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Often I have had to check something against all servers or clients. A classic problem and every time I run into the it it’s time consuming and running the job multithreaded would be nice. A few years back I found a nice little script for multithreading which I have been using quite often. …
Join us on Thursday, September 3rd when Maximo Trinidad will be giving a talk called a “Creating a SQL Server Database Report with PowerShell”. As describe by Maximo: This is a deep dive on how to create a SQL Server report using PowerShell and SMO. At the same time, you will learn how …
It’s no secret that Microsoft’s WebAdministration module isn’t universally loved. It’s functionality isn’t deep, and it doesn’t play well in the PowerShell pipeline. There are also a number of things in it that run really slowly, making bulk administration a pain. …
Modularity and abstraction are a huge benefit in scripting and coding. Which of the following blocks of code are easier to understand? $SQLConnection = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SQLConnection $SQLConnection.ConnectionString = 'Server=SqlServer1;Database=MyDB;Integrated Security=True;Connect …
Working with wifi I have often needed to do a survey of the surroundings, and therefor I loved that windows 7 (maybe even Vista) introduced more advanced netsh with wifi support. There’s a lot of useful information but it might be nice to have a more graphical overview. The thing is that a text blob …
I’m back from Techmentor Redmond 2015 which was my first public speaking talk ever. It went great. I met a ton of great people and really enjoyed myself. When speaking to IT pros one of the questions I typically ask them is “Are you blogging or sharing your knowledge?”. 9 times out …
Are you starting to use version control at work? Are you being pestered by fellow PowerShell aficionados to start learning version control? Did you catch the PowerShell.org Crash Course in Version Control and pick up some Git and GitHub experience? Shameless plug, sorry : ) Version control is just …
Fellow Admins. A quick chat if you’re new to variables. So if you’re like me and don’t know any other programing/scripting language then all this PowerShell stuff is a bit daunting. So to help, this articles is on PowerShell Variables. The thing is that Variables in PowerShell are …
Join the Mississippi PowerShell User Group virtually on Tuesday, August 11th at 8:30pm Central Time when SharePoint MVP Todd Klindt will present “ **Conquering Azure and Office 365 with PowerShell ** ”. After years and years of anticipation, 2015 might end up actually being the year of the Cloud. …
** PowerShell Summit NA 2016 – Call for Topics ** The PowerShell Summit is the number one conference where PowerShell enthusiasts gather and learn from each other in fast-paced, knowledge packed presentations. PowerShell experts from all over the world including MVP’s, Guru’s, community leaders and …
