerShell Remoting Exposed: How To Command Your Minions

We have many words to describe those who do the boss's dirty work: minion, henchman, and toadie. My...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 04/18/2011

Free Springboard Microsoft Event In A City Near You

Microsoft is back in the US for another Springboard Series Tour! www.springboardseriestour.com May 2...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 04/08/2011

Update available for PowerShell Get-Help cmdlet

Now Get-Help goes to the next level. I don't know why they waited so long to add this. You have...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 04/01/2011

Step-by-Step: How to use Active Directory PowerShell cmdlets against 2003 domain controllers

Irish Soda Bread with Guinness Reduction Dip. Doesn't that sound good? It makes my mouth water just...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 03/17/2011

The 2011 Scripting Games Begin on April 4th!

Find all the details here:...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 03/11/2011

Do you have a large Active Directory site topology with many empty sites? If so, this post is for...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 02/11/2011

Finally! Copy and merge GPOs! PowerShell saves the day!

UPDATE This script has been updated here. The Problem I wish I had this script five years ago. At...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 01/18/2011

A Dickens of a DNS Puzzle: How to clean up those stale AD site DNS records (with PowerShell of course)

Typically DNS scavenging takes care of old DNS records, and that is the recommended path of...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 12/22/2010

Big Downloads With PowerShell

Personally I do not trust some of the popular 3rd party tools used for big downloads given the...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 11/17/2010

So you've just finished creating all of the sites in your AD forest, or you've chosen to rebuild...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 10/06/2010

PowerShell Script To Combine DNS Zones

Have you ever wanted to consolidate or merge duplicate primary DNS zones? This is a common scenario...

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 09/02/2010

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Hello world.

Author: Ashley McGlone Date: 08/11/2010

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