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Transferring (Large) Files Using BITs

January 11, 2009 Jan 11, 2009 01/11/09
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Have you had a file copy fail?  Does that drive you crazy or what?  How about when it is a REALLY big file and it takes a couple of hours and JUUUUUST before it finishes something happens to interrupt the transfer and you have to start all over again.  Does that make you want to shove a sharpened #2 pencil up your nose or what? ...

Test-PSCmdlet

January 10, 2009 Jan 10, 2009 01/10/09
PowerShell Team
Everyone needs to get good with Advanced Functions – this is the easiest path to the best semantics for everyone.  In previous posts we’ve shown how you can add a few simple attributes and get a TON of stuff for free.  There is a LOT more to advanced functions.  You can go VERY VERY far with advanced functions.  I can...

PS> Dir –A D The Screencast

January 4, 2009 Jan 4, 2009 01/4/09
PowerShell Team
I decided to experiment with a screencast.  This is my first and I have no idea what I’m doing so please forgive me if it sucks.  I’d like to know whether you find this format useful or not and then specific feedback about how to make the screencast better (e.g. I recorded it at 1024x768  - is that good or too large?). In my...

Extending and/or Modifing Commands with Proxies

January 4, 2009 Jan 4, 2009 01/4/09
PowerShell Team
There are so many powerful features in V2, it is hard to know where to begin.  This one is going to blow to top of your head off when you understand what it enables you to do. In this blog, I talk about Proxy Cmdlets which is the ability for one Cmdlet to call another.  You could always do this but to do it right has always been very...

Diagnosing Here-Strings With PowerShell_ISE

January 3, 2009 Jan 3, 2009 01/3/09
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James Brundage posted a blog entry How To Write a Console Application in PowerShell with Add-Type which used a here-string.   One user (lcr) copied and pasted the text and got the following error: Unrecognized token in source text. At line:1 char:72 + Add-Type -OutputType ConsoleApplication -OutputAssembly HelloWorld.exe&#...

Windows PowerShell CTP2 to CTP3 Conversion Guide

December 23, 2008 Dec 23, 2008 12/23/08
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I write a lot of scripts, and, since I blog some of what I write, my home computer has been running Windows PowerShell CTP2 since it came out.  Since CTP3 has a number of changes from CTP2, I've got to update my home script library to work with CTP3.  While this guide might not have every change that happened in between CTP2 and CTP3...

574 Reasons Why We Are So Proud and Optimistic About W7 and WS08R2

October 29, 2008 Oct 29, 2008 10/29/08
PowerShell Team
In my previous blog post, I mentioned that we were all very proud and optimistic about W7 and WS08R2.  There are tons of reasons for this including how well the project has been run, the hardcore focus on quality and performance, the great new features, etc.  Another reason we are so optimistic is the availability of new cmdlets...

NY Times Delcares PowerShell to be 30% of the value of Windows 7 :-)

October 28, 2008 Oct 28, 2008 10/28/08
PowerShell Team
Wow - the NY Times is Johnny-on-the-spot with their analysis of the 10 best features of Windows 7 for IT Pros HERE.  It turns out that PowerShell is responsible for 3 of them!   Come review time, I'm telling my boss that we're responsible for 30% of the value of W7.  :-) !!!  Just to be clear - I'm totally joking. ...

PowerShell at the PDC

October 12, 2008 Oct 12, 2008 10/12/08
PowerShell Team
I’m giving the following session at the PDC in LA in a couple of weeks: PowerShell: Creating Manageable Web Services Learn how to create management web services using Windows PowerShell. Topics include: how to script against of a large set of machines, how to manage raw HW devices using WS-MAN and Web Services, how to create custom "...