Showing results for January 2010 - Page 2 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

   Hey, Scripting Guy! I have heard that Windows PowerShell 2.0 includes cmdlets to work with Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). However, when I use the Get-Command cmdlet to list the available cmdlets in my Windows PowerShell session, I do not see any AD DS cmdlets. What gives? Is this more of the notorious Microsoft ...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I am still a bit confused about how modules work. Could you give a beginning-to-end scenario and go through the steps of creating a module, installing the module, and then using the module? -- SL   Hello, SL. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am sipping a cup of organic tea that is grown in Hawaii. It is ...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been reading your articles about Windows PowerShell modules this week, but I am still a bit confused about where they go, how to get them there, and the best practice for dealing with them. Do you have any insight about how to actually work with Windows PowerShell module paths?-- KG Hello KG, Microsoft ...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I really dig that I can have a module that contains functions and things. This seems like it would be groovy to use to customize my Windows PowerShell environment. The thing is that I do not want to be hopping around from desk to desk from user to user to copy module files into esoteric and obscure locations. There ...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! I really dig that I can have a module that contains functions and things. This seems like it would be groovy to use to customize my Windows PowerShell environment. The thing is that I do not want to be hopping around from desk to desk from user to user to copy module files into esoteric and obscure locations. There needs...