The Test-Path cmdlet can keep you from going bonkers by offering a little bit of script pre-error-handling.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/16/2011
Microsoft's May patch arrived as expected, with just two security bulletins, one deemed "critical" and one considered "important."
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/10/2011
Automating SQL Server administration tasks is easy with PowerShell, especially with the SQL-related snapins.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/10/2011
Manage the whole VMware infrastructure from PowerShell. Yes, you heard right; it can be done.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/02/2011
PowerShell doesn't have tools to automate AD management, but some vendors have developed tools that can get you nearer to that goal.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/26/2011
Microsoft assembled a panel of MVPs, product managers and consultants to prod XP user to move to Windows 7.
To manage your environment, use the AD PowerShell provider that comes with Windows Server 2008 R2, or the Active Directory Management Gateway for any down-level DC.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/19/2011
Licensing changes were made late last week to Microsoft's PowerShell to allow ease of access for those using OSes other than Windows.
Microsoft makes changes to this flagship of the Systems Center family, aimed at responding to the changing landscape of systems management in the enterprise.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/14/2011
No surprises as Microsoft releases 17 security bulletins patching of 64 vulnerabilities.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 04/12/2011
Pipeline binding can get you what you want, as long as you use some of the PowerShell tricks up your sleeve.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/11/2011
No more wading through xml files to get what you need. The Get-FormatData cmdlet offers some nice data presentation.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 04/05/2011
Pipeline binding can get you what you want, as long as you use some of the PowerShell tricks up your sleeve.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/29/2011
Microsoft today released the second beta of its System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 2012) product.
Continuing our refresher on PowerShell basics, we'll revisit the pipeline.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/22/2011