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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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Tag Archives: Invoke-Command
Remote PowerShell Performance Comparison
Fellow Windows PowerShell MVP Marco Shaw clued me in on a Microsoft blog post that did a terrific job of comparing, from a performance perspective the different PowerShell 2.0 techniques you can use when managing remote computers. The results are … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell v2.0, Scripting
Tagged Invoke-Command, Measure-Command, Measure-Object, Performance, PowerShell, remoting
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The PowerShell Balloon Festival
I trust by now you are realizing how valuable Windows PowerShell is as a management tool. With a one line command you can accomplish an extraordinary amount of work. Sometimes this work may be long running, which is where background … Continue reading
Posted in CommandLine, PowerShell v2.0, Scripting, Windows 7
Tagged Don Jones, functions, Get-Eventlog, Invoke-Command, PowerShell, ScriptBlock
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PModem and Folder Listings
PowerShell MVP Oisin Grehan posted a very promising PowerShell module the other day. He calls it the PModem File Transfer Protocol. It is based on the old bulletin board file transfer protocols of the late 20th century, which I have … Continue reading
Posted in CommandLine, MVP, PowerShell v2.0
Tagged Files, Get-RemoteFile, Invoke-Command, pModem, PowerShell, ScriptBlock, Scripting, winrm
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