May, 2009

Oisin Grehan, PowerShell MVP has done a diff between Powershell 2.0 that shipped with Win7 Beta and Win RC... very useful if you have moved to RC build (or planning to do so) http://www.nivot.org/2009/05/22/PowerShellV20DifferencesBetweenCTP3Win7BetaAndWin7RC...

A new feature of Windows PowerShell 2.0 lets you write custom cmdlet help for Windows PowerShell providers. This blog explains how to do it. (The topic will also be covered in excruciating detail in MSDN, but we don't want you to wait.) What's a...

There were quite a few name changes in the ISE Object Model from CTP3 to RC Using Update-TypeData, we can achieve some parity between the two We can add aliases to the CTP3 version to make it look like the RC Version For example, <Name>System...

PowerShell MVPs Hal Rottenberg and Kirk Munro were interviewed for HanselMinutes audio talk show during TechEd 09 - good overview of Powershell http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=180 Osama Sajid, Program Manager

I do this so frequently that I finally put it into a script called Get-WindowTitle.ps1 . Get-Process |where {$_.mainWindowTItle} |format-table id,name,mainwindowtitle –AutoSize Here is what it does: [4696:0]PS> Get-WindowTitle Id Name MainWindowTitle...

PowerShell V2 ships with two sets of cmdlets for processing event logs, one is *-EventLog set and other is Get-WinEvent. PS > gcm *EventLog -CommandType cmdlet CommandType Name Definition ----------- ---- ---------- Cmdlet...

One of the nifty features of functions in PowerShell is that they can return as many results from as many places as you’d like.  In fact, any method or cmdlet that would give you an output if you try it on the command line will also return values...

Ibrahim and I presented session WSV402 at TechEd last week with great attendance. Attached are the slides and demos from the talk. Dan Harman, Program Manager Dan Harman Program Manager

Scripting is fun .. and it gets better when you do it as part of Scripting Games hosted by Microsoft Script Center . But wait there is more - this year Scripting Center is hosting Summer Scripting Games in collaboration with PowerShellCommunity.org and...

I am not attending Tech.Ed but I am getting updates from my friends. PowerShell team is very excited about the offering we have for Tech.Ed this year... frankly, what is the best way to save money on your IT Infrastructure... Use PowerShell v2 and automate...

Today my wife told me about a problem on the family PC.  There were a bunch of PDF files in a directory that had the wrong permissions so my son couldn’t access them.  She modified the ACL on one of them using Explorer and verified that that...

Phil Pennington from DPE has a very useful set of videos on Powershell 2.0 in "5 minute concept" series - Check it out http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/PSV2/ . We will add more videos here. Want some specific area to be covered?- let us know by leaving...

I just decided to restart Outlook to see if that made some weirdness I was experiencing go away.  As you may or may not know, the Outlook process often is running for quite a bit after the Outlook window goes away.  As such, you really don’t...

Windows PowerShell 2.0 is backward compatible with Windows PowerShell 1.0. All the scripts written for V1 should work in V2. If you find instances of broken scripts from v1 please let us know through our connect site https://connect.microsoft.com/site...

Gent Hito and the superstars at /n software has just announced a new product division, PowerShellToys.  This division is focused exclusively in PowerShell technologies.  PowerShellToys products bridge other Microsoft technologies to PowerShell...