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Orchestrate Software Distribution with Windows Intune 2

 

Orchestrate Software Distribution with Windows Intune 2

A mere seven months after introducing its cloud-based PC-management service, Microsoft delivers a worthy update.


PowerShell & Scripting

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Learn to Administer SharePoint with PowerShell 

Join SharePoint MVPs Dan Holme and Gary Lapointe on October 25 when they team up to accelerate your learning in a one–of–a–kind online workshop. By the end of three sessions, you'll be working at full throttle, administering and automating SharePoint configuration and management.


Powershell & Scripting Articles

4 Challenges of Auditing AD Users and Groups

By Bill Stewart, 02/22/2012

Use this PowerShell script to create a list of users and their group memberships, in record time.

Common Ways to Run Programs on Remote Computers

By Bill Stewart, 01/30/2012

Find out some of the techniques commonly used to run programs on remote computers and their pros and cons.

Use PowerShell to Bulk Replace Logon Scripts for Active Directory Users

By Kaare Moe, 01/23/2012

With Quest Software’s free set of Active Directory (AD) cmdlets, changing the logon script for a particular set of AD users can be accomplished with just one PowerShell command.

Use PowerShell to Run Programs on Remote Computers

By Bill Stewart, 01/17/2012

Here's a PowerShell script that provides an easy-to-use, flexible, and secure way to schedule a program to run on one or more remote computers.


Build a jQuery HTML5 Web Application: The Account at a Glance App

Expand your comfort zone into cutting-edge web development, as Dan Wahlin guides you through the process of building the Account at a Glance application, using jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, MVC 3 and Entity...

Common Language Runtime from the DBA Point of View

The introduction of CLR may have blurred the line between DBA and developer, but this powerful coding tool offers real advantages over SQL for all roles in a deployment....


The Event Log Query Utility

This HTML Application lets you query a variety of machines for a variety of event types....

Running PowerShell Scripts Is as Easy as 1-2-3

If you're unfamiliar with PowerShell's "secure by default" philosophy, running PowerShell scripts can be a hassle. But if you follow these three steps, you'll be running PowerShell scripts...



More PowerShell & Scripting Articles

Use PowerShell to Bulk Replace Logon Scripts for Active Directory Users

By Kaare Moe, 01/23/2012

With Quest Software’s free set of Active Directory (AD) cmdlets, changing the logon script for a particular set of AD users can be accomplished with just one PowerShell command.

Use PowerShell to Run Programs on Remote Computers

By Bill Stewart, 01/17/2012

Here's a PowerShell script that provides an easy-to-use, flexible, and secure way to schedule a program to run on one or more remote computers.

Product Review: FastTrack Scripting Host

By Russell Smith, 12/16/2011

This scripting product can kill several birds with one stone—without requiring a hefty outlay for professional tools.

How-To: Use PowerShell to Report on Scheduled Tasks

By Bill Stewart, 12/16/2011

Although you can use the Schtasks utility to report on scheduled tasks, it is difficult to use and doesn’t scale well. Here’s a PowerShell script that overcomes these limitations, ...

Microsoft's Jeffrey Snover Discusses Windows Server 8

By Sean Deuby, 12/15/2011

Windows IT Pro technical directors Sean Deuby and Michael Otey talk with Jeffrey Snover, lead architect for the Windows Server Division at Microsoft, about some of the latest ...

PowerShell How-To: Emulating Cmd.exe's Set Command

By Bill Stewart, 12/12/2011

If you use PowerShell but miss the simplicity of Cmd.exe's Set command when working with environment variables, give this custom PowerShell function a try.

Q: How can I use the Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Hyper-V to eject all ISOs from the DVD drive?

By John Savill, 12/05/2011

The cmdlet to eject an ISO or disconnect a VHD isn't obvious to even the most brilliant of admins.


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Tricks with Test-Connection

Learning to use Test-Connection properly opens up a whole new world of capabilities in your...

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Guest Post: FacebookPSModule -- Managing Facebook in PowerShell

For many companies and organizations today, Facebook is as important as email or websites as a tool...

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Free HTAs Can Help You Do More With Less

If you have little time and little money in your IT budget, here are some free HTAs you should...

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Got a PowerShell Question?

New FAQs page answers commonly asked questions about PowerShell....

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PowerShell's Popularity Is Growing in the SharePoint Community

To help the SharePoint community learn and use PowerShell as well as find and fix performance...

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