Monthly Archives: November 2012

A switch in time

Posted on Friday 30 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

I’ve posted about the switch statement a number of times but it is one of those topics that keeps coming up. Imagine you have a variable that can take one of several values. Depending on the value you might want … Continue reading →

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Active Directory & testing for user’s existence

Posted on Friday 30 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

  When you are creating a new user you may want to test if a particular name is already is use. The Quest AD cmdlets provide great functionality but one area of confusion is where you are searching for a … Continue reading →

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Clearing all telephone information for an AD account

Posted on Wednesday 28 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

I had a question through the blog asking how you could clear the telephone, pager and ipphone information from a user account. Telephone information in AD appears on the General tab telephone and Other..   And on the telephone tab there … Continue reading →

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UK PowerShell group – December 2012

Posted on Monday 26 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

Last meeting of 2012 – PowerShell jobs and scheduled tasks   When: Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 7:30 PM (GMT)Where: *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* PowerShell jobs provide the ability to perform long running background tasks. With the introduction of cmdlets to schedule tasks the … Continue reading →

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Powershell Resources on Skydrive

Posted on Sunday 25 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

I’ve reorganised the slide packs and recordings for the UK PowerShell group. You can find them here https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43cfa46a74cf3e96!cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%2139273 Three folders: Events – slides from events I’ve spoken at Scripts UK PowerShell Group        Meeting Recordings – includes slide packs        … Continue reading →

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Introduction to PowerShell workflows

Posted on Tuesday 20 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

The recording, slides and demo scripts from tonights session are available at https://skydrive.live.com/#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%2140260

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Workflow session reminder

Posted on Monday 19 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

The re-scheduled UK PowerShell group session on workflows will happen tomorrow. Details from http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/11/14/powershell-group-session.aspx

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Kindle Fire quirk

Posted on Monday 19 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

Quick report of an oddity that I discovered with the Kindle Fire.  If you copy an ebook in mobi format onto the Fire you can read it with no problem.  If you select remove from device when you have finished … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Group Session

Posted on Wednesday 14 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

I seem to have fixed my audio problems so I’m re-scheduling the session When: Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 7:30 PM (GMT)Where: *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Workflows are one of the big things in PowerShell v3. This session provides an introduction and overview of … Continue reading →

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Apologies

Posted on Tuesday 13 November 2012 by richardsiddaway

Apologies to all who try to attend the Live Meeting tonight – I had audio problems that I couldn’t resolve. I’ll reschedule the session when I’ve fixed the problem

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