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Keeping Your Options Open

Now that you're familiar with functions, here's how to pass information to them. A look at the Param keyword.

Get-Modular

PowerShell can handle functions, but be sure to keep things simple by modularizing code.

Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services (Exam 70-643)

Configuring Terminal Services RemoteApp

Rethinking IE 7's Patching Schedule

Plus, Cooking up a new browser from scratch; baking in security; Adobe Reader flaw discovered.

Comparison and Contrast

Which of these things is not like the other? Use the Compare-Object cmdlet to find out.

Win7 UAC Debate Nipped With Fix

Plus, Microsoft revamps security portal; printer flaws get fixed; drivers get spammed.

PowerShell 2.0: Even Better Than 1.0

The community technology preview is worth the time to download. Here's what I like so far.

COM-unication

If you've written VBscripts, you're familiar with COM objects. Some COM objects work just fine in PowerShell, maybe better.

Who Took My IIS Manager?

Even with IIS 7, this reader through the Web Server role can't connect to Web site in his browser from another computer.

Vista Installation (Exam 70-620)

Working with Windows PE

Checking Your Homework

Last week's assignment: Create a formatted report of some processes with the powers of PowerShell. How did you do?

Security Change From the Top

MSRC gets new leader, while old leader moves up; IE8 stems clickjacking; Conficker continues to confound; payment cards -- now, more vulnerable.

Vista Migration (Exam 70-620)

Tools for migrating old computer accounts, settings, files to a new Vista computer.

Show What You Learned About PowerShell

Homework Assignment #1: Creating a formatted report of a selected scoped of peak paged memory.

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

Oracle fixes piled onto Microsoft fixes; October out-of-band patch still makes admins twitch; common programming errors resulting in security lapses.

Give Me Time

PowerShell's DateTime object will leave you with time on your hands to do other things.

Stringing Along

Use a PowerShell object's methods to do many of the same tasks for which you'd write VBscript code in long form.

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