You are one line of code away from fame and riches ... eeerrrr ... make that fame and a trip to New York. The Exchange team is holding a scirpting contest. Produce the coolest one line Windows PowerShell script and you can win a trip to New York to attend the Exchange 2007 launch. Check out the details at http://www.microsoft.com/...
PSMDTAG:FAQ: How can I pipeline data to a parameter which does not accept pipeline input?PSMDTAG:FAQ: What are ScriptBlock Parameters? One of the foundation concepts of Windows PowerShell is pipelining objects instead of text. What happens is that when an upstream command generates an object, the PowerShell engine examines the data requiremen...
<Edited 7/2/2006 with tags and categories>PSMDTAG:FAQ: Why doesn't output expand when I expand the width of the console?PSMDTAG:FAQ: Why doesn't output expand when I use -noElements on GROUP? Consider the example: PS> gps |group company Count Name ...
<Edited 7/2/2006 with tags and categories>PSMDTAG:FAQ: What is $ErrorView?PSMDTAG:FAQ: How do I get error details? Have you tried out $ErrorView="CategoryView" yet? Remember - errors are just objects. Given that they are objects, we render a subset of their properties to the console. We provide 2 views: Normal an...
ScriptingAnswers.com has a number of scripting related podcasts at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/ScriptinganswerscomAudioNetwork I had the pleasure of discussing PowerShell with Don Jones during 2 of these. BTW - if you are not already clued into this website, it is worth an explore. There is lots of good scripting materials here. Don an...
I recently had the pleasure to do an analyst briefing with Michael Cote' of RedMonk. I really enjoyed it because until recently Michael was working at BMC so we had a number of shared contacts and he had a deep understanding of mgmt issues so I could have a really technically dense conversation with him. What was humorous was that there...
PSMDTAG:FAQ: How do I display large numbers with commas?PSMDTAG:FAQ: How do I use .NET formatting strings? As scripters, we often spend tons of times trying to get our data formated just the right way. Often this is an error-prone, frustrating experience. Windows PowerShell leverages .NET objects to make this task a ton simpler. I...
Before my TechEd sessions, I ran a Windows PowerShell script which used animated figures to inform the users how long it would be until the session would start. It threw out some wisecracks along the way to keep things light and maintain their attention. A number of people asked me to post the script in the blog. I'm a littl...
Boy did I have a great time at TechEd! On Sunday, I got to finally meet Mark Van Orsouw (MOW of http://mow001.blogspot.com/ fame) and we both ran into Scott Hanselman ( of http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ fame). It was a blast to spend a couple hours sharing scripts, tips and favorite features. It really co...
Check out Scott Fulton's latest article about my Windows PowerShell talk at TechEd. You can also see pictures of the only tie worn at TechEd Boston! :-) http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/06/14/teched2006_powershell_may_underlie_admin_guis/ For those of you who aren't already Tom's Hardware fans (it has long been one of my favorite sites), you ...
