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
Want to send an e-mail from the command line? Give Blat a try.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/01/2008
PowerShell cmdlets come well-stocked with common parameters. Let's look at what you can get out of the -OutVariable parameter.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/01/2008
To recognize the dynasties in our annual Readers' Choice competition, <i>Redmond</i> is introducing the "Triple Crown," a new award for products that have won (at least) three Readers' Choice honors in a row.
Powershell includes a cmdlet called Out-Files that makes saving command results to a text file easier.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/01/2008
Readers submit more of their prized queries for everything from checking maintenance windows to deploying software.
- By Greg Shields
- 08/01/2008