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April 2009 - PowerShell Team

Enable-PSRemoting

April 30, 2009 Apr 30, 2009 04/30/09
PowerShell Team
I installed Win7 RC build yesterday and tried to enable PS Remoting. I launched PowerShell elevated, ran Enable-PsRemoting cmdlet but it gave an “access denied” error message  One good thing in PowerShell help in RC is “about_Remote_Troubleshooting”. It is very detailed and covers all important failure scenarios. Go through ...

SE05 Easy Automation with Windows PowerShell

April 30, 2009 Apr 30, 2009 04/30/09
PowerShell Team
Slides and demos from the Monday introductory talk at MMS 2009. PowerShell has been getting a lot of attention at MMS 2009. The community around PowerShell is also being noticed by folks and was even "singled-out" at the Keynote on Monday by Bob Kelly :)-Hemant Mahawar [MSFT]Program Manager MMS2009-SE05-Easy_Automation.zip...

SE06 Whats New in Windows PowerShell 2.0

April 30, 2009 Apr 30, 2009 04/30/09
PowerShell Team
Slides and demos from the Wednesday talk at MMS 2009.Momentum around PowerShell has been great here. Lots and lots of products are showcasing the automation through PowerShell. -Hemant Mahawar [MSFT]Program Manager MMS2009-SE06-Windows_PowerShellV2.zip...

SE07 Automating Your Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell 2.0

April 30, 2009 Apr 30, 2009 04/30/09
PowerShell Team
Attached are the slides and demos that I used today during my MMS talk.MMS is a great conference.  It provides the opportunity to meet and talk to super smart people working on similar problems and learn from their scars.  Enjoy! Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]Distinguished EngineerVisit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:    ...

Soliciting New Verbs

April 22, 2009 Apr 22, 2009 04/22/09
PowerShell Team
With the recent changes in v2 to increase the visibility of the cmdlet design guidelines, we want to make sure we have a solid set of verbs on the approved verb list before we ship v2. We've already talked with a number of partners and customers and have made some recent changes to the verb list. In addition, we'd love to have feedback from ...

Do PowerShell Demos in the ISE

April 21, 2009 Apr 21, 2009 04/21/09
PowerShell Team
Jeffry Snover and many other have used Start-Demo in powershell.exehttp://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/03/03/start-demo-help-doing-demos-using-powershell.aspx Continuing the tradition, we now have ISEDemo.psm1 To use it, start ISE and runImport-Module ISEDemo.psm1 #(attached)Start-Demo c:\path\to\demofile.txt Demo files look ...

Adding your own help links to ISE

April 20, 2009 Apr 20, 2009 04/20/09
PowerShell Team
ISE has an F1 help feature, where if you press F1 when your caret is over a cmdlet name, context sensitive help opens. Shay Levy has a nice post on F1 help in the ISE herehttp://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2009/01/31/using-help-in-powershell-ise.aspxHe adds “I wanted to mimic the way ISE’s help works when you press F1...

Script Club In Seattle: Tomorrow Night

April 20, 2009 Apr 20, 2009 04/20/09
PowerShell Team
If you’re a PowerShell fan, and in the Seattle area, then you should know that Andy Schneider (of Get-PowerShell.com) will be hosting a Script Club event at the Avanade offices. Script Club is a great way to learn PowerShell.  Ideally, you bring a laptop, your problems, and your curiosity.  Everyone at Script Club helps everyone ...