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Kirk Jackson reports that Server Core 2008 R2 will soon allow ASP.NET and PowerShell to be installed as options which will help better manage server core installs. http://pageofwords.com/blog/2008/11/14/ServerCore2008R2WillIncludeASPNETAndPowerShell.aspx
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One of the new features in PowerShell version 2.0 are Modules, which allow PowerShell code to be organized in self-contained, reusable units. Doug Finke has written a Get-Functions Script which takes a single file, a list of files or the –Recurse switch. The switch finds all the functions in all...
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Richard Siddaway reports that PowerShell certification was discussed at the panel discussion at TechEd EMEA recently. The consensus of the panel was that there should not be a specific PowerShell certification. Read more of his blog at Richard Siddaway’s blog at: http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live...
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Chapter 2 of Windows PowerShell Unleashed , published by Sams and authored by Tyson Kopczynski, Pete Handley and Marco Shaw covers the key aspects of PowerShell Version 1. You can read Chapter 2 here: http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/102808-ch2-windows-powershell.html
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Shay Levy’s written a PowerShell function called Get-Sysinternals.ps1. This script looks at the versions of Sysinternals tools on your system (by default in a folder c:\sysint) and downloads any updated versions. http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2008/09/06/keep-in-sync-with...
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At the Argos Users Software conference in October a session was presented on how to extend the standard TaskAgent functionality using scripting with T-SQL and Windows PowerShell. Rossen Totey has written a three part series which can be accessed in the following links. Part 1 - http://abecasinsight.com...
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Alan Renouf has written a PowerShell Audit Script that produces a rich HTML file as output. It is a great demonstration of what you can get from WMI plus what you can do with HTML in PowerShell. The file can be accessed at the following link: http://teckinfo.blogspot.com/2008/10/powershell-audit-script_15...
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A new utility that writes Windows PowerShell scripts that harness the power of WMI (Windows Instrumentation Management) for use in system management and administration. This tool was created by Microsoft consultant and author Ed Wilson. Download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid...
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This is a handy script for the SQL Server DBAs. This script retrieves SQL log messages for a specified instance. You can also specify how many of the most recent messages to retrieve. View the script at the following link: http://www.peetersonline.nl/
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Thomas Lee has posted some resources that can be used to create and manipulate Zip files using PowerShell. Using PowerShell and ScriptZipLib, you can create ZIP files. You can view his blog at: http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2008/12/zip-files-with-powershell.html