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Adam Bertram
News

I need YOUR PowerShell Stories

We all love PowerShell and we all probably have some very entertaining stories about a situation where it really saved our butts (or caused problems). Either way, we can all tell some kind of interesting story around a memorable moment you had with PowerShell or automation in general. I’d love …

Don Jones
Announcements

PowerShell.org, Inc. 2015 Shareholder Meeting Roundup

I wanted to provide a quick wrap-up of the Annual Shareholder Meeting that we just concluded. We had a quorum of shareholder votes present online or by proxy, and we made some important decisions that I want to share with the community overall. One, we voted to amend the organization’s …

Don Jones
Scripting Games

The Scripting Games: Here's What's Happening

I know a lot of folks have been wondering about when the next Scripting Games will be. It’s a complicated answer… so bear with me for a minute while I unburden my soul to you. If you prefer to just skip the explanations, you can skip a bit to see what we’re doing, part 1. The …

pscookiemonster
PowerShell for Admins

Decorating PowerShell Objects

Ever wonder how PowerShell seems to know how to format objects? When you run Get-ChildItem or Get-WmiObject , you only see a few key properties, but a wealth of other information is available through commands like Select-Object and Get-Member . Have you ever written a PowerShell function that you …

Don Jones
PowerShell for Admins

Why Remoting vs. SSH Isn't Even a Thing

As you’ve probably read, Microsoft recently announced that they’re getting on board with SSH, and that they’ve plans to, in some future-and-unspecified version of Windows, include a default SSH server and client. Some folks have taken to the Twittersphere rejoicing this decision, …

pscookiemonster
PowerShell for Admins

Trust, but Verify

The PowerShell code you write can turn up in interesting places. Production services might rely on it. Your co-workers might take a peak and borrow ideas from it. You might decide to share it online. Someone might see your code online and use it in their own solutions. Hit the link for a quick bit …