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PowerShell Not Your Father's Command Line Part 24 of 31: PowerShell Did What!?!? How to Mitigate Risk!
Have you ever had the moment, and it is usually right after you hit the enter key, that OMG what I...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/24/2011
Springboard Tour Recap Columbus
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Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/22/2011
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 22 of 31: Good PowerShell Things Come in Nifty Packages
Get-TolkienCharacter – Gollum What you got in your modulessssesssss.Not fair my precious In...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/22/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 19 of 31: Small Business Server, PowerShell, and Me
Welcome to part 19, this post will be slightly different from the rest of the series, but Sarah and...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/19/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 18 of 31: So You Deleted A User…On Purpose
We have all been here before. Maybe you have deleted a user either accidentally or on...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/18/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 17 of 31: Who Wants to Manage Active Directory?
In part 13, I mentioned how to work with the provider for Active Directory (AD). I also mentioned...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/17/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 16 of 31: PowerShell Take Me Out To The Grid
With PowerShell 2.0 there are some nice GUI features to help leverage PowerShell in some new and...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/16/2011
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 15 of 31: ISE, ISE Baby…
In today’s post Sarah takes a look at new GUI feature in PowerShell called the ISE. You may...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/15/2011
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 14 of 31: Sorry I’m Not Home Right Now, Walking into IIS Webs…
In the last few posts we have been talking about providers, for the registry and for AD. In...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/14/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 13 of 31: The Provider Active Directory Style
In the last couple of posts we have taken a look at working with providers and using the registry...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/13/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 12 of 31: PowerShell and The Registry
In yesterday’s post we took a look a quick look at providers. In this post we are going to...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/12/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 11 of 31: PowerShell Providers and You!
One of the great areas you can do a lot of work in PowerShell is with providers. Providers are...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/11/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 10 of 31: PowerShell Protecting You From Yourself
In yesterday’s post on profiles you saw how PowerShell prevented the profile script from...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/10/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 9 of 31: Another Side of PowerShell Profiles
In some previous posts we talked about how to add functionality through importing modules, or adding...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/09/2011
PowerShell Not Your Father’s Command Line Part 8 of 31: Won’t You Take Me To Functiontown?
Good morning everyone and Happy Mothers Day! Sarah followed up on my post yesterday on...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/08/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 7 of 31: Conjunction Function PowerShell What Are Functions?
This post is designed to introduce what a Function is and basic primary purpose of functions in...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/07/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 6 of 31: A Cmdlet By Any Other Name Would Be An Alias
One of the great things about PowerShell cmdlets is you can give them any name you want them to have...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/06/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line part 5 of 31: Where in the World is Part 5
As some of you know for the second book (Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/05/2011
Free Office 365 Jump Start 5/24-5/26 - Register now!
Just one week after TechEd, Microsoft Learning is hosting an exclusive three-day Jump Start class...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/04/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line part 4 of 31: Who Ya Gonna Call For Help?
Being able to call for help is important to how you learn PowerShell. So who do you...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/04/2011
This One Time in a PowerShell Session…Part 3 of 31: Where Did All the Good Cmdlets Go?
In the last post I talked briefly on how to read PowerShell, now lets take a look at how to find out...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/03/2011
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Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/02/2011
PowerShell Not your Father’s Command Line Part 1 of 31: Why PowerShell?
Welcome to the inaugural post of 31 posts during the month of May on Windows PowerShell 2.0. Sarah...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 05/01/2011
Go Browns: Peyton Hillis wins the Cover of Madden NFL 12!
Pre-ordering my copy now! Go Browns!
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/27/2011
Talk TechNet airs 4/27 at 9am PST - Topic for the day - Virtualization
This morning we’ll be taking questions live from you. Join us at 9am PST as we host an episode on...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/27/2011
Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) Launches: Learn about the Cloud In the Cloud!
MVA is a new online training portal aimed at IT Professionals, and anyone else, who want to...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/21/2011
Vote NOW: For Peyton Hillis for the Madden NFL 12 Cover
Four wins down. One to go. Browns running back Peyton Hillis defeated quarterback Aaron Rodgers of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/20/2011
Louisville, KY Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-13-2011)
Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Louisville ! I hope everyone had...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/19/2011
Join the Office 365 Public Beta Now!
Join the beta program and explore Microsoft Office 365. When Office 365 is commercially released,...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/18/2011
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Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/14/2011
Nashville, TN Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (4-1-2011)
Good afternoon and thank you to everyone who attended the event in Nashville! I hope everyone...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/11/2011
Springboard Rides Again- The Springboard Tour Dates and Cities Announced Register now!!!
May 2 – Toronto | May 4 – Detroit | May 6 – Chicago | May 9 – Indianapolis | May 11 – Dallas | May...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/08/2011
Get it now: Free Download Microsoft iSCSI Target to help with Live Migration (LM) and High Availability (HA)
If you have ever wanted to use Live Migration (LM) and High Availability (HA) you had to have shared...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/04/2011
NEW Heartland User Group: Southeast Michigan SMB IT Pro Group: Inaugural meeting Tuesday April 19th 6-8:00pm
I wanted to let everyone know about a new group forming in Michigan. The Southeast Michigan...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 04/04/2011
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Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/31/2011
Columbus, OH, Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-24-2011)
Thanks for everyone for coming out to the Columbus event on the 24th. Thanks for all of the...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/30/2011
Cleveland, OH Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-22-2011)
Thank you to everyone who attended the event in Cleveland, I had a great time and a lot of great...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/29/2011
TechNet Slides: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud
Here are the slides for the TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud. I...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/28/2011
Pre-Order NOW: Automating Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows PowerShell 2.0
As many of you may have noticed, I have not been blogging a lot of lately, and probably have...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/25/2011
Introducing Microsoft Virtual Academy: Free Technical Training on many topics and yes training on Cloud!
Looking for a simple, effective way to get the skills and training you needed to take advantage of...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/25/2011
Huzzah!!!! My Arrive Arrived!
Oh let the joy of Windows Phone 7 finally begin! I love making my buddy Keith jealous: Sprint...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/25/2011
Matt’s Best Year Yet: Recap 5 bold NFL Predictions
In the three years I have been doing this I rocked this year and nailed 3 out 5 predictions. ...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/20/2011
Detroit, MI Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-17-2011)
Thank you to everyone taking time out of your St. Patricks day celebrations to spend 4 hours with my...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/20/2011
Grand Rapids, MI Q/A TechNet Event: Transforming IT from Virtualization to the Cloud (3-15-2011)
Thank you to everyone who ventured out to Grand Valley State last Tuesday! Thank you for...
Author: Matt Hester Date: 03/19/2011