May 2009 | PowerShell

PowerShell 2.0 – Differences Between Win7Beta and Win7RC

PowerShell TeamMay 28, 2009May 28, 200905/28/09

Oisin Grehan, PowerShell MVP has done a diff between Powershell 2.0 that shipped with Win7 Beta and Win RC... very useful if you have moved to RC build (or planning to do so) http://www.nivot.org/2009/05/22/PowerShellV20DifferencesBetweenCTP3Win7BetaAndWin7RC.aspx. PowerShell team thanks Oisin for this useful blog post. Osama Sajid, Program ...

Adding Custom Cmdlet Help for Providers

PowerShell TeamMay 28, 2009May 28, 200905/28/09

A new feature of Windows PowerShell 2.0 lets you write custom cmdlet help for Windows PowerShell providers. This blog explains how to do it. (The topic will also be covered in excruciating detail in MSDN, but we don't want you to wait.) What's a Provider? A Windows PowerShell provider is a C# program that exposes a data store to Windows...

Update-TypeData, ISE CTP3 vs ISE RC, and Teched2009 Demos

PowerShell TeamMay 26, 2009May 26, 200905/26/09

There were quite a few name changes in the ISE Object Model from CTP3 to RC Using Update-TypeData, we can achieve some parity between the two We can add aliases to the CTP3 version to make it look like the RC Version For example, <Name>System.Management.Automation.Host.PSGHost</Name>...

Hal and Kirk on HanselMinutes

PowerShell TeamMay 25, 2009May 25, 200905/25/09

PowerShell MVPs Hal Rottenberg and Kirk Munro were interviewed for HanselMinutes audio talk show during TechEd 09 - good overview of Powershell http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=180 Osama Sajid, Program Manager...

Get-WindowTitle.ps1

PowerShell TeamMay 22, 2009May 22, 200905/22/09

I do this so frequently that I finally put it into a script called Get-WindowTitle.ps1 . Get-Process |where {$_.mainWindowTItle} |format-table id,name,mainwindowtitle –AutoSize Here is what it does: [4696:0]PS> Get-WindowTitle Id Name MainWindowTitle &...

Processing Event Logs in PowerShell

PowerShell TeamMay 21, 2009May 21, 200905/21/09

PowerShell V2 ships with two sets of cmdlets for processing event logs, one is *-EventLog set and other is Get-WinEvent. Reading Events: As you can see there are two cmdlets to GET events from event logs , Get-WinEvent and Get-EventLog. Having two cmdlets to do the same thing seems to be counter-intuitive and I will explain the ...

V2 Quick Tips: Finding Extra Outputs From Your Script

PowerShell TeamMay 20, 2009May 20, 200905/20/09

One of the nifty features of functions in PowerShell is that they can return as many results from as many places as you’d like. In fact, any method or cmdlet that would give you an output if you try it on the command line will also return values from a function. While this can give you a lot of powerful capabilities (like easily ...

PowerShell session at TechEd 2009

PowerShell TeamMay 18, 2009May 18, 200905/18/09

Ibrahim and I presented session WSV402 at TechEd last week with great attendance. Attached are the slides and demos from the talk. Dan Harman, Program Manager Dan Harman Program Manager TechEd2009-WSV402-Demos.zip...

Summer Scripting Games 2009

PowerShell TeamMay 16, 2009May 16, 200905/16/09

Scripting is fun .. and it gets better when you do it as part of Scripting Games hosted by Microsoft Script Center . But wait there is more - this year Scripting Center is hosting Summer Scripting Games in collaboration with PowerShellCommunity.org and PoshCode.org .This announcement comes straight from Tech.Ed 2009. See full ...

Updates from Tech.Ed 09

PowerShell TeamMay 13, 2009May 13, 200905/13/09

I am not attending Tech.Ed but I am getting updates from my friends. PowerShell team is very excited about the offering we have for Tech.Ed this year... frankly, what is the best way to save money on your IT Infrastructure... Use PowerShell v2 and automate you tasks. PowerShell v2 is getting good focus in the keynote addresses and demos...

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