Posts Tagged ‘automation’
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
Sorry you didn't make it to the Big Apple for the last Techmentor conference. It was a small and intimate show which I always like because it is easier to talk with attendees and answer questions. Plus your odds are increased for all the freebies, include free books!
Here's a taste of what you missed.
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Tags: automation, powershell, Quest, Redmond, scripting, security, Techmentor, wmi
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
PowerShell's [DATETIME] object has some handy methods for calculating a date such as AddDays(). Let me show you how as well as my own function for those situations where PowerShell's methods just aren't enough.
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Tags: automation, DateTime, Functions, powershell, scripting
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
I just got the proof from the printer for Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM. It always exciting to hold a finished (or close…
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Tags: Active Directory, automation, Books, powershell, Quest, scripting, tfm
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
If you've been debating the pros and cons of PowerShell vs T-SQL, or trying to decide why anyone would want to use PowerShelll to manage…
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Tags: automation, Microsoft, powershell, scripting, sql, T-SQL
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Friday, August 15th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
I needed a demonstration for one of my last online PowerShell classes on using COM objects in PowerShell. I took an old VBScript that used Microsoft Word to get document statistics such as word and page count and transformed it into PowerShell. I quickly realized I could flesh out the demo into a larger function that I can actually use. Given that I generate a lot of Word docs, being able to get some document statistics is helpful. So I created a function called Get-DocStatistic.
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Tags: Add-Member, automation, com, function, Microsoft Word, New-Object, objects, powershell, scriptblock, scripting, Write-Progress
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
Our new PowerShell training series is getting some terrific and positive attention in the blogosphere.
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Tags: automation, powershell, scripting, training
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Monday, March 10th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
If you've been reading the Windows Administration in RealTime ejournal, I hope you've enjoyed my Practical PowerShell column. You've also may have been wondering where to get your hands on the code.
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Tags: administration, automation, powershell, scripting, Windows
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 by Jeffery Hicks
In addition to all my other writing and speaking gigs, I'm now writing a monthly column for a new eJournal from RealTime Publishers. The column, Practical PowerShell, will be a regular feature in Windows Administration in Realtime.
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Tags: administration, automation, eJournal, powershell, Realtime, scripting, tips, tricks, Windows
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