Debugging A PowerShell String
A friend had asked for some assistance with a script that was adding objects into Active Directory. It was failing to create Active Directory groups – “Invalid DN Syntax” was the descriptive message we...
View ArticleCreate a New Azure VM with PowerShell
There's a cmdlet called Get-AzureVMImage which returns all of the predefined Azure VM images you can choose from when setting up a new Azure virtual machine (VM). Since we're SQL Server people, here's...
View ArticleHow I’ve started loving PowerShell
I’m Fabien, 32 years old and I started using PowerShell in 2008 because I’m a lazy guy. I’ve always liked to build things in order to make them work. I think you need automation to handle your daily...
View ArticleInstall Orchestrator SMA
Q: How do I install System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator Service Management Automation?A: Orchestrator Service Management Automation (SMA) is a new component in System Center 2012 R2 and is a core...
View ArticleMake PowerShell Clever With Decision-Making
we’ve created a nicely formatted, easy-to-read script that reconstructed every user account’s DisplayName by combining each account’s GivenName attribute, a space, and its sn attribute, and using that...
View ArticleConfigure the PowerShell host
As a PowerShell fan I find using the vCO PowerShell plugin makes my life a whole lot easier. What isn't easy however, is the configuration of vCO and a PowerShell jump host. Having done it a few...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell to troubleshoot the Exchange mailbox creation process
I’ve been recently tasked by the team responsible for user account management to investigate why a user mailbox wasn’t created along with its Active Directory account. PowerShell being my favorite tool...
View ArticleCreating a PowerShell Script Gallery Upload ISE Add-On – Part 2
In this post I explain the steps I took to create this ISE Add-On.Read More
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Get few installed apps version number from a list of Computers?
I m still trying to get my script working. What i m trying to do is gathering few installed apps version number from a list of computers and output as below. The format of output must be this way..I...
View ArticleHow to confirm your script worked?
I have this code which works. $computers = (get-ItemProperty hklm:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MPSD\OSD).OSDComputerName $GetOU = (get-ItemProperty hklm:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MPSD\OSD).OSDDomainOUName$dom =...
View Articleissue to silent install pidgin 2.10.9
I am not sure it is the script issue or the software doesn't have silent installer in it. It just doesn't work with silent installation.Notes: I used GPO to deploy script and software on local c:\temp...
View Articlechange the interface language
Good day.i have a russian interface PowerShell 4 running on a russian interface Win 7.i'd like to change the interface of the PowerShell and the help language to english.Is it possible?RegardsKamil
View ArticleCombine outputs from commands
Hello all,How would I combine the following two commands into a single command?Get-mailboxstatistics "Joe Bloggs" | ft DisplayName, TotalItemSize, ItemCount, StorageLimitStatus -autoGet-mailbox "Joe...
View ArticleUnable to login to website,get error message : InvalidOperation: (Click:String)
Hi,I tried the following script,it worked for my other task but not sure why it is not working here, pls help, below is the script: $username = "username" $password = "password"$servername = "abc"$url...
View ArticlePOWER SHELL UPDATE!!
Should I update power shell, I have this message "vaio-shell has stopped working" since my version is v.1 and v 2.0 I have both of them and my OS is windows 7 home premium sp1. I wish I could...
View ArticleFilter out unwanted item in a list of variables
I have this snippet of code that I need help filtering the output get-ADPermission-Identity'CN=TdF.york@york.gov.uk,OU=SharedMailboxes,OU=Users,OU=CYC,DC=york,DC=gov,DC=uk' |Where-Object {($_.Deny...
View Article.key and .crt certificate conversion to .pem format in PowerShell
Hello, During my work with openssl I came across a problem related to entity certificate and key conversion in .crt and .key format to .pem which is required by my application. Is there any possiblity...
View ArticleManaging Windows Azure Resources Using PowerShell
Microsoft has put a great deal of effort into designing a framework for Windows Server that can be utilized by any Windows role as well as features to implement command-line functionality. Most of the...
View Article#PSTip Functions and SQL filtering, Part 2
Adding support for easy filtering on individual table columns is great, but the fact that user would have to use SQL wildcard syntax rather than wildcards that he is used to, makes it feel like a...
View ArticleHow to tell if current node is active or passive in failover cluster?
I have a script that runs on both the active and passive nodes and I need it to figure out if it's currently on the active node or not. I've found a little info on that with the following commands,...
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