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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Version

Summary: Easily find your Windows PowerShell version.  Is there a single command I can use to find the version of Windows PowerShell I am running, plus the version of           WSMan and the .NET Framework command-line reference (CLR)?  Use the $PSVersionTable automatic variable to display the ...

Weekend Scripter: WMF, PowerShell, and Exchange Server Compatibility

Summary: Microsoft PFE and guest blogger, Mike Pfeiffer, talks about Windows PowerShell and Exchange Server compatability. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger who we haven’t seen for a while. Mike Pfeiffer is a premier field engineer for Microsoft. Since we last had Mike as a guest blogger, he has ...

Remoting Week: Non-Domain Remoting

Summary: Richard Siddaway explains how to use Windows PowerShell remoting to access machines that aren’t in your domain.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning Windows PowerShell, and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell on the local machine. How do I work with remote machines? —AP  ...