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In addition to all my other writing and speaking gigs, I’m now writing a monthly column for a new eJournal from RealTime Publishers. The column, Practical PowerShell, will be a regular feature in Windows Administration in Realtime. The eJournal is…
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I’ve been invited to speak at a Windows 2008 related launch event in Syracuse, NY on February 28. I’ll be speaking about PowerShell in as much time as they want to give me. The event is sponsored by Visory Group,…
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The June issue of TechNet magazine (www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag) will have an article about elevating script permissions under Vista’s User Account Control (UAC), including some “PowerToys” you can use in your scripts to utilize RunAs, Run as Administrator, and other goodies. And,…
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One more thing I forgot to mention: One of the biggest concerns I’ve heard recently is, “Will Windows PowerShell run on “Longhorn” Server Core?” The short answer is, “no.” But there’s a long answer, and some hope.
The reason is…
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PrimalScript 4.0 (and later) Professional and Enterprise include the Evolved Script Packager™, a tool that turns VBScript and JScript files into standalone executables (EXEs) for easier deployment. If you’re a KiXtart developer, however… that’s not much help. Fortunately, you can…
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So, I’m back from the MVP Summit feeling great about the future of Windows PowerShell (and Windows Server “Longhorn”, too, although that’s perhaps less relevant to this blog). Now, understand that the purpose of the Summit is primarily for us…
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Do you work in a Microsoft Windows-based environment? Can you think of at least 10 administrative tasks that you find repetitive and inefficient? Or tasks that you just don’t bother doing – like changing service account passwords – because they’d…
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SAPIEN Technologies has released a new version of their free PowerShell tool. This tool gets all the help information from your PowerShell installation and presents it in a nice GUI. Not only will you get alias and cmdlet help for…
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Finally!!!! Amazon has Windows PowerShell TFM available and shows that it is shipping. Hopefully there won’t be too much of a delay in fulfilling the pre-orders. We hope you’ll post your comments and feedback on Amazon. We appreciate all your…
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