Windows PowerShell 3.0 and Server Manager Quick Reference Guides Released
The PowerShell Language Reference is four-pages, while the rest are two-pages long, giving readers a condensed version of each topic, good for viewing on a mobile device like a Windows 8 tablet.Read More
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View ArticleDownload Free PowerShell Quick Reference Guides from Microsoft
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Hi, Im using GetsummaryInformation() in powershell script to get the Guest Os operating system details. But it is empty when the machine is offline or it is Linux. It is giving output only when the...
View ArticleNew-PSDrive for URL
HiIs it possible to create a new PSDrive to a URL? I'm trying to script the copying of documents to SharePoint 2010 libraries from a windows 7 desktop machine. I have tried the usual map network drive...
View ArticleRestart server & then email
I am trying to write a script to restart a server and then email when the restart is done.I started with this basic command: Restart-Computer -ComputerName <string[ ]>,But I can't get it into a...
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View ArticleHow to find all hostnames in DNS belong to single IP?
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