A couple of months ago, Microsoft announced that PowerShell Core had reached the Generally Available (GA) and supported status. Subsequently, we released PowerShell Studio 2018 which features the ability to build, test, and execute PowerShell Core scripts. As PowerShell Core evolves, SAPIEN Technologies is committed to expand and support PowerShell Core with subsequent builds of our products. In […]
Tag: Windows PowerShell
New PowerShell Service Template for PrimalScript 2018
PrimalScript 2018 supports advanced functionality for Windows services written in PowerShell and packaged with PrimalScript 2018 or PowerShell Studio 2018. While your old code will still work unmodified with this packager engine as it detects the presence of the new functions, it is a good idea to revamp your code to use the new template. […]
SAPIEN – Survey Results for Windows PowerShell Version Use
Thank you to everyone who participated in the latest Windows PowerShell survey. We wanted to see what PowerShell versions people are currently using, and especially what percentage are using version 2.0. We also wanted to understand how frequently the survey responders use PowerShell. Here are the survey results: PowerShell version 2.0 is still very much […]
PowerShell Write Cmdlets
PowerShell has multiple Cmdlets that display information, but the question that often arises is which one should be used? In this post we will take a look at the differences between some of the more common ways to display information in PowerShell and which one will fit best for a given situation. Before we […]
iPowerShell Now Available on Android
SAPIEN technologies, Inc. is proud to announce that we’ve officially released iPowerShell on the Play Store! In this blog post, we will outline the two biggest features available. SSH/PSWA Servers Just as in the iOS version, there is a console capable of managing your servers using SSH or PowerShell Web Access. We worked with /n Software again using […]
Enabling deep script block logging
As of the KB3000850 update and PowerShell 5.0, PowerShell has included script block logging so that admins would have more tools for the blue team side of pen testing. If you’re unfamiliar or have never heard of it before, I recommend giving this blog post a read. Not only does the post describe what script […]
Setting up PowerShell on your Mac (Update!)
Now that PowerShell is available on the Mac, we thought it would be useful to show how easy it is to setup a Mac terminal session that automatically opens into PowerShell. Figure 1 shows what we mean. First you need to download the PowerShell macOS package from here (look for the Get PowerShell section in the README.md) and […]
iPowerShell Changes: New platforms! Now FREE!
iPowerShell, our little iOS app, has come a long way over the years. It started out as simply a reference tool for PowerShell cmdlets, about_help and provider help. Over the years, we added YouTube videos, PowerShell Twitter posts, PowerShell Web Access, remote connectivity with PSWA and SSH, and a color coded editor. Today we […]
Introducing the SAPIEN Information Center
Over the years, the articles in this blog have grown extensively. There’s a lot of valuable information in here, but it’s become hard to find because it’s mixed in with various tour announcements, special offers, conference recaps, and the like. So, we have decided to pull the important articles and place them—along with information relevant […]
Testing Pester Code Coverage
Applies to: PowerShell 5.0.10586.122, 5.1.14367, Pester 3.4.0 I’m one of those people who thinks a score of 99% is failing, so I love to see those 100% scores when I use the CodeCoverage parameter of Invoke-Pester. But, while assembling my Pester presentations for DevOps Global Summit 2016 and PowerShell Conference Europe 2016, I realized the […]
