PowerShell Terminology: Tightly integrated products
I've been doing a couple of blog posts this year on PowerShell terminology. In this post, I will discuss what I like to call “tightly integrated products”. Briefly, I use this term when I talk about...
View ArticleREADY: Should you care about Windows PowerShell?
I’m going to start blogging on the System Center Central web site. The site is dedicated to Microsoft’s System Center product line, which covers a wide-range of products. I’m starting a series of...
View ArticleAre you ready for Windows 7? Moncton Community Event
Are you ready for Windows 7? Moncton Community Event November 4, 2009 6:00 PM - November 4, 2009 8:00 PM Atlantic Time (Canada) Welcome Time: 5:30 PM Moncton Public Library Room: AB 644 Main Street...
View ArticleMicrosoft MVP – for another year!
Hey everyone… I’m proud to announce that I was re-awarded as a Microsoft MVP for the 3rd consecutive year.I’m very excited to be recognized by Microsoft for my contributions to the PowerShell community!
View ArticlePowerShell V2 Virtual Launch Party
Join Jeffry Snover, Hal Rottenberg and Jonathan Walz (hosts of the PowerScripting Podcast) in a PowerShell V2 Virtual Launch Party this Thursday, Oct 22nd, 9:30 PM EDT (GMT-4). For more details and...
View ArticleTechDays in Halifax… Still a few spots left
TechDays is near! Halifax will be on November 2nd and 3rd.I’ve been accepted to do two presentations:Operations Manager 2007 R2 for monitoring UNIX/Linux servers.Server management improvements in...
View ArticleAdding sounds to PowerGadgets
PowerGadgets is my favorite PowerShell add-on. I think it is time to think up more usage examples now that PowerShell v2 is “mainstream”.I was checking out the PowerGadgets support forums last week...
View ArticleRunning PowerShell in the Cloud (with Azure)
There's a PowerShell Azure sample application HERE.Briefly, in Azure terminology, the sample provides:The code to create a ASP.NET web role, which acts as the Internet-accessible web page that provides...
View ArticlePowerShell books for 2010
I wanted to post a list of the PowerShell books I’m looking forward to being out in 2010. There may be others in the works that I’m not aware of.December 2009 (I’m including this in 2010): Windows...
View ArticlePowerShell in Practice – 40% OFF
Last week HERE, I mentioned the upcoming PowerShell books for 2010.Well, if you’re interested in one of these: PowerShell in Practice, I have some good news for you: YOU CAN GET 40% OFF NOW.Just go to...
View ArticleMicrosoft is coming to Moncton: EnergizeIT
Register: http://tinyurl.com/energizeit-monctonDetails: April 20, 2010 6:30 PM - April 20, 2010 9:00 PM Atlantic Time (Canada) Welcome Time: 6:00 PM Mapleton Rotary Pavilion 600 Mapleton Rd. Moncton...
View ArticleMicrosoft Official Course – PowerShell v2
Don Jones has just made it official HERE: Microsoft will be offering an official course on PowerShell v2.I have had the honour on working on some of the labs for the course, and I think it is going to...
View ArticleTechDays 2010: My speaker bio is up
If you’re from Canada, you must have heard that TechDays is coming back for another year! TechDays is coming back to Halifax again this November 2 and 3.I’m excited to have another chance to get up in...
View ArticleUsing Windows PowerShell with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) SDK for .NET
I recently had the opportunity to write an article for Amazon on how to use their .NET-based AWS SDK with PowerShell.You can find the article HERE.It’s a pretty basic PowerShell article geared more for...
View ArticleTechEd 2010 in New Orleans – a brief report
I’m on my way back from my first ever TechEd. What a great experience. I was mostly working the PowerShell booth and trying to talk with vendors and attendees, but I did get to attend 2 PowerShell...
View ArticleCool application: Sapien’s PrimalMerge 2009
Although I’m quite busy, I try to find time to try out new products when I can. I’m especially excited when I can try out one of these new programs to help resolve a problem I’m having.I don’t have...
View ArticleUsing SSH to invoke PowerShell remotely (PDF)
Here’s something I wrote last Spring that provides a step-by-step on how to call PowerShell remotely using password-less SSH from a Linux-based server to a Microsoft Windows 2003 Server.It’s a PDF you...
View ArticleMicrosoft MVP for another year…
Today is my re-award date, and I just received a pleasant surprise.I have been awarded a Microsoft MVP award (PowerShell of course!) for another year.Looking back, I’ve eased up on blogging (and...
View ArticleUsing Write-EventLog…
I was trying to use the Write-EventLog cmdlet and was noticing additional annoying text being added to the messages. For example:PS> write-eventlog -logname "Windows PowerShell" -source PowerShell...
View Article/n software releases NetCmdlets v3 beta
I was surprised to discover that /n software has released a beta of v3 of their NetCmdlets. One of the major improvements is that it now appears it is module-based. There are some other additions as...
View Article