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I really like Windows Server Core. The concept has come of age in Windows 2012. I needed to add a new disk to a virtual machine – that"™s easy using the Hyper-V cmdlets. But what about formating the disk. A module new to Windows 2012 & Windows can be used. Its the Storage module. I"™ve …
Windows Server 2012 has a PowerShell enabled backup utility. When you enable the feature you get a module called WindowsServerBackup. It has the cmldets you would expect for creating and managing backups. No surprise you may say as this was avialable in Windows 2008 R2. The difference with Windows …
Believe it or not, we are coming up on our one year anniversary, and will be winding down our capital campaign. If you’d like to become a stockholder in PowerShell.org, you will have until June 1st May 15 to do so. Read the details at https://powershell.org/discuss/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=239 …
I tripped over an interesting issue recently regarding the running of PowerShell workflows. Consider the world"™s simplest workflow workflow test-w1 {“hello world”} If I run this on a 32bit Windows 8 PowerShell machine ““ it works If I run this on Windows 2012 (64bit) on …
Jason Helmick remotely gave a demo of Sapien"™s Powershell Studio Ed Wilson, The Scripting Guy, gave a presentation on the different ways to remotely manage a Windows 8 workstation (remotely via the Charlotte PowerShell User Group) Announcements The Scripting games start on 04/25/2013, make …
The MEAP marches on with chapter 8 now released: Chapter 8 ““ creating Group Policies details from http://www.manning.com/siddaway3/
As described in the 2013 Scripting Games Competitors’ Guide, our expert judges this year will not be awarded numeric scores. Frankly, folks seem more interested in having their entries peer-reviewed than just getting a number - and why not? Expert review is a great way to learn! Unfortunately, …
As revealed in the 2013 Scripting Games Competitors’ Guide, the 2013 Games will invite the community in general to award numeric votes for entries. Our expert judges will instead focus on commentary, helping make the Games into an even better learning experience. They’ll be commenting …
In preparation for the upcoming Scripting Games, the April 2013 issue of the free PowerShell.org TechLetter will feature tips, examples, and advice for helping you do the best in the Games! Remember that the Competitor Guide is now available, so you can start reviewing how the Games will be graded …
If were following good security practices we run our Windows system with UAC enabled. This means that if you forget to launch your PowerShell prompt as Administrator when you run a script that requires administrative privilege then that script will fail. It would be nice to build a mechanism into …
