About Me

I am certified Microsoft professional, a Microsoft MVP and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Windows server technologies. I work today as an independent author, trainer and consultant. I've co-authored or authored several books, courseware, and training videos on administrative scripting and automation. My latest book is Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShel: TFM 2nd Ed.(SAPIEN Press 2011).
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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Thursday Treat – A PowerShell Word Find Game
Now for something completely different but hopefully a little fun. I’m a big fan of word games and puzzles. Tim Bolton has assembled a few PowerShell themed crosswords, which you can find on his blog. I’ve always like word finds … Continue reading
Friday Fun Convert Object to Hash Table
I’ve been working on a few PowerShell projects recently and one requirement I had was to turn an object into a hash table. I thought this was something that was already handled in PowerShell but I couldn’t find a cmdlet … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Fun, Miscellaneous, PowerShell
Tagged Function, get-member, hashtable, objects, PowerShell
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Create a Master PowerShell Online Help Page
As I hope you know, PowerShell cmdlets can include links to online help. This is very handy because it is much easier to keep online help up to date. To see online help for a cmdlet use the -online parameter. … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, PowerCLI, Scripting
Tagged ConvertTo-HTML, Get-Command, Help, PowerShell, Regular Expressions, Scripting
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Friday Fun The Scripting Geek is Here
I am proud (and a wee bit nervous) to announce the arrival of ScriptingGeek.com, a site devoted to the lifestyle of your favorite scripting geek – you! My goal is to provide a one stop shop for anything scripting related. … Continue reading
Friday Fun – New Thriller
I read a lot of thrillers by authors like James Rollins, Jeff Long, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs. Certainly not high-brow literature, but generally well written and often a lot of fun. Of course with any fiction genre, there are … Continue reading



