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PowerShell Deep Dive @ The Experts Conference Europe 2011

July 12, 2011 Jul 12, 2011 07/12/11
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Based upon the excellent reviews received at the first PowerShell Deep Dive, we're pleased to announce a PowerShell Deep Dive will be coming to The Experts Conference 2011 in Germany. The PowerShell Deep Dive provides a deep technical and strategic engagement within the PowerShell Community. Attendees interact one-on-one with presenters, ...

Invoke-Expression considered harmful

June 3, 2011 Jun 3, 2011 06/3/11
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The PowerShell team frequently gets questions that start out “how do I get the quoting right for…” and the answer turns out to usually be – there is a simpler way – don’t use Invoke-Expression. The problem arises when trying to run some command external to PowerShell.  Some common reasons people try ...

Download the Updated Core Help CHM

May 16, 2011 May 16, 2011 05/16/11
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The best way to get updated help for Windows PowerShell core commands is to type "Get-Help –Online <cmdletname>," but that works only when you're online and your firewall permits Internet access. For all of those other times, there's the new Windows PowerShell 2.0 Core Help – May 2011 Update in CHM format. The newly released...

PowerShell at TechEd 2011

April 28, 2011 Apr 28, 2011 04/28/11
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  We’re just a couple weeks away from TechEd (May 16-19) and there’s going to be a ton of great PowerShell content again this year! Kirk Munro just made a post over at Poshoholic with an easy-to-read list of all the PowerShell related sessions for the conference. Thanks to Kirk for his effort in compiling all of this in a single ...

Keeping Help Helpful: Use -Online and Redirectable Links

April 22, 2011 Apr 22, 2011 04/22/11
PowerShell Team
When you refer to Windows PowerShell help topics, such as in tools and blog posts, be sure to refer to the most recent version of the help topics. Few things are less helpful or more confusing than sending a reader to a topic that is missing a parameter or includes an example that doesn't work. To be sure ...

PowerShell Language now licensed under the Community Promise

April 15, 2011 Apr 15, 2011 04/15/11
PowerShell Team
The PowerShell team is excited to announce that starting today we are licensing the language specification for Windows PowerShell 2.0 under the Microsoft Community Promise. This means that now anyone can implement PowerShell on any platform they want to.  We know some of our most passionate customers sometimes work on platforms that can&...

Using Get-WinEvent –FilterXml to process Windows Events

April 14, 2011 Apr 14, 2011 04/14/11
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Introduction Windows Events can be extremely useful for debugging. Administrators often use events to diagnose problems in complex systems. However, Event Viewer is time-consuming and difficult to automate. Luckily, there is a simple way to fully automate the process. The FilterXml Parameter The FilterXml parameter allows you use a ...

Scaling and Queuing PowerShell Background Jobs

April 4, 2011 Apr 4, 2011 04/4/11
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A couple of months ago I had asked the PowerShell MVPs for suggestions on blog topics. Karl Prosser, one of our awesome MVPs, brought up the topic of scaling and queuing background jobs. The scenario is familiar: You have a file containing a bunch of input that you want to process and you don’t want to overburden your computer by ...