January, 2008

At ITForum, I had a blast giving the session: Advanced Windows PowerShell Scripting . In previous conferences, I tried to have talks that everyone could come to and get something out of. That worked well a the beginning but I began to get feedback that...

Sapien is considering offering PowerShell Training online.  They have a survey asking about potential ways to deliver the training.  Complete the survey and you'll be entered into a contest to win a free slot in their first training session...

Did you realize that you can use Wildcards with our tab completion? At the very beginning of the project, we had long discussions about whether it should be "Verb-Noun" or "Noun-Verb".  One of the arguments for NOUN-VERB was that...

When you write a script, a few possible concerns may be going through your mind: · Does my Script do what I want it to? · Can the script be read and understood by other people? · Is the script efficient? The answers to one and two can...

Oisin asked, "What's with the Snoopy obsession?". To me, the Snoopy dance represents a state pure, unalloyed joy to which the only sensible response is a silly dance. In case you missed it:  SNOOPY DANCE! Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Windows Management...

A few weeks ago I posted a blog about Ye110beard's blog that had reworked the lyrics to AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" to be a tribute to PowerShell.  I closed with the statement, "I'm looking forward to the video!".  I THINK...

PowerShell continues to win awards with Redmond Magazine’s 2008 Editor’s “Slickest Time Saving Tool” co-winner to go along with PS’s Best of Tech-Ed Attendees award and Best of Tech-Ed Client awards. I said it before, I'll...

<Update 01/04/2012: This post was written in 2008, when PowerShell was in version 1. Block comments were introduced in Version 2 .> One of the raging debates that have had within the team is the issue of whether to support block comments. In...

Have you ever had an XML file that looks like crap? The problem is that XML is sorta the data encoding equivalent of Shimmer - sometimes its an encoding for programs and sometimes its an encoding for users. Our PowerShell MVP Brandon Shell pointed...

Dale Lane of IBM announced that the latest version of the IBM PowerShell Library for WebSphere MQ now supports administering remote queue managers.  You can read the details and see a couple of examples HERE .  Kudos to Dale and that team! ...

Richard Siddaway has a good review of Lee Holmes' Windows PowerShell Cookbook HERE .  Read it in full to find out why he believes that Bruce Payette and I are both wrong when it comes to our view of Lee's book. Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Windows Management...

Today a search result for PowerShell pointed to a blog with the phrase "Highway to Hell" in it.  I always like to read criticisms for ideas for things we should be doing better.  Still, "highway to hell" didn't sound like...

Kudos to Efran Cobisi for creating what I believe is the first Italian PowerShell community website at http://www.powershell.it Now native Italian speakers can discuss PowerShell topics and share scripts in their native tongue.  Efran is looking...