In the versions of PrimalScript that support PowerShell, you’ve likely executed your PowerShell scripts completely within the editor. You can configure the editor to capture the output to a tab or to new PowerShell session. But did you know you don’t have to run the entire script?
Category: General
Your Vote and Comments count
I like seeing all the votes for our short PowerShell production poll. Over 100 responses and still overwhelmingly more of you are using PowerShell in production. If you aren’t, I hope you’ll vote and leave a comment why on the original post so that the discussion will be in one location.
PrimalScript: Did you know about Snippets?
I’d like to think that Primalscript’s Snippets feature is one of its more well known features, but I think I take it for granted. Primalscript ships with a large number of language specific snippets that you can freely incorporate into your work. Depending on your configuration, you may or may not see the Snippets browser panel on the left side of the IDE. If you can’t find it, go to View – Browser Panels and select Snippets Browser.
PrimalScript: Did You Know?
This is the first of an open-ended series of short tips on using PrimalScript. If you’ve ever used the product you know there are a wealth of features. I want to devote some blog time periodically to show-off some feature you may not have been aware of or a quick tip to use the product more efficiently. If you don’t have a copy of PrimalScript, you can download a 45 day evaluation copy from PrimalScript.com.
A Thousand Things 1% Better
That was the title of a recent blog post by Jeffery Snover on the PowerShell team blog. I recently had the privilege of sitting down with Jeffery Snover and the PowerShell team and just talk about bits and pieces in PowerShell and PrimalScript. One question I was asked was what I would think the PowerShell […]
Scripting Essentials
I wanted to make sure everybody knew about another site in the ScriptingAnswers.com family. We have another area we refer to as our Essentials site. Here we gather tips, best practices, sample scripts and more. Coverage includes not only PowerShell but VBScript as well. This is also where you’ll find conference slide decks and demo […]
The Next Big Thing
During a recent PowerScripting podcast, I posed the question, “Virtualization is a hot and major topic today in IT. What is the next big thing? What is coming that is just under the radar but will play a major role for IT professionals?”
I’d like to start a meme on this topic. Here’s my contribution.
PowerShell Production Poll
If you’ve been to the SAPIEN blog, hopefully you’ve noticed the simple poll: “Are you using PowerShell in a production environment?” Right now 75% of respondents are using PowerShell today to manage their network. I’m curious about the other 25%. I’m not passing judgement but am genuinely interested why an organization is NOT using PowerShell. Here are some reasons I can think of.
Wayne’s World of IT Revised
I’ve blogged in the past about Wayne Martin and his outstanding list of command line tips. These are one line commands, some complex some simple, that you can use to accomplish a wide range of task. The overall number of tips is to 425 and Wayne recently reorganized them into 7 categories to make it easier for people to digest. There’s very little scripting with any of these commands. Most use native or freely available command line tools. But because they are executed from a command line you could incorporate them into a script. I encourage you to check them out.
Server 2008 Revealed
I run a few Windows Server 2008 servers in VMWare for my test and demonstration environment. Honestly, I put them up very quickly not really knowing what I was doing, especially with Server Core. If I had the time, I would have looked at Greg Shield’s book Windows Server 2008: What’s New/What’s Changed. Like you I don’t have time to read an exhaustive door stop of a book (not that those titles don’t have value). What I needed was to learn about only the new Server 2008 features. I’ve been around long enough to know what a server is. All I needed was information on what was new in Server 2008 and what things changed from Server 2003.
