Automating the world one-liner at a time…
August 31, 2007Aug 31, 200708/31/07A while ago I wrote a script START-DEMO which I use to give demos (You can get the latest/greatest copy HERE. ) This script is also a great teaching tool. You can create your own demo.txt file with commands and explanations and then people can run it using Start-Demo.
August 31, 2007Aug 31, 200708/31/07Otto Helweg has a cool blog entry about how he uses PowerShell to monitor Web Sites HERE. This isn’t a professional product but there are a couple of websites that he cares about and this quick and easy script tells him what he needs to know.
August 30, 2007Aug 30, 200708/30/07Here is a script that I use to show WMI classes. I think you’ll find it useful. There is an example after the script:
############################################################################# Show-WmiClass – Show WMI classes# Author: Microsoft# Version: 1.0# NOTE: Notice that this is uses the verb SHOW vs GET.
August 29, 2007Aug 29, 200708/29/07Don Jones has graciously offered to share a slide he uses as part of his Windows PowerShell Fundamentals course (http://www.scriptingtraining.com/ ) which shows the interaction between the pipeline, the out-* and format-* cmdlets. The attached slide illustrates how (sometimes) a picture is worth a thousand words.
August 29, 2007Aug 29, 200708/29/07OpenXtra has a blog entry PowerShell + Network Monitor = Powerfull Netman Tool which observes that if took a network manager tool and coupled it with PowerShell, you would have an awesome combination. A long time ago I was the architect for NetView so I feel qualified to offer this observation: YOU TOTALLY GET IT!
August 29, 2007Aug 29, 200708/29/07Let’s face it, PowerShell does a bunch of magic for you. If we’ve done our job right, this magic is exactly what you want 99 out of a 100 times. That said, if you are a power user, then at some point you’ll encounter that 100th case and you’ll need to understand the magic so you can get PowerShell to do exactly what you want.
August 28, 2007Aug 28, 200708/28/07Richard Siddaway founded the first PowerShell UserGroup in the UK Get-PSUGUK. Now a second UserGroup has been formed. This one covers Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Their web site is available at:
www.powershell-ag.de
www.powershell-ag.ch
www.powershell-ag.at
They are holding a kickoff meeting Sept 19th at the MS Campus in Unterschleissheim Germany.
August 22, 2007Aug 22, 200708/22/07Someone has compiled a list of the 25 Most Active Projects in CodePlex. PowerShell has 2 entries in that list.
Congratulations to:
PowerShell Community Extensions – provides a widely useful set of additional cmdlets, providers, aliases, filters, functions and scripts for Windows PowerShell that members of the community have expressed interest in but didn’t make it into PowerShell v1.0.
August 15, 2007Aug 15, 200708/15/07The fine folks at Shell Tools just released a preview of their upcoming PowerShell Plus interactive shell – a 4 minute trailer to hint at things to come.
http://www.powershell.com/plus
In PowerShell V1, working within a decades-old console host is what users find the most frustrating.
August 3, 2007Aug 3, 200708/3/07PowerShell has a lot of books to choose from and more are coming.
See attached. 🙂
Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]Windows Management Partner ArchitectVisit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShellVisit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx
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