Steve Lee

Principal Software Engineer Manager, PowerShell

Principal Software Engineer Manager PowerShell 7, PowerShellGet, PSScriptAnalyzer, VSCode-PowerShell extension, PowerShellEditorServices, etc...

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PowerShell Analyzer is Now Available for Purchase

June 20th, 2007
Karl Prosser has been doing great things with PowerShell Analyzer for quite some time now and has finally decided to join forces with Dr. Tobias Weltner and go commercial with it. Given the amazing amount of time and creative thinking that Karl has put into this, I hope it goes very well for him. Tobias has been involved in the scripting space...

Demo SQL Provider Code

June 20th, 2007
Hi, Attached is the code we used today in the Web cast for the SQL demo provider. Please note this is not a SQL management provider. It simply allows you to query data from a SQL server directly from the cmd line. Install the Snapin: PS>$env:Windir\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0\.50727\InstallUtil.exe SQLProvider.dll Add the snapin to your ...

Using a DSL to generate XML in PowerShell

June 17th, 2007
A while back, Jeffrey posted an article on how to use string expansion and XML casts to build XML documents in-line in a PowerShell script: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/05/29/using-powershell-to-generate-xml-documents.aspx The overall feel of the approach that Jeffrey described is very much like that of ASP, JSP, PHP on any ...

WMI, PowerShell – How well do they gel?

June 13th, 2007
< Kapil Mathur is in the process of learning PowerShell to work with WMI and wrote up his findings to date – jps> Automating admin scenarios using PowerShell The preferred scripting language for the WMI world has been vbscript. But if you are a windows administrator writing WMI scripts, chances are that you have been hearing another name ...

Registration-Free AD Cmdlets

June 12th, 2007
In Dmitry's PowerBlog, he said that one of the biggest complaints they got about their FREE AD Cmdlets was that you had to register to download them. Now you can download them directly without having to register. I must say that I've got mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it reduces the friction associated with getting great a set of...

TechEd Webcast Available – PowerShell: The Future of Server Administration

June 11th, 2007
Last week Don Jones gave a great talk at TechEd: Microsoft Windows PowerShell: The Future of Server Administration. Here is the abstract: Windows PowerShell is Microsoft's next generation command line scripting solution which combines the interactivity of KSH or BASH, the programmability of Perl or Ruby and the production-orientation of AS400...

Ben Pearce’s Top 5 PowerShell Questions

June 9th, 2007
Ben Pearce manned the PowerShell booth at Tech Ed 2007 in Orlando and posed the top 5 questions he got HERE. Here are they are (navigate to the link to find the answers! J ): How can I learn PowerShell Can I script active directory? Does PowerShell work against remote hosts? Does PowerShell install on Windows 2008 Server Core? Can I call...

Become a HanselFan

June 9th, 2007
I had the pleasure of doing a Channel 9 interview of Scott Hanselman of Corillian and the ever popular HanselMinutes podcast. Scott explains what Corillian does and how they use PowerShell in detail. They are doing a number of very creative things with PowerShell to deliver both a product and software as a service. One of the more interesting ...

What’s for DinnerNow? Alphabet Soup.

June 8th, 2007
DinnerNow is a .NET demo application that uses the latest and greatest .NET technologies. The nice thing about it is that it shows you how to use these technologies working together in the context of a real-world application. The individual teams typically provide isolated demos to highlight their technology and leave it to you to figure out ...

PowerShell Wins Best of Tech-Ed from Windows IT Pro Magazine!

June 7th, 2007
Windows IT Pro magazine awarded PowerShell the Best of Tech-Ed Award in its category last night. PowerShell won on the basis of strategic importance to the market, competitive advantage and value to the customers. It's wonderful to see the superstars on the PowerShell team get the recognition they deserve for their incredible hard work and ...