Fun with PowerShell's Out-GridView
Even though Windows PowerShell is primarily a console-based management engine, there are a few GUI bits you might want to take advantage of. One of them, which we've had since PowerShell 2 is...
View ArticleWindows PowerShell 3.0 language specification available for download
Microsoft released Windows PowerShell 3.0 Language specification to the public. This is a 334 pages of documentation and has tons of information on how the language is implemented. This specification...
View ArticlePowerShell 3's PSDrive Persistence
One of the frustrations for many PowerShell beginners is how PSDrives correlate to drives that are visible in Windows Explorer. In PowerShell 2, you could add a new PSDrive, say to a network share, but...
View ArticlePowerShell 3 Web of Wow, Part 1
When PowerShell 3 came out along with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, you probably heard a lot of talk about the cloud and how to manage within it. In this week's lesson we'll start a short series...
View ArticleHow to Export and Import PowerShell Scheduled Jobs
In previous articles I’ve written about how to export scheduled tasks and import scheduled tasks in PowerShell. In those articles, I made mention about the potential downside to exporting and importing...
View ArticlePowerShell v3 New Features
Sharpen your PowerShell skills and get a jumpstart on the features of version 3.0 in this advanced PowerShell training by MVP Jeff Hicks. This course will give you a thorough overview of shell,...
View ArticleWindows PowerShell 3.0 SDK Sample Pack
We're pleased to announce the availability of the Windows PowerShell 3.0 SDK Sample Pack. For Windows PowerShell 3.0, the SDK samples work a little differently than in previous releases of Windows...
View ArticleConversion Issues Upgrading to PowerShell 3.0
This post probably has a small audience, but there were a handful of conversion issues I ran into when I upgraded to PowerShell 3.0. It was difficult finding posts related to the errors I encountered,...
View ArticleGeek School: Learn How to Automate Windows with PowerShell
In this edition of Geek School, we will be helping you understand the powerful PowerShell scripting language that is built right into Windows, and is extremely useful to know in an IT environment.Read...
View ArticleThe Windows PowerShell 3.0 SDK Sample Pack
Microsoft has released the Windows PowerShell 3.0 SDK Sample Pack. The pack contains code samples that show how to build applications based on Windows PowerShell 3.0.Read More
View ArticleMaster class: PowerShell v3 cmdlets
The Microsoft PowerShell updates that rolled out with Windows Server 2012 clearly indicate the vendor intends to use the scripting language as an operational framework for most of its products. With...
View ArticleUnleash the Automation Force with Windows PowerShell
Businesses everywhere are looking to save money, and technology can help spend resources wisely. By automating the configuration, management and monitoring of Windows Servers, companies can decrease...
View ArticleIntroduction to PowerShell 3.0
Today, I’m going to give you a brief introduction to PowerShell 3.0, the newest version of the PowerShell family that comes built in with Windows Server 2012.Read More
View ArticleGeek School: Learn How to Use Jobs in PowerShell
PowerShell has four types of jobs – Background Jobs, Remote Jobs,WMI Jobs and Scheduled Jobs. Join us as we find out what they are and how we can use them.Read More
View ArticleCreating Add-ons, Plugins, and Tools for the PowerShell ISE
We frequently get questions asking if the PowerShell ISE supports a feature that it doesn’t. For example, variable watch windows, function browsers, or “find all matches in the current document”.Read...
View ArticleGeek School: Learn How to Extend PowerShell
PowerShell offers two ways for you to extend the shell. You can either use snapins, which are binary only and developed in a fully-fledged programming language like C#, or you can use modules, which...
View ArticleGeek School: Learning PowerShell Variables, Input and Output
As we move away from simply running commands and move into writing full blown scripts, you will need a temporary place to store data. This is where variables come in.Read More
View ArticleWorking with the new $PSItem automatic variable in Windows PowerShell 3.0
Windows PowerShell has become a key skillset for IT Professionals, as we can see based on the massive amount of PowerShell support in the latest release of the Windows operating system. In this...
View ArticleMy First Experience w/ PowerShell 3.0
You are all lucky enough to read about my first experiences with PowerShell! For those of you that do not know, PowerShell is a scripting language; which is used for creating temporary fixes and to...
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How to create a list of files Zipped
I have a couple of huge zip files I need to report on. This was an extraction from a legacy db. There are multiple sub directories and the names are longer than 256 characters so winzip truncated the...
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