Showing archive results for November 2013

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the importance of objects when working with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is starting to get rather cold and rainy outside here in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. On a day like this, I like to have a cup of Lapsang Souchong tea. Lapsang So...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to view network statistics. How can I use Windows PowerShell to view the amount of data going through my network cards? One way is to use the performance counters.To find available counters:Get-Counter -ListSet 'Network Adapter' | select -ExpandProperty PathsWithInstances | sortTo view the stat...

Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to collect data for capacity planning.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning Windows PowerShell and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell. I’ve been told to start performing capacity planning for my servers and was wondering how I can u...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the current connection profile.  How I can use Windows PowerShell to find the current connection profile on my laptop running Windows 8?  Use the Get-NetConnectionProfile cmdlet: Get-NetConnectionProfile

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to discover virtual switch extensions in Hyper-V. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I have been playing around with Windows PowerShell and with Hyper-V. One of the cool things about Hyper-V networking is that the virtual switches are extensible. This provid...