August 2011 - The Lonely Administrator - Powershell.com – Powershell Scripts, Tips and Resources

PowerShell Deep Dive Europe

I’m happy to report that I will be presenting a session at the PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt this October as part of The Experts Conference. The conference in Las Vegas this past April was amazing, intense and the most … Continue reading...

Published Mon, Aug 29 2011 9:05 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Conferences, TEC

Get Process Owner

I’ve been working on my second training course for Train Signal on managing Windows Server 2008 with Windows PowerShell, specifically the lesson on managing processes. I thought I’d share a little tidbit I worked out. In fact, I hope you’ll...

Published Thu, Aug 25 2011 9:08 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: WMI, PowerShell, Training, Train Signal, Get-WMIObkect. Get-ACL

Windows PowerShell Fundamentals Video Training

I’m very happy to report that my first training offering for Train Signal is now available. I have assembled a course that should cover just about everything you need to know to get started right away using Windows PowerShell. You can get …...

Published Tue, Aug 23 2011 7:51 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Training, PowerShell v2.0, Professional, TrainSignal, Train Signal

Select Object Properties with Values

Here’s another concept I know I’ve written about in the past but that needed an update. A common technique I use when exploring and discovering objects is to pipe the object to Select-Object specifying all properties, get-service spooler |...

Published Tue, Aug 16 2011 8:45 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: functions, Scripting, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Select-Object, objects, get-member

Friday Fun Export Transcript to Script

Over the years I’ve posted variations on this technique and discuss it often in my training classes. The idea is to take your PowerShell transcript and transform it into a PowerShell script. Remember that there is very little difference between...

Published Fri, Aug 12 2011 9:58 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, Function, PowerShell v2.0, Friday Fun, transcript, Start-Transcript

Verbose or Debug?

This morning there was some discussion on Twitter about when to use Write-Verbose and when to use Write-Debug. They both can provide additional information about what your script or function is doing, although you have to write the code. Typically, …...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 9:12 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Best Practices, SAPIEN, Verbose, Debug, Write-Debug, Scripitng, Write-Verbose, Primalscript

Friday Fun Add Scripting Signing to the ISE

Today’s fun involves adding a menu item to the PowerShell ISE to make it easy to sign your scripts. I’m not going to go into the details about getting and installing a code signing certificate. I also assume you only … Continue reading...

Published Fri, Aug 05 2011 9:17 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, SAPIEN, security, script signing, PowerShell ISE, Set-AuthenticodeSignature

Filtering Empty Values in PowerShell

I saw this tip today and wanted to leave a comment but couldn’t see how. So I thought I’d post my comments here. This is actually a question I see often and there are better ways to write this kind … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Wed, Aug 03 2011 10:22 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, Best Practices, Where-Object, filtering

ByValue, I Think He’s Got It

Recently I responded to an email from a student seeking clarification about the difference between ByValue and ByProperty when it comes to parameter binding. This is what makes pipelined expressions work in Windows PowerShell. When you look at cmdlet...

Published Tue, Aug 02 2011 7:37 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Best Practices, Select-Object, Get-Service, Get-Content, Pipeline, parameter

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