In the first of a new column featuring in-depth advice on Windows Servers, Brien Posey breaks down how you can create custom information dumps in PowerShell.

Figure 2. Notice that this XML file has all of the same attributes. But what's the advantage of sending it to an XML file? The reason is because this is now in a format that graphical tools understand ...

Are you getting started with PowerShell? If so, this guide will help you to create and run your first script on Windows.

Every XML has a schema. The schema is the structure of the XML file and how it should laid out. It's not mandatory but you can always create a schema definition file known as a XSD file to validate ...

Here, just like in Command Prompt, there is no import command in PowerShell also. So, you’ll need to use the Register command to create the new task with the exported XML file.