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About Me
I am certified Microsoft professional, a Microsoft MVP and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Windows server technologies. I work today as an independent author, trainer and consultant. I've co-authored or authored several books, courseware, and training videos on administrative scripting and automation. My latest book is Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShel: TFM 2nd Ed.(SAPIEN Press 2011).
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Author Archives: Jeffery Hicks
San Diego 2012 PowerShell Deep Dive Slides and Demos
Last week at the PowerShell Deep Dive in San Diego, I did a short presentation on integrating Microsoft Office applications like Excel and Word with Windows PowerShell. I easily could have spoken much longer and probably tried to cram too … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, PowerShell, Scripting
Tagged DeepDive, Office, PowerShell, Scripting, TEC
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Friday Fun: PowerShell Countdown
Recently, Josh Atwell posted a PowerShell script that performed a countdown. Naturally, I was inspired and did the whole “embrace and extend” thing. Don’t get me wrong: Josh’s script is perfectly fine. I saw some opportunities to try some things … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Fun, PowerShell, Scripting
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PowerShell Scripting with [ValidateCount]
Here’s another parameter validation attribute you might want to use in your PowerShell scripting and functions. If your parameter can take an array of values, you might want to limit that array to a certain size. For example, your parameter … Continue reading
Skipping WMI System Properties in PowerShell
One of my favorite techniques when using WMI in PowerShell is to pipe an object to Select-Object and select all properties. Try this: get-wmiobject win32_bios | select * It works, but it also gets all of the system properties like … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Scripting, WMI
Tagged Get-WMIObject, PowerShell, ScriptBlock, Scripting, WMI
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