Needed to update a spreadsheet for a bunch of servers.  I wanted PowerShell to just go look in DNS and try to resolve the name.  I didn’t need to get the configured IP from the server directly and I know they are all registered in DNS.  I also only wanted the v4 addresses, not v6. Here...

I came across a cool script today . The intent is to limit the output from ipconfig to only enabled, TCP-bound NICs. Of course this isn't really ipconfig, it is a wmi call for net info but the result is the same. I dig the frame output but decided to see how slim I could get it in pure PS form. Note...

I’m publishing some of the scripts I have written for VMM.  These are each based on specific customer asks or conversations that lead me to go sleepless in trying to solve the problems myself.  I am very interested in your feedback, especially if you would like to offer a change to improve...

I’m publishing some of the scripts I have written for VMM. These are each based on specific customer asks or conversations that lead me to go sleepless in trying to solve the problems myself. I am very interested in your feedback, especially if you would like to offer a change to improve efficiency...

I’m publishing some of the scripts I have written for VMM. These are each based on specific customer asks or conversations that lead me to go sleepless in trying to solve the problems myself. I am very interested in your feedback, especially if you would like to offer a change to improve efficiency or...

I’m publishing some of the scripts I have written for VMM. These are each based on specific customer asks or conversations that lead me to go sleepless in trying to solve the problems myself. I am very interested in your feedback, especially if you would like to offer a change to improve efficiency or...

As I am releasing several scripts for VMM over the next month, the details of of each weigh on my mind during spare cycles.  One problem I thought I should solve is checking to see if the VMM snap-in has been loaded and then taking action based on the results. Turns out Jeffrey Hicks, one of my...

Working on another project and I needed a way to wake up an offline server from within my PS script.  I found this genius blog post and converted it to a script. Genius blog post - The PowerShell Guy : PowerShell Wake-on-lan script I saved the below text as send-wol.ps1 for re-usability.  This...

This is a great blog Janssen.  Keep them coming!!! http://janssenjones.typepad.com/janssenjonescom/ The top three posts (as of today) are all related to managing Hyper-V with PowerShell.  Especially interesting is the code he has written to provision his SAN on the fly! I guess I should start...

Don, in case you spot this - I'm stealing your title and linking back to you! This is the type of thing I flag in my mind. I can think of many, many applications. Imagine having search built in to applications with more than just an iframe, real usable data that you can build on! Link to Live Search...

Each year my manager approves enough budget for our team to attend some sort of reasonably priced training. Being product specialists, each of us has different interests and most of us want to learn something that is peripheral to our focus so we might expand our knowledge to other areas. I started searching...