January, 2012

Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to automate basic administrative tasks on a WSUS server.

Guest blogger, Boe Prox, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to install WSUS and configure clients for updates.

The Microsoft Scripting Guys formally announce the 2012 Scripting Games featuring Windows PowerShell.

See how guest blogger, Rich Prescott, leveraged the Windows PowerShell community as he built his popular ArPosh Client System Administration tool.

Use Windows PowerShell to discover what schema updates have been applied to your Active Directory environment.

Guest blogger, Tim Bolton, shares a real world story that brings home the need to learn Windows PowerShell.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches how to use Windows PowerShell to group and to format output.

Guest blogger, Boe Prox, discusses the development of the free Windows PowerShell module that he wrote to manage WSUS.

Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to run Exchange Server 2010 commands remotely by using implicit remoting.

Guest blogger, Boe Prox, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to approve or to decline updates for WSUS.

Learn how to use the computer target scope with Windows PowerShell to find WSUS client computers that are missing updates.

Much of the time, there is no guarantee to the order in which Windows PowerShell returns objects. This blog explains how to fix that issue.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches how to use the Windows PowerShell Group-Object cmdlet to organize data.

Learn how to use the WSUS Update Scope with Windows PowerShell to get update status information for client computers.

Use Windows PowerShell to print output from commands without installing print drivers.

Microsoft PFE, Seth Brandes, discusses using Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot a customer problem with Exchange Server public folders.

Learn how to gain access to the Get-ExCommand Exchange command while in an implicit remote Windows PowerShell session.

Learn how to use a new Exchange Server 2010 cmdlet to audit via Windows PowerShell changes made to the server.

Microsoft PFE, Norman Drews, shows how to use the Active Directory cmdlets and the Exchange cmdlets to clean up distribution groups.

Create a Windows PowerShell function that accepts pipelined input and creates a variable length underline that uses various characters.

Microsoft PFE, Georges Maheu, opens his security assessment toolbox to discuss a Windows PowerShell script he uses to look at Windows services.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to select unique objects and properties from a sorted list.

Microsoft PFE, Bhargav Shukla, shows how to use Windows PowerShell and RBAC to control access to Exchange cmdlets.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use the Windows PowerShell pipeline to increase your productivity and to avoid writing scripts.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell Get-Random cmdlet to choose a specific number of random letters.