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PowerShell ISE AddOn ModuleMenu

Recently I did an online presentation on ISE Addons. As I was preparing for the talk one thing led to another, as they usually do when I’m working in PowerShell, and before I knew it I had a new add-on … Continue reading → Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 24 2012 9:12 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, modules, Out-Gridview

Create HTML Bar Charts from PowerShell

I saw a very nice mention on Twitter today where someone had taken an idea of mine and created something practical and in production. It is always nice to hear. The inspiring article was something I worked up that showed … Continue reading →...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 11:54 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, ConvertTo-HTML, HTML

Embrace and Extend the PowerShell ISE

I did a presentation today for the PowerShell Virtual Chapter of SQLPass. The recording will be posted later and I’ll update this when I have the link. But in the meantime, as promised, I wanted to make available my slide … Continue reading...

Published Wed, Feb 15 2012 1:07 PM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell ISE, ISE, AddOns

Valentines Day PowerShell Fun

In case you missed some of the fun on Twitter and Google Plus, here are the PowerShell valentines I sent today. These are intended to be run from the PowerShell console, not the ISE. Also, depending on your console font, … Continue reading →...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2012 2:33 PM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Write-Host

Morning Report Revised

Last month I posted a PowerShell script I called The Morning Report. I received some very nice feedback. One comment was about making it easier to use the script in a pipelined expression. For example, get a list of computers … Continue reading...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 9:59 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, WMI, PowerShell, Windows Server, Get-WMIObject, Get-Eventlog

Friday Fun PowerShell Valentines Day

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought I should help you out with your gift giving. Remember those bags of candy with the cute sayings like “Be Mine”? Here’s how you can create a “bag” of them using...

Published Fri, Feb 10 2012 9:32 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Write-Host, Friday Fun, ForEach-object, Array, Random

Ping a Service with PowerShell

The other day I came across a PowerShell question on StackOverflow about testing if a service was running on a group of machines.This sparked an idea for a tool to “ping” a service, in much the same way we ping … Continue reading →...

Published Tue, Feb 07 2012 9:42 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, Get-Service, services

Training Down Under

I will be doing a private #PowerShell training class in Canberra, Australia in March. Since it is a long trek I’d love to add a second week of work, either training or speaking. I had a second training gig lined … Continue reading →...

Published Fri, Feb 03 2012 8:45 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Training

Export and Import Hash Tables

I use hash tables quite a bit and with the impending arrival of PowerShell 3.0 I expect even more so. PowerShell v3 allows you to define a hash table of default parameter values. I’m not going to to cover that … Continue reading → Read...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2012 9:25 AM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: Scripting, PowerShell, Function, PowerShell v2.0, hashtable, CSV, export, import

PowerShell 3.0 Easy Rider

Today I gave an Live Meeting presentation for the PowerShell Virtual User Group. When the recording is posted I’ll update this post. I spoke about new features in Windows PowerShell 3.0 that I think will make it easier for people … Continue...

Published Wed, Feb 01 2012 2:41 PM by The Lonely Administrator

Filed under: PowerShell, Training, Help, Professional, User group, v3, Powershell 3.0

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