I’ve updated the “SAPIEN Extensions for Windows PowerShell” cmdlets, and made the VB source code available. There are a dozen or so cmdlets, many of which provide functionality useful in logon scripts or displaying simple GUI elements. Note that they’re *primarily* designed as simple examples of cmdlet development for someone looking to get started. You […]
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Online PowerShell Training – Emerging Details
We’re starting to work out some of the details for our upcoming Windows PowerShell online training, which we hope to begin sometime in July. These details are pretty preliminary and subject to change, but here’s where we are right now.
ScriptingAnswers.com, ScriptingTraining.com, Spring PowerShell Class News
Some news tidbits: We’ve re-launched ScriptingAnswers.com with a new, fresh look. The site itself has been reorganized into four “zones,” allowing us to expand the resources offered on the site while keeping the navigation sensible. We’re also bringing more attention to free resources like the TechNet Webcasts Don has done, the “Essentials” pages, and so […]
Exchange + PowerShell Book Needs Reviewers
Hot on the heels of Windows Server 2008: What’s New | What’s Changed, we have another book in need of reviewers who can offer technical corrections, suggestions, and comments on chapters. The book, Exchange Management Shell: TFM, covers the nuts and bolts of managing Exchange Server 2007 (not previous versions) using the Windows PowerShell command-line. […]
Win Free Online PowerShell Training!
We have a new survey posted at http://surveys.sapien.com/poll.asp?z=1. We’re seriously moving toward an online training offering, and would like some detailed input from the community. As “thanks,” we’re prepared to offer a free spot in our first class to one person completing the survey – just enter your e-mail address in the right spot in […]
Got-PowerShell Revisited
Last week I showed a PowerShell function that used WMI to remotely query a machine to determine if PowerShell was installed. Well, like most things Microsoft there’s often more than one way to accomplish a task. Here is a different version of essentially the same function. This version, however, uses the .NET framework and the Microsoft.Win32.Registry class.
