Upcoming PowerShell Webcast

Steve LeeMay 31, 2007May 31, 200705/31/07

TechNet Webcast: Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 (Level 200) Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 1:00 PM Pacific Time To register, please visit: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032342044&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Mark your calendars and register now. I've you are a old time PowerShell

Getting ALL Your Parameters

Steve LeeMay 31, 2007May 31, 200705/31/07

Edit by @joeyaiello on 3/30/17: There was a breaking change in PowerShell 3.0 that changed the default OffsetInLine value from 0 to 1. This final test function can be fixed by adding a -1 like so: function test {$myinvocation.line.substring($myInvocation.OffSetInLine-1)} When you write a function, you can name a set of parameters and PowerShe

TechEd: /n software to launch NetCmdlets for PowerShell and Distributed Must-Have Goodies

Steve LeeMay 31, 2007May 31, 200705/31/07

I just got word from Gent Hito (president of /n software) that after 6 months of beta testing NetCmdlets, they are going to be officially launching it (them? J) at TechEd in Orlando next week! Gent is also giving away a 100 copies FREE at their booth. Obviously this will be on a first come, first served basis so you'll want to trip the people

Tab Expansion by MOW

Steve LeeMay 30, 2007May 30, 200705/30/07

Just when you think it can't get any better, MOW releases a new version of his Tab Expansion scripts and blows the top of your head off. It has been a while since I picked up his latest drops so I had quite a bit to catch up on. Mow (The PowerShell Guy) had been amazingly creative with this. I'm sooooo glad that we decided to make tabexpansion

New Book: Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step By Step

Steve LeeMay 25, 2007May 25, 200705/25/07

Ed Wilson's book Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step By Step is finally shipping. I ordered my copy a couple of day's ago and I can't wait for it to arrive. I've exchanged emails with Ed a number of times and then I finally got to meet him at a recent event. Ed does a lot of hands-on scripting training for Microsoft so I can't wait to read his b

Opsware Announces PowerShell Support

Steve LeeMay 25, 2007May 25, 200705/25/07

Opsware's Server Automation System 6.5 now supports PowerShell. Here is what they say: Microsoft Windows PowerShell integration. Server Automation System 6.5's powerful data model is now extended to integrate Microsoft Windows PowerShell, a command line shell and scripting language, to help Windows administrators achieve a higher level of pr

Ctrl-End it All

Steve LeeMay 22, 2007May 22, 200705/22/07

Here's a great hint from one of our Windows PowerShell PMs. We all know that you can interrupt a command by typing Ctrl+C, but did you know that you can erase the end of a typed command line by pressing Ctrl+End, just like in Cmd.exe? The Ctrl+End sequence erases all characters at or after the cursor point on the command line. Try it

Channel 9 Interview with Bruce Payette

Steve LeeMay 22, 2007May 22, 200705/22/07

A while ago I interviewed Bruce Payette for Channel9. It was fun to do and despite that fact that I've been working with Bruce for years, I learned some new things about him (like – Bruce started out as a sparky!). You can view the interview HERE . I think you'll really enjoy it. Here is the writeup of the interview: Bruce Payette, one of t

Shell or Scripting Language – It’s Shimmer!

Steve LeeMay 22, 2007May 22, 200705/22/07

Michael has a blog entry HERE where he opines: Actually, you could also say, it is an introduction into Windows Powershell from Microsoft. When I skimmed over the document, I came once again to the conclusion that Powershell is not really a shell, but just another scripting language. He posits the following example from the book as a proof p

CMD.exe compatibility

Steve LeeMay 21, 2007May 21, 200705/21/07

A few weeks ago I was getting Mark Russinovich up and running on PowerShell. While he liked the power the new model afforded him, he was frustrated because a bunch of things that were simple in CMD.EXE where now either hard or not available. I forget what the specific was but I think he wanted to know how to do the CMD.EXE equivalent of "dir /