Category Archives: Best Practices

TechEd 2010 Demos

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

As promised,  I’ve assembled my demo scripts as well as the transcriptfrom my TechEd 2010 talk Paradigm Shift Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition to Windows PowerShell. The official slide deck is supposed to be available on the TechEd web site.  … Continue reading →

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Content Redirection

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Here’s another item I see in some submisstions of the 2010 Scripting Games that I felt I should address: the use of legacy console redirection. While technically not illegal or wrong, an example like this demonstrates (at least in my … Continue reading →

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Bool vs Switch

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

I have to say I’m generally impressed with the quality of submissions to this year’s Scripting Games. But there is a recurring concept that some people are using and I think there’s a better way. Some contestants are defining function … Continue reading →

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PowerShell in the Enterprise

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

A new whitepaper I wrote for Quest Software has finally made it’s public appearance: PowerShell in the Enterprise: Best Practices and Recommendations. The paper discusses some best practices for using PowerShell in an enterprise environment. Essentially, getting the most from … Continue reading →

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