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  • Assigning the Output of a SWITCH Statement

    I was just reading the whitepaper Automating Citrix XenApp on XenServer deployments on HP ProLiant servers .  The reason why this works well for them is that the HP Insight Rapid Deployment (RDP) software has the ability to launch scripts at various points.  Citrix has a wide range of cmdlets so they are able to put together a pretty nice bundle and offer it in a way that allows you to change...

  • WMI Performance

    Andy Cheung wrote a very good blog on WMI performance HERE .  Check it out.   Enjoy! Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Distinguished Engineer Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:    http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at:  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx Read More...

  • Detection logic for PoweShell installation

    "How do we programmatically detect that PowerShell is installed ?" - This question has started coming up frequently as more folks (both internally and externally) have started to build applications with PowerShell support. As we approach Win7/W2K8-R2 release , which will include PowerShell 2.0 in-box , it is pertinent to have the right guidance out for PowerShell detection logic. If you're...

  • New Powershell Survey on Connect

    PowerShell team wants to hear from you. How easy or difficult it is for you to search PowerShell stuff like learning materials, help , samples, scripts etc? how often do you search for these? and what are your best bets to find information? How it should be made better? Please answer these questions by completing this online survey https://connect.microsoft.com/Survey/Survey.aspx?SurveyID=8725&SiteID...
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  • PowerShell Remoting Protocol Documentation Available

    William Vambenepe has a great blog entry Native "SSH" on Windows via WS-Management that is well worth a read. I know that we've been busting our butts documenting our protocols but I hadn't realized that we actually were posting them where people could get them. Apparently that is the case. William found them and put 2 & 2 together and has a very good article explaining what we've...

  • PowerShell trainings

    PowerShell FAQ : Where I can find useful trainings to learn Poweshell? Answer: Thanks to PowerShell MVPs, we have this very useful page http://www.powershellcommunity.org/LearningResources.aspx And this online videos series from Don Jones is very good as well. http://www.idera.com/Promo/Practical-PowerShell/ Thanks Osama Sajid, Program Manager Disclaimer: Microsoft does not own, influence or benefit...
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  • PowerBoots 0.2 is Now Available

    Joel 'Jaykul' Bennett has just published the 0.2 version of PowerBoots on CodePlex .  PowerBoots is a library which allows you to write WPF GUIs in PowerShell.  He has a great tutorial HERE that you should definitely check out.  In fact, you should check it out even if you aren't interest in GUIs, it is a great example of the amazing sort of things you can do with PowerShell...

  • Traps vs Try/Catch

    Someone as asking about Traps vs Try/Catch and Jason Shirk (PowerShell developer) gave a nice concise and precise answer that I thought I would share with you: Trap: Designed for admins V1 and V2 Introduces a new scope Is “global”, meaning it applies to all code in the same scope, before or after. Does not support rethrow (an empty throw statement throws a special RuntimeException with...

  • Summer Scripting Game : Its ON

    The 2009 Summer Scripting Games have officially begun. For the last few days the Scripting Guys have been revealing the events one day at a time. For more information on the events, you can refer to this post from ScriptingGuys. This year’s scripting games are partnered with the Microsoft PowerShell MVP’s at PoshCode.org. The new PoshCode allows you to review other people's scripts, to vote on...
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  • Kudos to the Win7 Diagnostics Team

    Have you ever had problems connecting to a network and gotten one of those dialog boxes that offers to repair it? Mostly the networking just works but every now again one of the 10,000 moving parts required to make networking function gets misaligned and I get this dialog box. I always try and it has never worked for me. This is one of those "triumph of hope over experience" moments for me...

  • Help Us Help You By Signing Up For A Site Visit

    Windows Server Site Visits in July 09 (Open to US and Canada participants only) The Windows Server User Research team wants to conduct site visits to learn from people who are involved in any and all aspects of managing servers! We’re hitting the road in July to understand what needs to be improved in our server management software. If your company has at least 500 PCs and has offices in North America...

  • Windows Event Log in PowerShell - Part II

    In part 1 of “ Event logs in Powershell ” we talked about differences between Get-EventLog and Get-WinEvent. In this second part we will dig deeper into Get-WinEvent. Starting in Windows Vista, the Windows Event Log was updated to provide a more powerful event model which allows for events to be easily categorized into logs and for event providers to be easily discovered. PowerShell V2 lets you search...
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  • 2009 Summer Scripting Games

    Scripting Games start on June 15th and the excitement is building up. Details about the events in the game are emerging. Beginner and Advanced 100 meter Dash Beginner and Advanced Long jump Scripts can be submitted/viewed at http://scriptinggames.poshcode.org/ . There is a TechNet Forum in case you have a question or want to discuss something. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/2009summerscriptinggames...
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  • Scripting Games 2009 - More details

    Scripting Guys have posted more details about the 2009 scripting games, read it here . Stay tuned to their blog and Twitter for updates Thanks Osama Sajid Read More...

  • Managing Remote Sessions

    PowerShell V2 introduces a new capability which allows you to remotely manage machines in your organization. You may have already tried this new feature. In this blog, I will show how an administrator can manage different remote sessions (created by different users from different clients) Scenario: Using PowerShell remoting, normal users can perform non-admin tasks on a machine remotely. There might...
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