PowerShell at TechEd 2011

PowerShell TeamApril 28, 2011Apr 28, 201104/28/11

  We’re just a couple weeks away from TechEd (May 16-19) and there’s going to be a ton of great PowerShell content again this year! Kirk Munro just made a post over at Poshoholic with an easy-to-read list of all the PowerShell related sessions for the conference. Thanks to Kirk for his effort in compiling all of this in a single pla

PowerShell Language now licensed under the Community Promise

PowerShell TeamApril 15, 2011Apr 15, 201104/15/11

The PowerShell team is excited to announce that starting today we are licensing the language specification for Windows PowerShell 2.0 under the Microsoft Community Promise. This means that now anyone can implement PowerShell on any platform they want to.  We know some of our most passionate customers sometimes work on platforms that can&r

Using Get-WinEvent –FilterXml to process Windows Events

PowerShell TeamApril 14, 2011Apr 14, 201104/14/11

Introduction Windows Events can be extremely useful for debugging. Administrators often use events to diagnose problems in complex systems. However, Event Viewer is time-consuming and difficult to automate. Luckily, there is a simple way to fully automate the process. The FilterXml Parameter The FilterXml parameter allows you use a