In anticipation of PowerShell 2.0, Mr. Roboto gives a few pointers on how to get the most out of it -- starting with Windows Management Instrumentation.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/01/2009
The OutVariable parameter offers a peek deep into your pipelined PowerShell expressions.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/01/2009
GUI-based administration might linger for a while, but working from the console prompt is the wave of the future. And that means scripting.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/01/2009
Microsoft on Monday alerted users of its Exchange Server 2007 product that Service Pack 2 (SP2) will be coming sometime in the third quarter of this year.
Next up in Jeff's six-part WMI series, he demonstrates how to call up WMI methods.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/14/2009
Independent software vendors have long been the life of Microsoft's party by producing products that fill in the gaps Redmond leaves open. For Tech•Ed North America 2009, we celebrate third-party vendors and preview what they'll be announcing and demonstrating at the show.
Monitoring local group members doesn't always have to be difficult, as this PowerShell script shows.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/01/2009
PSDrives work like real drives, only differently. Here's how to work with these PSProviders in PowerShell.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/01/2009
Some COM objects work just fine in PowerShell -- maybe better.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/01/2009
Sometimes, all you want is a quick reassurance that your server farm is OK. Here's a script to give you some peace of mind.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/01/2009
A performance monitoring solution for your large enterprise doesn't have to be expensive; in fact, thanks to this open source tool, it's possible to implement one for free.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/01/2009
My secret for learning Microsoft's scripting technology? Check out these blogs.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/01/2009
Sans GUI, PowerShell can be made to work interactively. The trick is the Read-Host cmdlet.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/01/2009
Mr. Roboto uses PowerShell to revamp an old tool.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 02/01/2009
Microsoft doesn't offer any sort of PowerShell forms editor -- but Sapien Technologies does.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 01/01/2009