Having come up with the initial idea of Windows PowerShell and then worked on it for a (really) long time, I was very optimistic about how it would be received and widely it would be adopted. I have to admit that even I'm shocked at where we are just six months after our release mid Nov 2006 release. Shortly before we released, Scott Ottaway (our ...

Attached is a new and improved Start-Demo script. Here is a brief list of the differences: Fix bug for demo files that have a single line Intro text explains that this is a REAL demo Cleaned up HELP and added some usage notes Now emulates TYPING by introducing a random pause between key output You can control the pause interval Entering a key...

TechNet Webcast: Windows PowerShell in Windows Server 2008 (Level 200) Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 1:00 PM Pacific Time To register, please visit: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032342044&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Mark your calendars and register now. I've you are a old time PowerShell user...

I just got word from Gent Hito (president of /n software) that after 6 months of beta testing NetCmdlets, they are going to be officially launching it (them? J) at TechEd in Orlando next week! Gent is also giving away a 100 copies FREE at their booth. Obviously this will be on a first come, first served basis so you'll want to trip the people in f...

Just when you think it can't get any better, MOW releases a new version of his Tab Expansion scripts and blows the top of your head off. It has been a while since I picked up his latest drops so I had quite a bit to catch up on. Mow (The PowerShell Guy) had been amazingly creative with this. I'm sooooo glad that we decided to make tabexpansion be a...

Ed Wilson's book Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step By Step is finally shipping. I ordered my copy a couple of day's ago and I can't wait for it to arrive. I've exchanged emails with Ed a number of times and then I finally got to meet him at a recent event. Ed does a lot of hands-on scripting training for Microsoft so I can't wait to read his book. ...

Opsware's Server Automation System 6.5 now supports PowerShell. Here is what they say: Microsoft Windows PowerShell integration. Server Automation System 6.5's powerful data model is now extended to integrate Microsoft Windows PowerShell, a command line shell and scripting language, to help Windows administrators achieve a higher level of product...

Here's a great hint from one of our Windows PowerShell PMs. We all know that you can interrupt a command by typing Ctrl+C, but did you know that you can erase the end of a typed command line by pressing Ctrl+End, just like in Cmd.exe? The Ctrl+End sequence erases all characters at or after the cursor point on the command line. Try it. ...

A while ago I interviewed Bruce Payette for Channel9. It was fun to do and despite that fact that I've been working with Bruce for years, I learned some new things about him (like – Bruce started out as a sparky!). You can view the interview HERE . I think you'll really enjoy it. Here is the writeup of the interview: Bruce Payette, one of the orig...

Michael has a blog entry HERE where he opines: Actually, you could also say, it is an introduction into Windows Powershell from Microsoft. When I skimmed over the document, I came once again to the conclusion that Powershell is not really a shell, but just another scripting language. He posits the following example from the book as a proof point:...