PowerShell in Depth"“nearly there
PowerShell in Depth is rapidly approaching its publication date ““ see www.manning.com/jones2 for details
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PowerShell articles, tutorials, and guides from community experts.
New book
My latest book has been released on the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). Active Directory Management in a Month of Lunches takes the newcomer to AD through the tasks they need to perform to manage their organization"™s AD. it assumes no knowledge of AD and shows how to perform the common …
Announcements
VERIFIED EFFECTIVE for PowerShell 3.0 Toolmaking now live
It’s now available globally. I suggest downloading the Program Guide, which includes the agreement and directions for enrolling. There’s also a specific guide for the PowerShell 3.0 Toolmaking examination, which you should read prior to paying. Once you’ve paid, and sent in the …
Creating a Windows 2012 Domain Controller
I decided to replace one of the DCs in my test environment with a Windows 2012 Server Core machine. Server Core has really come of age in Windows 2012 ““ its easy to configure. I”™ve covered configuring a server before but to recap: Rename the machine ““ use Rename-Computer Set …
CIM cmdlets and remote access
When you used the WMI cmdlets Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_logicalDisk -ComputerName RSLAPTOP01 You were using DCOM to access the remote machine. Even if you accessed the local machine you were using DCOM. This changes in PowerShell v3 when using the CIM cmdlets. If you don"™t use a computername …
UK PowerShell Group"“Advanced functions
When: Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 7:30 PM (GMT) Where: Virtual *********~* Advanced functions give you ability to create functions that act like cmdlets. Learn how to get the most from this powerful part of the PowerShell functionality Notes Richard Siddaway has invited you to attend an online meeting …
Filtering
I"™ve been grading the scripts in the warm up events for the Scripting Games and noticed a lot of people doing this: Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_LogicalDisk | where {$_.DriveType -eq 3} Ok now it works but there are a couple of things wrong with this approach. Firstly, you are ignoring the built …
Announcements
"Verified Effective" About Ready to Go Live
Before the verification exam becomes available to the public, I need ONE OR TWO people to be the first through the complete program. This is not a “beta;” the exam is finalized and you will have to pay for your verification. The first one or two people will be semi-automated as I nail …
PhillyPoSH 02/07/2013 meeting summary and presentation materials
Jeff Hicks (Microsoft MVP and Author) gave a presentation on “Getting Started with PowerShell Advanced Functions”. You can download the presentation and example scripts here and watch a recording of the presentation below on our YouTube channel. [youtube_sc …
PowerShell Workflow"“the complete series
The series of articles on PowerShell workflows that are appearing on the Scripting Guy blog is now complete. The articles in the series that have been published are: http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/12/26/powershell-workflows-the-basics.aspx …