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Ben Pearce manned the PowerShell booth at Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando and posed the top 5 questions he got HERE. Here are they are (navigate to the link to find the answers! J ): How can I learn PowerShell Can I script active directory? Does PowerShell work against remote hosts? Does PowerShell install on Windows 2008 Server Core? Can I call Powe...

I had the pleasure of doing a Channel 9 interview of Scott Hanselman of Corillian and the ever popular HanselMinutes podcast. Scott explains what Corillian does and how they use PowerShell in detail. They are doing a number of very creative things with PowerShell to deliver both a product and software as a service. One of the more interesting thing...

DinnerNow is a .NET demo application that uses the latest and greatest .NET technologies. The nice thing about it is that it shows you how to use these technologies working together in the context of a real-world application. The individual teams typically provide isolated demos to highlight their technology and leave it to you to figure out how to...

Windows IT Pro magazine awarded PowerShell the Best of Tech-Ed Award in its category last night. PowerShell won on the basis of strategic importance to the market, competitive advantage and value to the customers. It's wonderful to see the superstars on the PowerShell team get the recognition they deserve for their incredible hard work and innovat...

Having come up with the initial idea of Windows PowerShell and then worked on it for a (really) long time, I was very optimistic about how it would be received and widely it would be adopted. I have to admit that even I'm shocked at where we are just six months after our release mid Nov 2006 release. Shortly before we released, Scott Ottaway (our ...

Attached is a new and improved Start-Demo script. Here is a brief list of the differences: Fix bug for demo files that have a single line Intro text explains that this is a REAL demo Cleaned up HELP and added some usage notes Now emulates TYPING by introducing a random pause between key output You can control the pause interval Entering a key...

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 user...

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 in f...

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 be a...

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 book. ...