Showing archive results for 2014

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating a graphical Help function in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, I should have known. In yesterday’s post, A Graphical Tool to Explore PowerShell Help, I said it would not take too long to convert my Windows PowerShell script (that I used to d...

Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet to aid in exploring cmdlets.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to graphically explore cmdlets provided by the Hyper-V module and filter by verb?  Use the Get-Command cmdlet and specify the Hyper-V module. Select the name, verb, noun, and definition     &...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to explore Help topics. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. With the drops of the Windows Management Framework 5.0 (also known as Windows PowerShell 5.0), now is a good time to begin exploring modules, new cmdlets, and so on. It is way cool that Win...

Summary: Find Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are supplied by a specific module.  How can I easily see all the cmdlets that ship with the Hyper-V module.?  Use the Get-Command cmdlet, and specify the Hyper-V module. (Tab expansion works for module names, which is great because who can remember if Hyper-V has a hyphen?) Get-Comma...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to perform an easy shutdown. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I do with Windows PowerShell is to automate repetitive tasks. It may sound rather obvious, but I can assure you it is not. The reason? I become a creature of habit. I finally w...