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May 31, 2011May 31, 201105/31/11 Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about different ways to use Windows PowerShell to get the SQL Server error log.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have recently inherited a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 box, and I am concerned about the thing.
May 30, 2011May 30, 201105/30/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to work with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Service database backups.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Our guest blogger today is Muthusamy Anantha Kumar, a.k.a. “The MAK.”
Muthusamy Anantha Kumar is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional database administrator (MCITP: Database Administrator 2008).
May 29, 2011May 29, 201105/29/11Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, illustrates step-by-step how to use Windows PowerShell splatting to simplify working with parameters.
Weekend Scripter
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is a perfectly lovely weekend, and things are finally beginning to settle back down after two weeks of travel.
May 28, 2011May 28, 201105/28/11Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use description attributes to enable a quick retrieval of Windows PowerShell functions.
Weekend Scripter
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the 2011 Scripting Games are nearly completely over. “What?”
May 27, 2011May 27, 201105/27/11Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use a simple Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create random numbers.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the questions I received when I was speaking at the SQL Rally in Orlando,
May 26, 2011May 26, 201105/26/11Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to data mine your Microsoft Outlook Inbox.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I was talking to my boss the other day, and he made a rather interesting observation. He said that if I send four or five emails to a person within a four- or five-minute period,
May 25, 2011May 25, 201105/25/11Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use Windows PowerShell to data mine your Sent Items folder in Microsoft Outlook.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I was wondering if I would use Windows PowerShell to process my Sent Items in Outlook.
May 24, 2011May 24, 201105/24/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to export Microsoft Outlook calendar information.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I was reading your Hey Scripting Guy! blogs that were talking about the 2011 Scripting Games. I was unable to compete this year, but that did not prevent me from watching the games.
May 23, 2011May 23, 201105/23/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to troubleshoot and diagnose Microsoft Outlook performance issues.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently upgraded to Microsoft Outlook 2010, and to be honest I am rather disappointed. It seems like it takes forever to launch.
May 22, 2011May 22, 201105/22/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to create mandatory parameters.
Weekend Scripter
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I will admit that yesterday I talked about the easiest default to handle—the case of defaulting to the local computer. Not everything is so easy,
