MMS2007: SW10 Advanced PowerShell Scripting

PowerShell TeamMarch 30, 2007Mar 30, 200703/30/07

Attached is a zip file which contains the PowerPoint slides and demo scripts for my SW10 Advanced  PowerShell Scripting talk that I'm about to give at MMS2007.  Enjoy! Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]Windows Management Partner ArchitectVisit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:    http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShellVisit ...

Announced: PowerShell to Ship in Windows Server (Longhorn)!!!!

PowerShell TeamMarch 27, 2007Mar 27, 200703/27/07

The rate of PowerShell adoption has been quite stunning.  We've all been amazed by the momentum.  Here are a few datapoints: I'm here at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in San Diego and the momentum is growing! And now for the biggie: It's a pretty big day for us in the PowerShell world.  Cheers! Jeffrey Snover [...

Thread.ApartmentState and PowerShell Execution Thread

PowerShell TeamMarch 23, 2007Mar 23, 200703/23/07

Recently someone, in internal discussion groups, asked if it is possible to set “ApartmentState” on the powershell’s execution thread. I thought this info is useful to some of you and hence this blog.  To touch basics on ApartmentState see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/...

MMS: SW08 Revised Title/Abstract

PowerShell TeamMarch 22, 2007Mar 22, 200703/22/07

Here is another change for those of you coming to MMS. Yesterday I reviewed the demo that we'll be showing at this session and was really excited by what I saw. We video taped it for Channel9 so if you miss the talk/demo, you'll be able to see it sometime in the future SW08 Managing systems with Windows PowerShell/Managing AD using ...

MMS: SW09 Revised Title/Abstract

PowerShell TeamMarch 21, 2007Mar 21, 200703/21/07

I hope to see some of you at MMS (Microsoft Management Summit) in San Diego next week. I'll be giving a number of talks and will be around a lot so please come introduce yourself and say howdy.  I'm pleased to announce a change in the title and abstract for my SW09 talk on Thursday. Scott Hanselman is going to join me and show you some of ...

Test-Path: We Goofed

PowerShell TeamMarch 21, 2007Mar 21, 200703/21/07

Test-Path: We Goofed!    (also known as a documentation errata…) Test-Path is a very handy little cmdlet. You submit a path and it tells you (TRUE/FALSE) whether the elements of the path exist on the computer. You can use it to determine whether particular files or folders are present (or missing) or to look for a registry key that ...

Monad Manifesto – the Origin of Windows PowerShell

PowerShell TeamMarch 18, 2007Mar 18, 200703/18/07

A Attached is a public version of the original Monad Manifesto. This is not a Windows PowerShell whitepaper nor is it an accurate description of how V1.0 works. This is a version of the original Monad Manifesto which articulated the long term vision and started the development effort which became PowerShell. Many of the elements described in...