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Requiring Administrator Privileges
PowerShell 4.0 and later If you know that a given script needs Administrator privileges, then a simple #requires statement is enough to make sure...
Documenting Your Data Landscape For The Organization
When it comes to making informed decisions, data is the most critical asset an organization possesses. In this session, you'll see how to create...
Analyzing and Removing Print Jobs
Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...
How to centrally manage enterprise data definitions in your data mangement projects?
One of the key issues in a Data Warehouse, Master Data Management or BI project is the lack of a centralized and easily accessible Data Definition...
Listing All Print Jobs
Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...
Remotely Updating Group Policy
Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 To update Group Policy settings on a remote machine, use Invoke-GPUpdate, and submit the name of the computer where...
Getting Physical – Using automation to build robust, high-fidelity schemas from your logical models
High-fidelity database schemas capture essential business rules and help ensure data quality, but can be very time-consuming to produce and...
Managing Printers
Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2 Both Windows 8.1 and Server 2012 R2 come with a module called “PrintManagement”. It includes all cmdlets...
Simplifying .NET Types
All PowerShell versions PowerShell uses short names for the most common .NET types. To see if there is a short name for a .NET type you are using,...
Top 3 Development Environments for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) supporting extensibility and standards-compliance. Just like any...
Converting Code to Uppercase
PowerShell ISE 3.0 and later To turn PowerShell code to all uppercase letters in PowerShell ISE, select the text, then press CTRL+SHIFT+U. To turn...
Mapping Drives
PowerShell Version 3 and later To permanently map a network drive, use New-PSDrive with the –Persist parameter. This parameter makes the drive...
Using System Error Colors for Output
All Versions If your script wants to output warnings or error messages, you can use Write-Warning or Write-Error. Both cmdlets will use the default...
The Intrinsic Value of Data Modeling
Maybe you're using Visio, Excel, or a proprietary tool with limited functionality to create a data model. Perhaps you are expanding your job...
Resolving IP Addresses (and Parameter Types, Too)
PowerShell 2.0 and later Here is a function that illustrates two things: it shows how you can limit a parameter to a given data type, and it shows...
Conditional Breakpoints
PowerShell 3.0 and later The PowerShell ISE supports line breakpoints only: they make the code stop once the debugger hits that particular line. You...
Detecting 64-bit Operating System
Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 To detect whether a script runs in a 32-bit or 64-bit environment is fairly easy: check a pointer size, and test whether it...
Taming the Wild West of Data
Prior to joining Embarcadero, Ron was a consultant who used ER/Studio as well as a variety of other data modeling suites throughout his career....
Creating NTFS Security Report
All PowerShell Versions If you'd like to audit NTFS permissions on your file servers, here is a suggestion how you could start. This script...
Knowing Your Storage Basics – 2 Life Lessons
In the software world, it is often the case where everyone wants to learn and master everything. The problem with this approach is that we land into...
Finding Explicit Permissions
All PowerShell versions Typically, NTFS permissions in the file system are inherited. You can, however, add explicit permissions to files and...
Accessing COM Objects without ProgID
All Versions Typically, to access COM objects, these objects need to register themselves in the Windows Registry, and PowerShell needs the...
Data Governance Trends
The volume of data continues to increase and is coming from more data sources. With more data comes increased opportunity, but also increased risk...