December 2009 - Under The Stairs - Powershell.com – Powershell Scripts, Tips and Resources

Is PowerShell only for the Nerds?

An interesting question, to say the least. This blog carries a lot of PowerShell content – and much of that content is aimed at IT Pro types. I think it’s clear that IT Pro nerds working in the Microsoft need to know PowerShell. PowerShell is central...

Published Tue, Dec 29 2009 5:38 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell V2

Exchange 2007 Updated Help File

For some products, suggesting someone read a help file is like suggesting they take a long walk on a short pier (albeit less wet). But for Exchange 2007, this seems good advice. Microsoft published an updated version of the help file for Exchange, available...

Published Sat, Dec 26 2009 4:16 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: Microsoft, Exchange 2007, Exchange

Unified Communications Developer Portal

Microsoft's push into the world of Unified Communications continues with the launch of the Unified Communications Developer Portal . This MSDN portal is part of the Office Development Center, and is designed to feature links and resources for...

Published Sat, Dec 26 2009 4:09 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: MSDN, Microsoft, Unified Communications Developer Portal, Unified Communications

Merry Christmas – One and All

It’s time to rest and hang out with my family. For those of you on line today: Merry Christmas – now get back to the folks that matter. For the rest of you, I hope you had a great day. Read More...

Published Fri, Dec 25 2009 11:50 AM by Under The Stairs

PowerShell V2 Download

If you are running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, then you will have PowerShell installed by default. On Windows 7, both the PowerShell console and PowerShell ISE are installed by default. On Server 2008 R2, PowerShell console is installed by default...

Published Thu, Dec 24 2009 12:29 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell V2, PowerShell V2 RTM, PowerShell V2 RTM Download

Want to REALLY Understand What PowerShell Remoting Does On The Wire?

Well, maybe not everything, but the document entitled PowerShell Remoting Protocol Specification contains 179 pages of details of what Powershell Remoting does! It’s not for the faint of heart, to say the least as it very detailed – just the sort of hard...

Published Thu, Dec 24 2009 11:49 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell V2, protocol, PowerShell Remoting, MS-PSRP, Communications Protocols

Microsoft Release the PowerShell V2 SDK

The Systems Development Kit, or SDK, is a download that the stuff you need to be able to develop applications around a particular technical area. The Windows SDK is huge and there are SDKs for almost every technology MS produces. Other vendors produce...

Published Wed, Dec 23 2009 1:02 PM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell V2, SDK, Windows PowerShell

Office Communications Server 2007 – Virtualisation Supported At Last!

Earlier this year, Microsoft confirmed that it would now support OCS 2007 in a virtualised environment . This has been a big ask by clients pretty much ever since OCS was launched. Just about every time I’ve taught OCS in the past couple of years, as...

Published Tue, Dec 22 2009 8:11 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: OCS, Office Communications Server, OCS R2, OCS 2007 R2, Virtualisation

Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Ignite

I’ve been running a lot of OCS training over the years – and Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Ignite is one cool course! I’ve taught this several times around EMEA and find it to be well received.I will be teaching it again this week coming. The technical...

Published Mon, Dec 21 2009 1:35 PM by Under The Stairs

Some Thoughts on the Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant Programme

I was in New Orleans over the summer of 2009 at the WPC Microsoft Partner Conference. At the conference, I got to ask Microsoft Learning’s leaders what was up with the Certified Learning Consultant Programme. This programme was launched with much fanfare...

Published Sun, Dec 20 2009 10:08 AM by Under The Stairs

PowerShell’s Popularity and Search Engines

I was searching for some information on how to add custom menus to PowerShell ISE. I’d been meaning to play around with this for a while and had some time last night. So I went searching and came across what looked at first sight to be the perfect answer...

Published Sat, Dec 19 2009 10:03 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: PowerShell, PowerShell ISE, ISE

PowerShell For Visio

I was looking tonight for add-ins for PowerShell, and I came across a pretty neat tool: PowerShell for Visio . This is a free tool that provides a visual designer for PowerShell. This is a small free download for Visio 2007 – so far as I know, it’s not...

Published Fri, Dec 18 2009 4:59 PM by Under The Stairs

Yet another Microsoft MCT Courseware Download Site Outage

As a Microsoft Certified Trainer, I am able to download courseware – both for study purposes and for the courses I deliver. Sadly, the site has been somewhat less than perfect of late. The latest incident is today: I simply can’t get to it at all: Now...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 8:26 AM by Under The Stairs

Google DNS

Last week, Google announced a new service, Google DNS . The idea is simple – instead of using your own, or your ISPs DNS, you use theirs. Most readers of this blog will know what DNS is, why it’s really important and how to configure and manage...

Published Sat, Dec 05 2009 3:17 AM by Under The Stairs

Filed under: Google, Google DNS, Demon, Claranet, DNS

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