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PowerShell: predict the future via TechEd

PowerShell: predict the future via TechEd Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about Windows PowerShell and the future of the technology   Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Where ever I go, people always want to know about what is coming up next. What is our roadmap for management. Or, what is the future of ...

How to retrieve node information from DSC pull server

NOTE - The latest information regarding DSC Pull Service can be found in the DSC documentation using the link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/pullserver .......... As described in “Push vs. Pull Mode” blog, DSC configuration can be applied on target nodes using pull or push mechanism.  In this blog I will talk about how...

Wish I can author DSC Resource in C#!!

In previous blog, we learned how one can use their PowerShell skills to author DSC resources very easily. Still there are folks (we met some at TechEd NA) who want to author their DSC resources using C# because they are more productive with it than PowerShell language. Well, you can fully leverage the power of DSC by writing your resources in ...

Setting up an Internal PowerShellGet Repository

At TechEd, we announced and released an early version of PowerShellGet: a package manager for PowerShell modules.  The response was positive, and many people asked the same type of question:   “Can I set up my own internal repository for PowerShellGet?”   Many enterprise-oriented houses want the ability to create ...

Announcing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux

For those of you fortunate enough to be at TechEd North America last week, you might have seen Jeffrey Snover announcing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) for Linux!  (If you missed that session, you can watch a replay of it online).  We are excited to announce the initial availability of this feature with the release of ...

Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014 is now available

We’re excited to announce Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview May 2014, a new package publicizing new and exciting management technologies, is now available for download on Download Center! This version of the preview includes everything in the Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview that was released in April of 2014 and a new ...

Understanding Import-DscResource Keyword in Desired State Configuration

Desired State Configuration resources are used to model and change the state of different components of the system. In an earlier blog post, we discussed details about deploying and discovering those resources and introduced Import-DscResource dynamic keyword. In this post, we will discuss some more details about the usage and internal ...

A World of Scripts at your Fingertips – Introducing Script Browser

 <Today we have a guest blog entry from Microsoft Customer Services & Support and the Garage>  Update: Version 1.1 of the Script Browser is out.  Check out the announcement here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/onescript/archive/2014/04/29/here-comes-the-update-of-script-browser-amp-script-analyzer-1-1.aspx To reuse script ...

Collecting the Output of Remoting Commands

One question we often get around PowerShell Remoting is "How do I collect the output of remoting commands into a different file for each computer?" For example, you want to invoke a remote command across 1,000 machines as a multi-threaded job and then create 1,000 text files for their output. This is in fact impressively easy in ...