Geek 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...
View ArticleNew Features in Windows PowerShell 4.0
Find out what’s new in the new upcoming release of Windows PowerShell at this Technet page.Read More
View ArticleWindows PowerShell 3.0 and Server Manager Quick Reference Guides Released
The PowerShell Language Reference is four-pages, while the rest are two-pages long, giving readers a condensed version of each topic, good for viewing on a mobile device like a Windows 8 tablet.Read More
View ArticlePowerShell help RSS feed
The updatable help in PowerShell 3.0 caused a lot of confusion when that version first shipped. The help files have been updated periodically since 3.o shipped but its always been difficult finding out...
View ArticleAdvanced Tools & Scripting with PowerShell 3.0
After the Getting started with PowerShell 3.0 event on Microsoft Virtual Academy, Jeffrey Snover and Jason Helmick are back with another full day PowerShell training event. This time around, they will...
View ArticleDownload Free PowerShell Quick Reference Guides from Microsoft
Are you just getting started with learning PowerShell or tired of looking up less frequently used commands? Then this terrific set of PowerShell quick reference guides from Microsoft is just what you...
View ArticleThe first 3 days of Learning PowerShell 3.0 In A Month Of Lunches
If you didn’t catch it, I posted about getting more in depth with PowerShell a couple weeks ago. I am using the excellent book by Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks “Learning PowerShell 3.0 In A Month Of...
View ArticleDiscover Application by Versions other than?
I am building a script that will use the get-wmiobject cmdlet using the Win32_Product class. I am trying to do the following and getting stuck. I am trying to find for instance any Autodesk Inventor...
View ArticleTrying to create a repeating directory tree
Gents and ladies, I am trying to add multiple folders and subfolders to an existing directory tree. I can get the first level new folders added to the root level:...
View ArticleOuput CSV format
I have a script with outputs data regarding Citrix Applications$header = "Application,Count"$outFile = "c:\CitrixCount\apps.csv"Set-Content -Path $outFile -Value $header -Encoding Ascii$applist =...
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