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The Fourth Edition of Windows PowerShell: TFM Now Available on Amazon
As of November 5th, 2014, SAPIEN’s newest edition of Windows PowerShell: TFM is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Whether you are located in the United States or Internationally, the ability to purchase the book is now here! The 4th Edition of Windows PowerShell: TFM contains 22 chapters in the learning guide, as well as […]
Throwback Thursday: Making batch files into executables
PrimalScript 2014 can make a variety of script files into executable files. We call that packaging. This feature is mostly used by VBScript and PowerShell administrators to wrap their scripts into an executable file that can be shipped to end users and prevent prying eyes from seeing what makes the magic happen. For the aforementioned […]
Accessing VersionRecall repositories from another computer
Whether you are getting a new computer or another person joins your team, getting everything set up in a new environment can be a time consuming task. VersionRecall 2014 can help to make this easier. If you have your scripts and related files connected to a VersionRecall repository, you can very easily transfer those files […]
Run Selection v. Run Selection in Console
PowerShell Studio is full of features and options. As a new user, I’m trying to learn as many as I can. There are four options in the Run menu, so, of course, I tried them all. But the result was unexpected. Run and Run Selection run your code and show the result in […]
Get-Duplicates (or Unique items)
I take a lot of free online coding classes, mainly from Coursera and Udacity, and I’ve picked up a lot of programming tricks in other languages that are easy translated to Windows PowerShell. In a Java class on Udacity, I learned a cool way to find duplicates in any collection. It uses the fact that […]
Saving Passwords for Add-AzureAccount
One of the great features of the recent versions of Azure PowerShell is a non-interactive option for the Add-AzureAccount cmdlet. Unfortunately, the instructions tell you to save your Azure password in plain text, but there are much more secure alternatives. I explain one in this post. ——————- As users of Azure PowerShell know well, there […]
Expand All Aliases: Ctrl+Shift+A
Windows PowerShell aliases are very handy. They typically have fewer characters than the commands and parameters that they represent, so they’re quicker to type and great for tweeting. However, it has long been an established best practice that aliases should not be used in blogs, in help, in examples, or in any shared scripts and […]
Introducing the 4th Edition of Windows PowerShell TFM
We are EXTREMELY pleased to announce the arrival of the 4th Edition of Windows PowerShell TFM; the latest, most up-to-date information available for the PowerShell version 4.0! Jason Helmick and Mike Robbins have taken the baton from Don Jones and Jeff Hicks, working vigorously to deliver useful, practical information in a resource that all levels […]
A Better ToString() Method for Hash Tables
I didn’t make it to the PowerShell Summit 2014 in Europe this year, but I’ve been getting much of the benefit by watching the Summit presentations on YouTube. After watching Windows PowerShell MVP Bartek Bielawski’s excellent presentation, in which he reviews PSCustomObjects and dynamic type data, I was inspired to fix a shortcoming in the […]
