Over the years, the articles in this blog have grown extensively. There’s a lot of valuable information in here, but it’s become hard to find because it’s mixed in with various tour announcements, special offers, conference recaps, and the like.…
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With the advent of side-by-side module versions in Windows PowerShell 5.0, the lovely, but obscure ModuleSpecification object has become your new best friend. Use it to make sure that the commands and module that you use are the ones that…
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In March 2016, SAPIEN Technologies, Inc. posted a survey asking users and administrators which versions of Windows PowerShell they’re running. We got 148 responses by the April 8 when we closed the survey. This blog post reports the findings. While…
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If you’re learning about classes in Windows PowerShell 5.0, one of the first new concepts that you’ll encounter is inheritance. When you create a class that is based on another class, your new subclass or child class automatically gets the…
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The PowerShell team released Windows PowerShell 5.0 on Windows 10 last year and just re-released Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 for earlier versions of Windows. But, we know from years of experience that many people don’t upgrade their versions quickly.…
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Updates: We have updated this blog post to reflect these changes.
Windows Management Framework 5.0 RTM, which includes Windows PowerShell 5.0 for systems earlier than Windows 10, is now released.
Windows Management Framework 5.0 is now available in the Microsoft…
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Applies to:
— Windows PowerShell 5.0.10586.63
— PowerShellGet 1.0.0.1
I’m a huge fan of sharing Windows PowerShell modules and making them easy to find (Find-Module), view (Save-Module), and install (Install-Module). So, I truly love the new PowerShellGet module.
However, you…
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In January, I had the honor of presenting to the Mississippi PowerShell User Group (MSPSUG). I’ve known the organizers, Mike Robbins and Rohn Edwards for years, and truly respect them. The PSUG is online-only, which makes it a challenge for…
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The Group-Object cmdlet, one of the original provider cmdlets, is as old as Windows PowerShell. It was introduced in version 1.0 and hasn’t changed at all since then. But, it is one of my favorites. (You can tell when I…
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In this post, we explain why PowerShell Studio can run your scripts only the versions of Windows PowerShell that are installed on local and remote computers.
If you’ve recently upgraded to Windows 10 from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1, you’ll…
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