With service build 569 of PrimalScript 2007 we added a COM object that makes it easier to deal with CSV (comma separated values) data and/or files. While browsing through posts at ScriptingAnswers.com and some of Microsoft’s scripting related newsgroups I couldn’t help but notice that questions regarding CSV keep coming up. I mentioned this to […]
Category: Windows PowerShell
PowerShell and COM objects.
While developing a COM object for scripting use I wanted to provide a VBScript sample as well as a PowerShell sample. While creating the PowerShell sample I received an unexpected error message when setting a property value. Some quick review shows that PowerShell 1.0 (I did not check with the 2.0 CTP yet) cannot handle […]
Touch This
One of the last tasks for the Active Directory Powershell book was to assemble all the script samples. When the book is available you’ll be able to download a zip file from SAPIENPress.com. One thing I wanted to do was to use the file time stamp as a versioning tool.
PowerShell 101 now part of PrimalScript 2007 Enterprise Edition
As of August 1st 2008 every CD of PrimalScript 2007 Enterprise shipped will include a copy of our PowerShell 101 Class-On-Disc. To find out more about this title please look here: PowerShell 101 If you already own PrimalScript 2007 Enterprise you can order a replacement CD with PowerShell 101 from ScriptingOutpost.com Ordering will require a […]
More Fun with Debug Messages
A few weeks ago I posted an entry on creating customized debug messages that you can use in your scripting. After some more testing and tweaking I revised and renamed the function. Write-DebugMessage can now be used within your script to send messages to the debug pipeline. I moved the $debugpreference setting to the function itself and made other improvements.
Why a variable called AdminSessionADSettings might interest you as Exchange 2007 Admin
I must admit, I love Exchange, and the first look I had on Exchange 2007, I was feeling very uneasy when faced with the Exchange Management Shell. But second thing to admit, after working with the shell for almost two years now, I love the power of this thing with the perfect name: POWERShell 🙂
As an Exchange administrator, it is hard not to get familiar with the Shell. And I will try to post in this blog some tips that will be useful for you as an exchange administrator, and hopefully make some powershells addicts have a look at this great messaging product Exchange is now, (and have to admit, always has been ;-))
PowerShell: DriveUtilization
The other day I posted a VBS function for getting drive utilization. It seems only fair to give PowerShell a chance to play.
"Live" Variables
In a recent PowerShell ScriptingAnswers.com post, a member was asking about variables and whether they were “live” or linked to an actual object.The answer is “Yes and No, depending…”
Searching Word
One of the last tasks I needed to accomplish to get Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM ready for publication was to assemble all the script samples. They’ll be available for download from SAPIENPress when the book is published. I knew that most of the scripts were in my primary scripts directory, but probably not all. I usually copied scripts from my test environment to my scripts directory but I knew some were bound to be missing. I didn’t want to manually open 16 chapters, search for script names, check if I had the script and then move it to a new folder. I don’t have time for that. But I do have time to figure out how to do it in PowerShell.
Technical Reviewers needed
PowerShell and VMWare guru Hal Rottenberg is hard at work on Managing VMWare with Windows PowerShell: TFM. We are now in need of a handful of committed technical reviewers.
