September 2008 | PowerShell

PowerShell’s Security Guiding Principles

PowerShell TeamSeptember 30, 2008Sep 30, 200809/30/08

One of most common issues we face with PowerShell comes from users or ISVs misunderstanding PowerShell’s security guiding principles. At a high-level, it seems to all make sense – execution policies help ensure that you only run scripts that you trust on your system. These protections are driven by PowerShell’s three main security featur

PowerShell and JAOO

PowerShell TeamSeptember 29, 2008Sep 29, 200809/29/08

On Saturday I arrived in Aarhus Denmark for the JAOO conference. JAOO stands for Java And Object Oriented but it is definitely NOT a Java conference - it is a language conference with lots of .NET, Ruby, Ajax content and then just a lot of really smart people talking about software in general. I'm honored to be invited to tal

PowerShellPlus Professional Edition Ships

PowerShell TeamSeptember 24, 2008Sep 24, 200809/24/08

I’ve talked about PowerShellPlus a few times before and it was the hit of last years IT Forum talks. Now The official version is now available from Idera at http://www.idera.com/products/PowerShell/ . It is going to cost $145/user but they are offering introductory pricing of $79/user until Oct 1st. Cheers! Jeffrey Snover [MSFT

Free Windows PowerShell ebook (Now In Italian)

PowerShell TeamSeptember 23, 2008Sep 23, 200809/23/08

Efran Cobisi has published an Italian version of Frank Koch's very popular PowerShell ebook . You can download the Italian version HERE or go to the Windows PowerShell Italian Community website and pick it up in the Tutorial section. It looks like there is some great stuff there - I wish I had learned Italian. :-) &nbs

Decision Input Requested: -EQ with Characters

PowerShell TeamSeptember 22, 2008Sep 22, 200809/22/08

We are struggling with whether or not to make a change in our comparison operators and would like feedback from the community. Here is the documentation about comparision operators: All comparison operators are case-insensitive by default. To make a comparison operator case-sensitive, precede the operator name with a "c"

Adam Weigert Puts NetApp On a String

PowerShell TeamSeptember 21, 2008Sep 21, 200809/21/08

Adam Weigert has started a new Codeplex project PowerShell OnTap. (That brings the total number of PowerShell-related CodePlex projects to 48!) OnTap provides a functions to manipulate NetApp servers using the OnTAP web service APIs. I’m not a NetApp user but I was interested in what he was doing and was delighted to read h

A Thousand Things 1% Better

PowerShell TeamSeptember 18, 2008Sep 18, 200809/18/08

One of my all time favorite books is The IBM Way by Buck Rodgers. (Actually make that "all time BUSINESS books", it's not in the same league as Discourse on Method or Thus Spake Zarathustra.) One of my favorite statements Buck made was something to the effect of, "products of true enduring quality are not those that

RDP File Generation/Use of HERE-Strings

PowerShell TeamSeptember 14, 2008Sep 14, 200809/14/08

Over on the Everyday Nerd blog, I found a great blog entry you should read: Create multiple RDP files with PowerShell. He describes his environment where he has to manage a large set of servers using Remote Desktop (RDP). Having to configure the RDP settings each time he connects to the server, he decided to automate the proc

Hate Add-Member? (PowerShell's Adaptive Type System to the Rescue)

PowerShell TeamSeptember 6, 2008Sep 6, 200809/6/08

Do you hate Add-Member as much as I do? Wait - maybe you aren't familiar with Add-Member or the glory of PowerShell's Adaptive Type System. (ATS). When I looked at the .NET type system, my reaction was "....almost". I'm not trying to throw a rock at .NET - anyone that knows me knows how much I love .NET but the reality is tha

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