Get to know PowerShell 3.0 with Jeffery Hicks
On May 22nd, 2013, MVP Systems Software is hosting a free webinar on introduction to PowerShell 3.0. PowerShell MVP and a well known author Jeffery Hicks will be presenting this. Here is an abstract of what you can expect from the event. PowerShell 3.0 continues to build on the solid foundation of PowerShell 2.0. Today, IT Pros have a set of even more powerful tools to add to...
PowerShell Summit 2013 session recordings
Haven’t had the chance to attend the PowerShell Summit? You can now watch the recordings on YouTube thanks to Aaron Hoover, one of the great PowerShell enthusiasts who attended this successful PowerShell event. Alan Renouf – Creating a Complex and Reusable HTML Reporting Structure Alan Renouf – Practical PowerShell Integration from Bare Metal to the Cloud Aleksandar...
New PowerShell Book: PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook
Packt Publishing has released a new book on Windows PowerShell “PowerShell 3.0 Advanced Administration Handbook“. This book was authored by PowerShell MVPs Sherif Talaat and Haijun Fu. Here is an overview of the contents of this book: Discover and understand the concept of Windows PowerShell 3.0 Learn the advanced topics and techniques for a professional PowerShell...
2013 PowerShell Scripting Games
Mark your calendars. Registrations for the 2013 Scripting Games begin on April 22. To get a better understanding of how the games work this year (hosted on PowerShell.org), start by reading the 2013 Competitor’s Guide. If you plan to participate in the games, make sure to read the Instructions for Competitors and Spectators as well. The script submissions will be commentated this...
PowerGUI Script Editor gets full support for PowerShell 3.0
Dell released PowerGUI 3.6.0 script editor early this week. With this release, PowerGUI includes full support for Windows PowerShell 3.0 and support for Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 Operating Systems. You can download this new release on PowerGUI.org. A complete list of changes since the release of PowerGUI 3.0 are available here.
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#PSTip Find all groups with same group members in Active Directory
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. Today I was asked if there was a way to find out which groups have the same group members. This is possible…
#PSTip Retrieve group membership of an Active Directory group recursively
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. When you need to manage Active Directory, the Active Directory PowerShell module is the first admin choice as it provides many cmdlets for…
#PSTip Verify local SAM store account credentials
PowerShell provides a nice way of testing if a set of credentials are correct. This can be done by using the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace. Earlier this year Shay discussed how this…
#PSTip Verify Active Directory account credentials using System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry
The System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace provides a nice way of testing if a set of Active Directory credentials are correct (also discussed in PSTip Validating Active Directory user credentials ). Another method…
#PSTip Adding local users to SQL Server Logins using SMO
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. There was a question on StackOverflow about adding local users to SQL Server logins. I provided an answer to that and realized…
Get to know PowerShell 3.0 with Jeffery Hicks
On May 22nd, 2013, MVP Systems Software is hosting a free webinar on introduction to PowerShell 3.0. PowerShell MVP and a well known author Jeffery Hicks will be presenting this. Here…
#PSTip List SQL database mirroring partner using SMO
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. In an earlier tip, we looked at how to verify if a SQL database is mirrored. Continuing this series on SQL SMO…
