A lot of people use Select-String but I haven’t seen much discussion of the –Context parameter. This is an awesome feature that we added in V2. If you haven’t tried it, you should spend a few minutes experimenting. I can guarantee you that will you be glad you did. Let’s see what the HELP has to say about the Context parame...
As you probably know by now, all of PowerShell remoting is done via streaming extensions to WSMAN. WSMAN is the SOAP-based DMTF standard protocol for managing everything. As you explore the limits of what you can do with WSMAN or PowerShell remoting, you may encounter errors like this: [7592:0]PS> New-PSSession [localhost] Connecting...
I was reading PowerShell remoting in Windows Server 2008 R2. The great thing about this article is that it documents how to use Group Policy to enable PSRemoting on lots of machines automatically. In the article there was the following heads up: Warning: Commands that are executed against a remote machine do not have access to informat...
MMS Partner Day focuses on ISVs that produce products for Windows and System Center. I talked to them about the Windows Management Framework (WMF) and encouraged them all to check it out and begin using it to build their products. WMF is a download which combines PowerShell V2, WINRM 2.0 and BITS 4.0 and is available on XP SP3 and...
Beginning today, there's a new way to look at Windows PowerShell cmdlets. You're used to looking at them this way: Or, perhaps, this way: But would you like to look at them this way? What if getting a list of the remoting cmdlets was as easy as clicking a category name? And you could filter to display only the remoting configuration cmdlet...
Tonight’s version of the PowerScripting Podcast is going to be an Open Panel discussing PowerShell V2 including the following topics: If you’ve never tuned into the PowerScripting Podcast, you should. It is both fun and informative. Tonight’s podcast is happening at 9:30 EDT (6:30 PST). You can find out more i...
Scripting Guys have set the ball rolling for another fun filled and intresting edition of Scripting Games. You can see details here http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/04/05/2010-scripting-games-all-links-on-one-page.aspx Grab this badge here!
Windows PowerShell wouldn’t be very useful without all the great cmdlets that actually manage specific technologies. We want to help cmdlet developers to create high-quality cmdlets. Today we announce availability of FxCop rules that can be used to verify compliance with some of the Cmdlet Design Guidelines as well as to find some of th...
Back in the days when our hair was on fire with security issues, we brought in a number of industry experts to educate us on developing secure software. This resulted in the Security Development Lifecycle which all our products now use. One of the best talks was a from a guy from the NSA who had a talk that was something along the lines...
Sean Kearney (aka Ye110beard of Highway to PowersHell fame ) sent me a pointer to a fun video which posits that maybe W7 is TOO good. Just maybe it is so good that it will put IT Pros out of business. I think the exact opposite is true - I think PowerShell and the ability script the OS and products allows IT Pros to generate a ton of va...
