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Don Jones
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The New PowerShell Community

Welcome to the new community! This site represents an evolution of the old PowerShellCommunity.org (also accessible at PoshComm.org). We’ve moved the site off of the old DotNetNuke software, and are now using a combination of WordPress (for community-hosted blogs) and Vanilla 2 (for the forums …

Keith Hill

PSCX 3.0 Beta Released

We"™ve just released a beta of the PowerShell Community Extensions 3.0 which targets PowerShell 3.0 specifically. This new version uses a WiX based installer. We may look at providing an xcopy deployable ZIP file but we had so many users get burned by not unblocking the ZIP file that the move …

Don Jones

Comparing "Lunches:" v2 to v3

I’ve been getting a few questions like this in my inbox: I love "PowerShell in a Month of Lunches" and I'm wondering how much of the 3.0 book that is coming out soon will overlap with the one I have now? In other words, how much of the new book is catching us up to speed on what's …

Don Jones

Measure PowerShell Performance

I’m often asked by folks if there’s a “better way” to do something in a script. Often times, they’re looking for a better procedural approach - following best practices like object-based output, for example. But sometimes, they’re looking for better performance …