Subscribe via RSSEven though PowerShell is by design a console based management tool, there are instances where you would like to use a GUI. PowerShell can use the Windows forms classes from the .NET Framework. However in the past creating anything other than the simplest of forms was very tedious and time consuming. Now SAPIEN Technologies has…
TurboChargeAD.Org
I’ll be adding yet another writing gig to my portfolio. This time I’ll be contributing a bi-weekly blog column at TurboChargeAD.org. The site is run by Quest Software with contributions from many members of the IT Pro and PowerShell community that you are likely familiar with like Don Jones, Brandon Shell, and Darren Mar-Elia, to…
PowerShell Poll
Are you using Windows PowerShell v1.0 in production today? Are you thinking about it? If you aren’t, why? Inquiring minds at SAPIEN want to know. Take a moment to answer a simple yes/no poll at http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2008/09/23/powershell-production-poll/. If you aren’t using PowerShell, kindly leave a comment explaining why. Nobody’s passing judgment and there are many reasons…
Updated Domain Password Script
This month’s Mr. Roboto column offers a script you can use with PowerShell to build a domain password report. There were few issues that came up which have since been resolved. You can download the latest version, currently 1.2 at www.jdhitsolutions.com/scripts in the Mr. Roboto section.
Waynes World of Tips
I’ve blogged in the past about Wayne Martin and his outstanding list of command line tips. These are one line commands, some complex some simple, that you can use to accomplish a wide range of task. The overall number of tips is to 425 and Wayne recently reorganized them into 7 categories to make it…
Order Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM – Finally!
Yes, its finally true. You can finally get your hands on Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM. The book is being printed so you can get your copy today. You can order it today at ScriptingOutpost.com in both print and ebook format. Or if you prefer the best of both worlds get both as…
Updated Domain Password Report
My September Mr. Roboto column covers a PowerShell script you can use to create a domain password report. I also demo’d the script at the NYC Techmentor conference this past week. Since then I realized a mistake in the way that I laid out the script. I had nested a function within another function which…
What can we learn from the airlines?
Don Jones has written an excellent business analysis article: What can we learn from the airlines? Having done my share of frequent flying I can attest to the veracity of his article. If more companies were anti-airline in their business practices I think they could be more profitable, their employees more productive and happy and…
$cript Fanatic: Generating TinyURLs from PowerShell
Shay has a nifty little function for generating tiny URLs in PowerShell. $cript Fanatic: Generating TinyURLs from PowerShell You could use it in play of the Get-Snurl function from my Out-Twitter function.
Out-Twitter
My Out-Twitter function is available at http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2008/06/23/out-twitter/. If you want, you can follow me @JeffHicks I’m sure you can come with an enhancement or two, and if so, I’d love to hear about them. Technorati Tags: PowerShell, Twitter, Scripting, JeffHicks
Scripting/SysAdmin Meme
[cross-posted from blog.sapien.com] I saw that Kirk Munro called me out on on Steven Muraski’s Scripting/SysAdmin meme . Here’s my contribution to the meme. How old were you when you started using computers? I probably didn’t start using computers until late in college (which was a very long time ago in computer time. What was…
Online PowerShell Training
Time is running out to register for SAPIEN Technologies’ online PowerShell Fundamentals training. The first class starts June 17. The class is essentially self-study with materials supplied by SAPIEN including an e-book version of Windows PowerShell: TFM 2nd ed. I’ll meet online twice a week via Webex with students to review the material. Students will…
Win a Kindle
Fellow PowerShell MPV (and former SAPIEN colleague) Don Jones is off to a new venture with Redmond Magazines’ Greg Shields. Their offering up a tasty incentive to get people involved with their new site. If you post a relevant comment to one of their blog entries you’ll be entered into a drawing for a free…
More CLI One-Liners
In the past I’ve posted a collection of command one-liners that get a ton of work done with (relatively) minimal effort. Many of these have come from Wayne Martin. I’ve been behind in my blogging while book writing, but I wanted to make sure you checked out his latest list at: http://waynes-world-it.blogspot.com/2008/04/useful-command-lines.html Technorati Tags: Automation,…
I’m All a Twitter
I’d have to be living in a bubble in Antarctica to not be aware of Web 2.0 and all the related platforms. I’ve resisted most of them, telling myself I’m either too “old” or that they don’t add value to my professional life. But after hearing John Dvorak poo-poo Twitter for the longest time, only…