Red can be disturbing at times, so let's change the color of the PowerShell console so it looks less aggressive when you chance upon the rare error.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 06/06/2011
Check out these Automatic Variables that are defined by PowerShell with every new session.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 06/02/2011
StatCounter shows Microsoft's newest Windows has grabbed a 33.22 percent share of the OS market as of the end of May.
Get your hands on the upcoming SQL Server development tools. All you need to do is join the program and provide feedback to the mothership.
The company points out flaws about a Microsoft study that shows IE 9 malware blocking success rate. Plus: Google to fix Android hole, Sony's security still being taken advantage of and a cloud vendor wants providers to make security a higher priority.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/23/2011
Some tips for customizing PowerShell's Integrated Scripting Environment.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 05/23/2011
There are some nifty, better-than-SSMS tools that cost nothing to use. One of them is already in your toolbox and you might not know it.
According to a new Forrester Research report, IT orgs are still choosing Microsoft Office over its competitors.
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
Insights from a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer on how to identify poor disk performance conditions and how to communicate the problem to SAN administrators and vendors.
- By Clint Huffman
- 05/12/2011
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
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
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
Two recently released surveys show that datacenter managers say they don't expect a budget increase for the year, while overall IT spending is on the rise.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/04/2011
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
Continuing our refresher on PowerShell basics, we'll revisit the pipeline.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/22/2011
PowerShell doesn't require that you become a developer, but you do have to get the basic concept of objects. It's simple, really. Let's revisit, if you don't object.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 03/15/2011