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Random Cmdlets
Set-Contact
Use the Set-Contact cmdlet to modify the settings of an existing contact.
Move-Item
Moves an item from one location to another.
Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus
This topic explains how to use the Get-StorageGroupCopyStatus cmdlet to return the current replication status information about a cluster continuous replication (CCR) or local continuous replication (LCR) copy of a storage group.
Test-UMConnectivity
The Test-UMConnectivity cmdlet can be used to test the operation of a computer that has the Unified Messaging server role installed.
Get-UMServer
The Get-UMServer cmdlet displays the properties for a single computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that has the Unified Messaging server role installed or displays a list of servers that are enabled for Unified Messaging (UM).
Get-FTP
The Get-FTP cmdlet is used to download files and retrieve directory listings from FTP, SFTP, and FTPS servers.
Get-PublicFolderAdministrativePermission
Use the Get-PublicFolderAdministrativePermission cmdlet to get the administrative permissions for a public folder or a public folder hierarchy.
New-Object
Creates an instance of a .Net or COM object.
Test-IPBlockListProvider
Use the Test-IPBlockListProvider cmdlet to test the configuration for a specific IP Block List provider configuration on a computer that has the Edge Transport server role or the Hub Transport server role installed. This configuration is used by the Connection Filter agent.
Get-User
Use the Get-User cmdlet to retrieve all users in the forest that match the specified conditions.
  
Latest Scripts from PoshCode.org

Get-FeedInfo
Takes an array of RSS feed URLs and gets the site URL and title..

Email attachments
All descriptions on the web which show how to do this so far have left the email attachment open which means if the script is continuing after the email and you wish to use the file you have attached you will not be able to as it will show as locked, use this example to close the attached file correctly using .Dispose()

Set-WinSchedule
Set-WinSchedule gives a GUI to select a schedule and schedules a task using schtasks. This is a beta. There are still a lot of features to implement. Please read through the synopsis->Description to see the list of features that I hope to get in a final release.

Get-FtpList
A function to get a file listing via FTP and parse it into objects. The default "FtpWebResponse"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.ftpwebresponse.aspx listing comes back in HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) format from my FTP(File Transfer Protocol) server, and this function parses it into objects. However, the string parsing here may not work on the output of your FTP server (if so, please contribute by adding another set of parsing).

Kill Outlook + CopyPST


Receive-Stream
A *very* simple stream-reader implementation (with no error handling) suitable for simple interactive script task ...

partial application
A proof of concept module implementing partial application (not currying) of functions and cmdlets in powershell. This is a functional language technique often used in languages like Haskell, ML etc.

Stuart McHugh
PowerCLI to upgrade guests tools, hardware and record to CSV

Audit iPhone/Palm Users
This script is intended to use IIS logs to audit OWA/Activesync logs for syncing of mail from an iPhone or a palm device. This script is not perfect, nor the prettiest thing in the world but it works. It could be further added to parse for windows mobile devices. If it was really slick it would grab all the unique values in the DeviceType= portion and then automatically include all mobile types. You can email the results to yourself in $To varible.

IP Scan/Local User admin
Where I work, we don't use AD for roughly 30-60 servers. There are multiple identical local windows accounts on various servers, and when a person leaves the company, those accounts need to be deleted by hand. This group of scripts performs the following tasks: 1) Ping scans a range of IPs for responding hosts. 2) Takes those hosts and attempts to find the specified user 3) Optionally with the -delete flag, deletes the user There's three parts to this script. The trigger which is run from the console in the same directory as the finduser.ps1 and set-localaccount.ps1 files. Note that set-localaccount.ps1 is from powershell.nu, with some minor changes that allow the computername to passed as a parameter.
  
 

March 4th, 2010,

Sapien just released iPowerShell V2, which is now available in the Apple app store.  What is iPowerShell?

From Ferdinand Rios -

 iPowerShell is an easy to use reference tool for users of Microsoft’s PowerShell scripting language for use on the iPhone or iPod Touch. It contains full descriptions of each and every core PowerShell Version 2 cmdlet, their syntax, parameters and examples of proper usage. It also contains the complete set of “about item” help topics as well as provider and alias help.

Check out the Sapien blog for additional information.

If you have a third party PowerShell module or snapin with help, please contact Sapien (info@sapien.com) so they can integrate those help files with their next release.

-Steven Murawski
Co-Community Director

 
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From Marco Shaw -

Check out http://www.manning.com/siddaway

Get the ebook or printed edition (not available yet), and use the discount code "marcoshell40" when checking out and get 40% off the regular...
Thomas Lee Joins PoshComm Directors

PowerShellCommunity.Org is happy to announce that Thomas Lee, Powershell MVP and noted trainer, is joining our ranks as a Community Director. 

Thomas is also responsible for a good many of the PowerShell...
Looking to get started with Modules?

Check out the PowerShellPack from James Brundage, which contains modules for making GUI's, add-ons for the ISE(Integrated Script Editor), system tools, and...
PowerShell Virtual Launch Party

PowerShell V2 Virtual Launch Party!

Jeffrey Snover, Hal Rottenberg and Jonathan Walz (hosts of the PowerScripting Podcast) hosted a PowerShell V2 Virtual Launch Party on Thursday, Oct 22nd, 9:30 PM EDT (GMT-4). 

More details...
PowerShell MVPs re-awarded

Congratulations to the PowerShell MVPs that were re-awarded that honor for another year, including our very own Marco Shaw, Hal Rottenberg and Thomas Lee.  Other MVPs that...
  
Recent Blog Entries
Author: Don Jones Created: 7/23/2007 11:54 AM
My tips, tricks, and discoveries for using Windows PowerShell and various related products and stuff.

Win a Kindle

By Don Jones on 6/2/2008 8:01 AM

Here's my hands-on review of the Amazon Kindle, along with a chance for you to win your own!

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Fun WMI Trick Proves You Should Read the Help

By Don Jones on 5/23/2008 10:33 AM

Did you ever read the help for Windows PowerShell’s Get-WmiObject cmdlet? I mean really read the help?
You’ve probably noticed the -computerName parameter, but pay close attention to how it’s listed in the help:
[-computerName string[]]

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External blog...

By Don Jones on 5/23/2008 7:00 AM

I'm moving some of my blogging activities to http://www.concentratedtech.com; you'll notice me blogging less on http://blog.sapien.com going forward. I'll also be cross-posting some of my PowerShell-related blog entries right here. You should also notice a much higher volume of blogging out of me in the near future :) so stay tuned.

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