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Jeffery Hicks is an IT veteran with over 30 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT infrastructure consultant specializing in Microsoft server technologies with an emphasis on automation and efficiency. He is a multi-year recipient of the Microsoft MVP Award.

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A Great Free Tool for Finding Disabled and Inactive Active Directory User Accounts

Quest Software, now a part of Dell, has provided free cmdlets for Windows PowerShell that helps you find disabled and inactive Active Directory users accounts.

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Using the PowerShell Send-MailMessage cmdlet

Learn different ways in which you can email messages directly from PowerShell with the Send-MailMessage cmdlet in this how-to article.

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Hashing it Out in PowerShell: Using Get-FileHash

Jeff Hicks shows us how to use the Get-FileHash PowerShell cmdlet to easily obtain the hash value for a given file.

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Will there ever be a PowerShell certification?

Jeff Hicks explains why Microsoft won’t offer a PowerShell certification anytime soon. But that shouldn’t be a deterrent for learning PowerShell for advancement in your career.

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PowerShell Problem Solver: Exporting Active Directory Groups to CSV

In this PowerShell Problem Solver, Jeff Hicks shows us how to export Active Directory groups to a CSV file in Windows PowerShell.

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PowerShell Command History and Buffers

Downsize on the amount of typing required for PowerShell commands by relying on past history to speed things up.

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Revisiting the PowerShell Uptime Clock

Jeff Hicks revisits the Get-MyUptime Windows PowerShell cmdlet and adds some finishing touches to his script.

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Create a PowerShell Function to Display System Uptime

Need to keep track of system uptime for SLA purposes? Jeff Hicks walks us through creating an uptime clock using PowerShell in this helpful how-to.

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Creating DSC Resource Snippets for the PowerShell ISE

Jeff Hicks gives us a primer on creating DSC resource snippets for the PowerShell ISE in this step-by-step tutorial article.

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Boolean Values in PowerShell

Jeff Hicks provides tips and examples for working with Boolean values in Windows PowerShell.

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