Over the years I’ve come up with a number of PowerShell tools to download the SysInternals tools to my desktop. And yes, I know that with PowerShell 5 and PowerShellGet I could download and install a SysInternals package. But that assumes the package is current. But that’s not really the point. Instead I want to…
Tag: Workflow
More Fun Getting PowerShell User Groups
A few days ago I posted a PowerShell function to retrieve information about PowerShell user groups. That function returned basic group information like this. Each group on the site has its own page which is what that Link property is for. So it didn’t take much work to use the same techniques as my original…
Runspaces, Remoting and Workflow, Oh My!
The other day on Twitter I saw a message about new script in the Microsoft Script Center on getting remote event logs with WMI. So I took a look at the script. If you take a minute to look at the script you’ll quickly realize this is not a script for beginners. My initial thought…
Techmentor Las Vegas 2013 Session Materials
I had a terrific time at Techmentor last week in Las Vegas. I did 2 3-hour sessions. The longer sessions are intended to allow speakers time to go deeper into content and offer more detailed coverage than what you might get at a conference like TechEd. From my informal survey of attendees, many people enjoyed…
PowerShell Workflow Bug
There is bug with workflows in PowerShell v3 that you might run into. I kept banging into it until I tracked it down. The problem occurs if you try to run a workflow from a PSDrive that you have added. For example, I have a PSDrive (S) which is mapped to C:\Scripts. When I try…
SQL Saturday 129 Session Material
I spoke this past weekend at a SQL Saturday event in Rochester, NY. My first SQL Saturday event and it was a lot of fun. A great turnout and some very interested attendees. I did three PowerShell sessions on jobs, scheduled jobs/tasks and an intro to workflows. The latter talk I think blew out some…