PowerShell’s Security Guiding Principles

September 30, 2008 Sep 30, 2008 09/30/08

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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 ...

Decision Input Requested: -EQ with Characters

September 22, 2008 Sep 22, 2008 09/22/08

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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

September 21, 2008 Sep 21, 2008 09/21/08

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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 ...

A Thousand Things 1% Better

September 18, 2008 Sep 18, 2008 09/18/08

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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

September 14, 2008 Sep 14, 2008 09/14/08

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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 ...