June 2006 - Posts
How IT Works-SMS Client-Side Software Installation
Nice article. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/07/HowITWorks/default.aspx
Who's using PowerShell
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PowerShell Resources
Powershell Portal: http://www.microsoft.com/powershell Powershell Team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/ Scripts.readify.net: http://scripts.readify.net/ Jeffrey Hicks’ Blog (former coworker!): http://jdhitsolutions.blogspot.com/ Keith Hill’s Blog: http://keithhill.spaces.msn.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c01_blogpart=blogmgmt&_c=blogpart Powershell for Fun (includes Powershell remoting tools!...
PowerShell Active Directory Phonebook Script
Tim posted another great sample script on his blog function getmobilenumber($name) { $root = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry $Searcher = New-Object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher $Searcher.Searchroot = $root $searcher.filter = ("(sn=$name)") $Proplist = "cn","mobile" $Proplist | foreach {[void]$Searcher.Propertiestoload.Add($_)} $results = $searcher.findall() foreach ($result in $results...
Tech-Ed 2006: New Bakup & Offline Files Features in Vista
A completely new file backup & restore tool that deals with types of files rather than file locations. The restore tool lets you browse the backup catalog just like Explorer. As the speaker said, a muppet could use it . The backups are done using Zip files which means you can still pull stuff out of them without the help of Vista. A backup & restore system that images volumes. It is possible...
Our friend, Tim Mintner posted a great PowerShell script today on his blog.
Our friend, Tim Mintner posted a great PowerShell script today on his blog. http://blogs.technet.com/tmintner/archive/2006/06/24/438680.aspx
PowerShell - Finding the static methods of a class
Jeffrey Snover posted a great post on the PowerShell Blog In the previous entry, it showed how you could use the static method GetHostAddresses of the [System.Net.Dns] class to resolve a hostname. This begs the question, how do you find the static methods of a class. There are 2 answers to this: 1) SDK documentation. (remember the trick here - type the name of the class you want and the term "Members...
PowerShell - resolve a hostname into an IP Address
Jeffrey Snover posted this on the Powershell blog Wei Wu provided a nice one liner in response to a query in our NewsGroup: Microsoft.Public.Windows.PowerShell about how to resolve a hostname into an IP Address: PS> [ System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses(" www.msn.com ") IPAddressToString : 207.68.173.76 Address : 1286423759 AddressFamily : InterNetwork ScopeId : IsIPv6Multicast : False IsIPv6LinkLocal...
Was that 3 Posts in one day on my blog?
Wow...maybe I'm actually finding time to blog again. I always give Dan Thomson a hard time because he is so busy with everything...and then look at me, I get lost in the shuffle and didn't have time myself. Well, hopefully things are changing and I can get back to blogging on a more constant basis. Readers beware!
PowerShell and Migrations
http://blogs.technet.com/collabtools/archive/2006/06/23/438504.aspx Good article on PowerShell and Migrations. More links on Powershell Powershell blog http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/ A video showing an old tool of mine in action… mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/exchange/2007/Automation_And_Reporting_With_The_Exchange_Management_Shell_300k.wmv And a couple of additional blogs showing off some Exchange...
PowerShell documentation
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2B0BBFCD-0797-4083-A817-5E6A054A85C9&displaylang=en
To successfully blog using Word 2007 and Community Server
To successfully blog using Word 2007 and Community Server. So if you have a blog of http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker the Posting URL is http://www.myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rcrumbaker/ metablog.ashx
PowerShell Scripting Contest
Exchange Server 2007 Scripting Contest Activate the PowerShell – And Enter to Win a Trip to the Exchange Server 2007 Launch! If you’re looking for the deal of a lifetime then you’ve come to the right place: write a one-line script for managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and you’ll have a chance at winning a trip to – well, wherever the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Launch extravaganza will be...
Firefox, iTunes, Skype Top Most Dangerous List
Firefox, iTunes, and Skype were the top 3 applications in a list of 15 with the most security vulnerabilities, a Cambridge, Mass.-based security company said this week. http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/189600176;jsessionid=WO2SOWHPZPGA4QSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN
Powershell Podcasts
ScriptingAnswers.com has a number of scripting related podcasts at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScriptinganswerscomAudioNetwork
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