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What’s in a name? Using prefixes in PowerShell.

April 7, 2014 Apr 7, 2014 04/7/14
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We’ve talked about this in the past but it’s time for a reminder.  PowerShell uses prefixes in front of nouns to avoid name collisions.  Imagine how many collisions there would be if people used the noun “USER” directly.  Instead, we have cmdlets *-ADUser, *-VPNUser, and *-RDUser.  The use of the prefix avoids name collisions...

Windows Management Framework V5 Preview

April 4, 2014 Apr 4, 2014 04/4/14
PowerShell Team
The Windows Management Framework V5 Preview is out! Check out Jeffrey Snover's announcement here. The preview contains updates to PowerShell Desired State Configuration, as well as two new features: NetworkSwitch cmdlets and Windows PowerShell OneGet.  OneGet is designed to dramatically simplify how you discover and install software ...

Configuring an Azure VM using PowerShell DSC

April 3, 2014 Apr 3, 2014 04/3/14
PowerShell Team
Update 8/7/2014: We just published the Azure PowerShell DSC Extension, which simplifies the configuration of Azure VMs with PowerShell DSC. Please refer to this blog post for more information At the //build/ conference today, Jeffery Snover demonstrated bringing up an Azure virtual machine and configuring it using DSC and the Custom ...

DSC Resource Kit Wave 3

March 28, 2014 Mar 28, 2014 03/28/14
PowerShell Team
In September, Microsoft released PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) with twelve built in resources.   Three months later (December), we added eight more resources with Wave One of the DSC Resource Kit.   Two months after that (February), we totaled fourteen additional resources with Wave Two of the DSC Resource Kit.  ...

PowerShell Summit North America

March 10, 2014 Mar 10, 2014 03/10/14
PowerShell Team
We are delighted to draw attention to this year's PowerShell Summit - an excellent community run PowerShell event. As described by PowerShell.Org: Come meet the Windows PowerShell team, PowerShell MVPs, independent experts, and your peers and colleagues in the PowerShell universe! The PowerShell Summit is a one-of-a-kind annual event, and this...

Want to Automatically Configure Your Machines Using DSC at Initial Boot-up?

February 28, 2014 Feb 28, 2014 02/28/14
PowerShell Team
Often times, IT Pros want to automate software installation and configuration upon a machine’s initial boot-up. This blog will walk you through how to use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to do this. We will show you how to prepare and inject DSC configurations into your bootable media (such as VHDs), so that they are...

Reusing Existing Configuration Scripts in PowerShell Desired State Configuration

February 25, 2014 Feb 25, 2014 02/25/14
PowerShell Team
You are an expert in PowerShell DSC (or maybe not an expert, just someone playing around with configurations in DSC) and have already written fairly large and complex configurations for configuring your environment/data center. Everything is working well and you are a great fan of DSC. There’s only one problem: your work is complicated. ...

DSC Diagnostics Module– Analyze DSC Logs instantly now!

February 11, 2014 Feb 11, 2014 02/11/14
PowerShell Team
Have you ever witnessed a DSC Configuration run where you had no idea about what it might have done behind the scenes? Well, then your worries end here! During any DSC Operation, the DSC engine writes into windows event logs, which are like bread crumbs that the engine leaves along the way during any execution. If you read the blog here ...

Need more DSC Resources? Announcing DSC Resource Kit Wave 2

February 7, 2014 Feb 7, 2014 02/7/14
PowerShell Team
Good news everyone! Starting today, you can use Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to configure Active Directory and SQL Server (including High Availability Groups). We are pleased to release the next wave of the DSC Resource Kit – one that enables you to start using DSC to solve your real world problems and scenarios. ...