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Another Holiday Gift from the PowerShell Team: PowerShell 3.0 CTP2 – Getting Started with Windows PowerShell Workflow
After delivering the Thanksgiving Gift this year, it’s time for a Holiday Gift …. No not as big as the one we had about 3 years ago …!! Today, we published the “Getting Started with Windows PowerShell Workflow” document on the CTP2 download page, just look for “WMF3 CTP2 Windows PowerShell Workflow.pdf”. This will help you get started with thenewest addition to PowerShell functionality – Windows PowerShell Workflow. Please continue to provide your feedback via PowerShell Connect so we can receive customer input in a timely manner. Hemant Mahawar [MSFT] Progra...
Windows Management Framework 3.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) #2 Available for Download
I’m pleased to announce that the Community Technology Preview #2 (CTP2) is available for download. Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP2 makes some updated management functionality available to be installed on Windows 7 SP1 & Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Windows Management Framework 3.0 contains Windows PowerShell 3.0, WMI & WinRM. IMPORTANT: If you have WMF3.0 CTP1 installed, you must uninstall it before installing CTP2. Overview of changes since WMF 3.0 CTP1 1. Customer Reported Bug Fixes Many customer reported bugs have been fixed since the WMF 3.0 CTP1. The release notes contains a list of...
More Videos from the First PowerShell Deep Dive
I hope everyone has their travel arrangements figured out for next week’s PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt. In preparation, we wanted to share four more videos from the first PowerShell Deep Dive to go with the ones we blogged last week. This time we’ve got two sessions from the PowerShell Team (Bruce Payette & Dan Harman) and two from the PowerShell MVPs (Aleksandar Nikolic & Sean Kearney). Enjoy! Inside PowerShell Runtime – Bruce Payette PowerShell Modules – Dan Harman Integrating PowerShell with Legacy Environments – Sean Kearney Constained PowerShell Endpoints&nbs...
Recordings from the First PowerShell Deep Dive
If you’re wondering what to expect at the upcoming PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt, Germany or you just plain love PowerShell, then you may enjoy these recordings taken from the first PowerShell Deep Dive. Many thanks to Dmitry Sotnikov for making them available. Proxy Functions – Jeffrey Snover Little Known PowerShell Tips and Tricks – Lee Holmes WMI: Gems and Gotchas – Richard Siddaway Defining domain-specific vocabularies using Windows PowerShell – Kirk Munro It’s not too late to sign up for the October 17 & 18 Deep Dive either. Travis Jones ...
PowerShell Deep Dive Lineup
We’re less than two weeks away from the PowerShell Deep Dive at The Experts Conference in Frankfurt, Germany and the schedule for the two day event is looking great! There’s even going to be a bit of PowerShell V3 content during the Keynote (we’ll reiterate some of what was shown at BUILD last month) and in Dmitry’s “Get your jobs done” session. Monday Tuesday The Lightning Rounds are going to be a series of ~5 minute discussions around whatever attendees suggest. The Problem Solving sessions can be thought of as mini Script Clubs. Bring something you&rsq...
Cmdlet Help Editor is now released on CodePlex
I published the source code for the Cmdlet Help Editor on CodePlex here: http://cmdlethelpeditor.codeplex.com/ . Please feel free to contribute. for more information on the Cmdlet Help Editor, please check out the following post: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2007/09/01/new-and-improved-cmdlet-help-editor-tool.aspx Wassim Fayed [MSFT]
Windows Management Framework 3.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) #1 Available for Download
Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP1 makes some updated management functionality available to be installed on Windows 7 SP1 & Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Windows Management Framework 3.0 contains Windows PowerShell 3.0, WMI & WinRM. Windows PowerShell 3.0 Some of the new features in Windows PowerShell 3.0 include: WMI WMI in Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP1 introduces: WinRM With Windows Management Framework 3.0 CTP1: Windows PowerShell Web Service Windows PowerShell Web Service enables an administrator to expose a set of P...
8 Abstracts for the PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt
We’re super excited about the upcoming PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt on October 17 & 18. The agenda is starting to shape up nicely, so I wanted to share a number of abstracts submitted by members of the PowerShell Community that we’ve already accepted. You can also find this info on The Experts Conference website. Cheap registration of 850 Euros is coming to an end on September 6. If you’re sitting on the fence, hopefully these abstracts will encourage you register while you can still save 150 Euros. And now for the abstracts… Delegated Administration with PowerShell Remoting Speaker: Ale...
Get-Help -Online Fails in German
The Online parameter of the Get-Help cmdlet opens the online version of the help topic for a command in your default Internet browser. If you don't use this feature regularly, you should. Online help topics are typically the most up-to-date version of the help topics, because module authors can update them at any time without redistributing the module. Online help topics are especially critical for modules in the $pshome directory ($env\SystemRoot\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0) which cannot be updated easily, because they are part of Windows. &...