I’m afraid a dangerous precedent has been set last night on the PowerScripting Podcast. I had a great time with Hal and Jonathon but there was a super hero question and I’m afraid I’ve started something I won’t be able…
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Sorry you didn’t make it to the Big Apple for the last Techmentor conference. It was a small and intimate show which I always like because it is easier to talk with attendees and answer questions. Plus your odds are…
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PowerShell’s [DATETIME] object has some handy methods for calculating a date such as AddDays().
PS C:\> get-date
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:11:18 PM
PS C:\> (get-date).AddDays(23)
Friday, September 26, 2008 4:11:34 PM
PS C:\>
You can even subtract by adding…
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I just got the proof from the printer for Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM. It always exciting to hold a finished (or close to finished) book. As soon as we check the proof and give the ok to…
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If you’ve been debating the pros and cons of PowerShell vs T-SQL, or trying to decide why anyone would want to use PowerShelll to manage SQL server when it already has a great management language, take a look at http://blogs.msdn.com/dtjones/archive/2008/08/29/powershell-vs-t-sql-or-why-did-we-add-powershell-support-in-sql2k8.aspx. …
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Our PowerShell boot camp was very successful and popular. Registration was limited so we’d like to set up a class for some time this Winter, most likely in the Jan-Feb timeframe. Locations have been narrowed down although no dates have…
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I needed a demonstration for one of my last online PowerShell classes on using COM objects in PowerShell. I took an old VBScript that used Microsoft Word to get document statistics such as word and page count and transformed it…
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While getting caught up on my podcast back log I was listening to an episode of Mind of Root. In it Steven Murawski mentioned my Get-Packet and Analyze-Packet PowerShell scripts. One of his (legitimate) issues with Analyze-Packet was the way…
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The other day I gave you a function to create a VBScript style message box in PowerShell. If you find yourself needing MsgBox in PowerShell, you’re likely going to want InputBox. This too is accomplished using the [microsoft.visualbasic.interaction] class. You’ll…
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We are currently running a survey about PowerShell adoption. If you haven’t had a chance yet to participate, please go here to do so: Take the survey
I would like to thank all those who already took the survey for…
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