Posts Tagged ‘powershell’
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 by Devin Leaman
One of my first tasks, after I was hired at SAPIEN, was to figure out why users couldn’t view WMI classes on remote computers and turn the solution into an easy-to-follow blog post. After completing that, I had to turn it into a script so that it was even easier to set up. Although I managed to complete the script, there was the catch that it worked only on Windows 8. I couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t working on Windows 10. With the help of a couple of SAPIEN MVPs (thanks, Mike and James!), I’m happy to share that…
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Tags: powershell, wmi, WMI Explorer
Posted in Howto, PowerShell, Scripting, WMI Explorer | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 19th, 2016 by Ferdinand Rios
Now that PowerShell is available on the Mac, we thought it would be useful to show how easy it is to setup a Mac terminal session that automatically opens into PowerShell. Figure 1 shows what we mean. [caption id="attachment_12634" align="aligncenter" width="1130"] Figure 1 - PowerShell Terminal Session[/caption] First you need to download the PowerShell macOS package from here (look for the Get PowerShell section in the README.md) and install it using the directions found here . Once PowerShell is installed and running on your system, follow the instructions below to set up your PowerShell terminal Here are the steps to follow: Open Terminal on…
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Tags: Mac, Macintosh, macOS, OS X, powershell, Windows PowerShell
Posted in Bash, General, Howto, PowerShell, Windows PowerShell | 33 Comments »
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 by Ferdinand Rios
iPowerShell, our little iOS app, has come a long way over the years. It started out as simply a reference tool for PowerShell cmdlets, about_help and provider help. Over the years, we added YouTube videos, PowerShell Twitter posts, PowerShell Web Access, remote connectivity with PSWA and SSH, and a color coded editor. Today we announce iPowerShell for the Mac! This is a desktop application with most of the major features of its mobile sibling (we have not yet implemented the script editor). With this desktop application, admins can use their Macs to connect to PowerShell either through PSWA or…
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Tags: iPowerShell, Mac, powershell, scripting, Windows PowerShell
Posted in General, iPowerShell, PowerShell | 5 Comments »
Monday, August 1st, 2016 by June Blender
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start a PowerShell user group? I did an interview with Gary Barnes, Software Development Engineer in Test, Portland, Oregon, who just started PDX PowerShell (@PDXPoShPUG), a PowerShell user group for Portland, OR, USA, and its suburbs, including Vancouver, WA. He has lots of great insights. ------------------------------------- User groups are an incredible vehicle for learning, whether you're a beginner who needs mentoring and support, an expert who needs to know about cutting edge techniques, or just a diehard who loves to learn. They provide expertise, knowledge, challenges, and the sense of…
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Tags: juneb, powershell, User Group, User Groups
Posted in PowerShell, UserGroup | 16 Comments »
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016 by June Blender
Tested on: PowerShell 2.0+, PowerShell Studio 2016 This step-by-step example shows you how to create a very simple multi-form PowerShell GUI app. The app consists of a parent form that gets data from a child form and displays it. When you finish, you'll know how to use the basic multi-form features of PowerShell Studio. For details about how these features work under the covers, see How Do Multi-Form Projects Work? For this task, we assume that you know how to create a single-form PowerShell GUI app or that you've participated in a Thinking in Events hands-on lab. Otherwise, start with…
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Tags: forms, gui, juneb, multi-form, multiple forms, powershell, PowerShell GUI, PowerShell Studio
Posted in Beginners, GUIProgramming, Howto, PowerShell, PowerShell Studio, Windows PowerShell | 26 Comments »
Monday, July 25th, 2016 by David Corrales
We released a new service build of PowerShell Studio 2016 (v5.2.125)! Here’s what’s new: Blocked Files PowerShell Studio will now notify you when a script file is blocked. Windows flags files as blocked when downloaded from the internet or copied from a remote computer. PowerShell Studio disables execution of blocked files for your security. When you wish to run the script, unblock the file using the file tab’s context menu: Open with PrimalXML You can now open XML files directly in PrimalXML from the project panel using the context menu: You can also open help…
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Tags: DataGridView, powershell, PowerShell Studio 2016, Service build
Posted in PowerShell Studio, Service Build, Software News | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016 by June Blender
Applies to: Windows PowerShell 5.0.10586, 5.1.14385.0, PowerShellGet 1.0.0.1 The Import-Module cmdlet, the #Requires directive, and module auto-loading (PS 3.0+) all import modules into a PowerShell session. But, which modules do they import by default? It's an important question when you are writing shared code that uses commands from other modules. And, the answer has become more complex with the advent of side-by-side versioning in PowerShell 5.0. Read the full post in the SAPIEN Information Center. June Blender is a technology evangelist at SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. and a Windows PowerShell MVP. You can reach her at juneb@sapien.com or follow her…
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Tags: #Requires, Import-Module, module auto-loading, module-qualified, modules, ModuleSpecification, powershell, powershell 5.0, VersionChaos, Versioning
Posted in PowerShell, PowerShell 5.0, Versions | 4 Comments »
Thursday, July 7th, 2016 by Alex Riedel
The latest service build of PrimalScript 2016 (7.2.91) adds performance graphs for your scripts. To enable this feature you just need to make the “Performance” tab visible before you execute your script. Performance data can be collected on any script run from within PrimalScript as long as you enabled output redirection. That means this applies to PowerShell, VBScript, Perl or any other script that you run from within PrimalScript. The output window will also display the peak values during the execution of your script when it finishes. Since collecting this data while executing your script obviously adds additional CPU and…
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Tags: CPU, graph, memory, powershell, PrimalScript
Posted in PowerShell, PrimalScript, Software News, Windows PowerShell | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016 by David Corrales
We released a new service build of PowerShell Studio 2016 (v5.2.124)! Here’s what’s new: High DPI Support We have added high DPI support to PowerShell Studio’s UI. Those of you who previously ran PowerShell Studio on a high DPI monitor (Windows 10 in particular) probably noticed that the application appeared fuzzy. The fuzzy appearance is caused by Windows’ scaling of non-DPI aware applications. The good news is that this no longer the case with PowerShell Studio 2016. Not DPI Aware DPI Aware High DPI Layouts With high DPI screens, you will require high DPI layouts. When PowerShell Studio detects…
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Tags: DPI, powershell, PowerShell Studio 2016, Service build
Posted in PowerShell Studio, Service Build, Software News, Windows PowerShell | 8 Comments »
Friday, July 1st, 2016 by June Blender
What a free day of learning can do for a community. ------------------------------ You need to meet Sidney Moore. Really. You might know Jeffrey Snover or Bruce Payette or Ed Wilson. But, you need to meet Sidney Moore. Because Sid is one of the most dedicated and passionate advocates for PowerShell learners that I've met. Sid works in IT for Bank of America in Jacksonville, Florida, a hot and humid spot that is, nevertheless, home to a growing IT industry. A few years back, worried that IT operations techs would become obsolete, he dedicated himself not only to learning PowerShell, but…
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Tags: Beginners, IT Pro Camp, powershell, SAPIEN sponsorship, sponsor, User Group, User Groups
Posted in Conference, IT, PowerShell | 7 Comments »
