Posts by Kenward

A variation on my previous post. This one-liner uses an expression in a select to expose the IP addresses. The expression is necessary so we can drill down into the NetworkAdapters collection…

I wrote this function to automate Nano Server lab builds into Hyper-V. You need to supply the "Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5" ISO, which you can get here or…

Get all of the IP addresses of Hyper-V VMs. foreach ($vm in $(Get-VM)) {     "Name = $($vm.Name); IP = $($vm.NetworkAdapters.IPAddresses)"     }

I've stumbled upon this simplified technique to return custom objects in my PowerShell functions. My first take on it was this, but I've simplified it. In this simplified variation, you…

I wrote a PowerShell advanced function "Get-Subnet" to return a subnet mask for a given bit or bit range. The cmdlet, with embedded help, including examples: <# .Synopsis    Returns…

DISCLAIMER: This is presented for educational purposes only. It is not intended for use as production cryptography. The example here is not secure and is vulnerable to multiple attacks. Inspired…

I wrote some basic functions to convert a string to hexadecimal, to convert hexadecimal to a string. Also a function to dump a string to it's component bytes, listing on…

This PowerShell function will calculate how long it will take to transfer a given number of bytes at a given speed (in bits per second). Optionally, you can specify transfer…

This example of PowerShell code shows how to output objects from your own functions. The basic tasks you do to accomplish this in your function are: Assemble the values into…

What is COM? I hope to explain how to use COM object in PowerShell. A COM object is an interface into an application or Windows. For example the Excel COM…