Author Archives: Boe Prox

PoshChat 1 of 2: Building a Chat Server Using PowerShell

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Boe Prox

As you have seen in my previous article, I wrote and published version 0.9 of PoshChat, my implementation of a PowerShell client/server chat room. As promised, this is part 1 of  a 2 part article series detailing how I wrote … Continue reading →

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Introduction to PoshChat, A PowerShell Chat Client/Server

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Boe Prox

After a couple months of off and on work on this project, I can finally say that I have release my initial build of PoshChat, which is in version 0.9. This is a simple client/server chat room that allows any … Continue reading →

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Working With Custom Types of Custom Objects In PowerShell

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Boe Prox

Building custom object with PowerShell is a great way to quickly put together output for use with reporting or pipelining into another cmdlet.  It is also very simple to put together a quick object such as this: $Object = New-Object … Continue reading →

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Use Regular Expressions to Audit the Printer Name and IP Address from Event Logs

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Boe Prox

I came across this question in the PowerShell forums earlier today that asked how to pull the printer name and associated IP address from the Print Server logs in the System log (Event Id 10).  The first thing I thought … Continue reading →

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Guest Blogger on Hey, Scripting Guy! Talking SCOM and PowerShell Agent Reporting

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Boe Prox

Today I have another guest appearance on Hey, Scripting Guy!, this time talking about using PowerShell and the existing SCOM SnapIn to audit for SCOM Agents and provide reporting on agent installation successes and failures. Hope you enjoy it! http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/02/13/use-powershell-to-automate-scom-agent-installations.aspx

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