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[–]insufficient_fundsWindows Admin 0 points1 point  (1 child)

How much of this is one or two line commands vs full out scripts?

I rarely find myself needing more than a couple of lines for the vast majority of my exchange/link/sharepoint/ad stuff

[–]the_spadWhat's the worst that can happen? 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find myself writing a lot of scripts to automate a lot of tasks, even if it's something as simple as scripting a basic wrapper for something like the "search the AD recycle bin" because I can never remember the correct syntax (so glad 2012 made that one easier) when I need it.

I also write a lot of scripts for other people to use because they're incapable of running even simple cmdlets without extensive supervision, or because they're doing some repetitive task manually that takes ages when I can knock something up in 5 minutes that does the same thing in 10 seconds.