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The Legend of PlatyPS and Content Wrangler
Monday, August 04, 2025 in Posts
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Recently I have been working on a big project to rewrite the PlatyPS module. This is the module we use at Microsoft to create and maintain the PowerShell documentation. As part of this project, I spent a long time fixing existing PowerShell content …
Using Git from PowerShell
Monday, December 05, 2016 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. For a more up-to-date discussion of this topic, see Taming Git and GitHub with PowerShell on my Presentations site. …
Opening the door to the Mystery of Dates in PowerShell
Friday, November 27, 2015 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. Formatting and converting dates can be very confusing. Every programming language, operating system, and runtime environment seem to do it differently. And part of the difficulty in …
Adding a Contact to a Distribution List with PowerShell
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. The PowerShell ActiveDirectory module has a lot of great features that I use on a daily basis. However, there is one …
Use PowerShell and EWS to find out who is sending you email
Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. I get a lot of email from a lot of different sources. A lot of it is from automated alerts generated by services …
Understanding Byte Arrays in PowerShell
Tuesday, November 11, 2014 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. In a previous article, I presented a PowerShell script for inspecting and validating certificates stored as PFX files. …
Throwback Thursday - Windows Command Shell (Batch) scripting
Thursday, November 06, 2014 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. This Thursday I am returning to my scripting roots (if you don’t count VAX DCL) to talk about Windows Command …
Working with certificates in PowerShell
Monday, November 03, 2014 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. Today’s script is an attempt to bring together several things I have learned about writing good PowerShell …
Using PowerShell and EWS to monitor a mailbox
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. I support a suite of application services that implement our ITIL processes. One of the functions allows users to …
Fun with Regular Expressions
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 in Posts
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Note This article was originally posted to my old WordPress blog. The content is still relevant but some details may have changed. A while back a friend of mine mentioned that he could not find a regular expression that was capable of parsing …