A few days ago Boe Prox posted some very nifty PowerShell modules for using the title bar as a ticker for RSS feeds like the weather. I thought this was an awesome idea and an easy way to take advantage … Continue reading → Read More...
In my line of work I simply can’t afford not to use virtualization, and I use just about all the major tools from time to time. But most of the time I rely on the free VirtualBox program from Oracle. … Continue reading → Read More.....
Have you found yourself writing PowerShell objects that you’d love to share with others? What’s the best way to get these things distributable? Well… with PowerShell 2.0, you have two different types of packaging – snap-ins and...
I’ve recently found out that I’ve been selected to speak at devLink 2011. This is my 3rd year in a row speaking at devLink, and I’m incredibly honored to have been selected. This year, I have 2 talks, and they are both on PowerShell...
This past Tuesday, I was privileged to speak at the Cleveland C#/VB.NET SIG on extending PowerShell. Since I knew that my audience wasn’t necessarily familiar with PowerShell (except a few), I spent the first half of the session introducing PowerShell...
In my PowerShell training, I spend time examining modules and how you can use them to manage code and avoid profile bloat. In the (forgive the pun) modules on modules, I do lots of demos where being able to quickly set your location to the personal or...
In my PowerShell training, I spend time examining modules and how you can use them to manage code and avoid profile bloat. In the (forgive the pun) modules on modules, I do lots of demos where being able to quickly set your location to the personal or system modules folder is useful. One simple way I...
in a recent blog article I wrote about a new Codeplex project called PowerShell Admin Modules , being developed by super-star MVP Richard Siddaway. I noted two small things I’d noticed about the module. Well today, Richard wrote to say he’d fixed Get...
The relentless community development on all things PowerShell continues unabated. Today, I found a module for use with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM). This module contains the following functions: Get-SCCMCommands Connect-SCCMServer Get-SCCMObject...
function Get-Hash { <# .SYNOPSIS Creates a Hash of a file and prints the hash .DESCRIPTION Uses System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm and members to create the hash Also uses System.Text.AsciiEncoding...