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Do you hate Add-Member as much as I do? Wait - maybe you aren't familiar with Add-Member or the glory of PowerShell's Adaptive Type System. (ATS). When I looked at the .NET type system, my reaction was "....almost". I'm not trying to throw a rock at .NET - anyone that knows me knows how much I love .NET Read More......
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Doug Finke has been having fun working with PowerShell and .NetMap from MSR. Now he has written this AMAZINGLY tiny script to call the World Bank's WebService and visualize the world by income level. This has to be seen to be believed. If you were ever unclear on the power of the compositional model Read More......
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Tonight at 9pm EST (6pm PST) (UTC-4), I'll be one of Hal Rottenberg's guiests on his live Podcast., You can find the live show details at the top right corner of http://powerscripting.net . Apparently you'll be able to ask questions but not throw beer bottles (the internet is awesome!). I have no idea Read More......
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In PS V1, this is what you get for GET-COMMAND -SYNTAX PS> Get-Command Get-Process -Syntax Get-Process [[-Name] <String[]>] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-Module] [-FileVersionInfo] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference>] [-WarningAction <ActionPreference>] [-ErrorVariable Read More......
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For those of you who downloaded the Technical Preview and have used Writer in the last couple of days, you may have seen a notification to upgrade to the new version only to be directed to http://get.live.com/writer to find that there is nothing new to install. On Monday (September 1, 2008) the Technical Read More......
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Dear Bob ...I liked this week's Keep the Joint Running ("A Labor Day dichotomy," 9/1/2008). It triggered a thought:Are the decision making and knowledge level of the lower employee any different then the level of decision making and knowledge level of those of the top executives?I'm sure if we put some Read More......
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What you can predict about how a company is managed based on the existence of a shareholder's lawsuit ... and how not to interview there. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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Have I ever mentioned how much I love the community? Today Kirill Osenkov posted a comment on the blog pointing out that there was an API to get the .NET Framework install path: RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeDirectory() . I didn' t know that and now I do. :-) I took the opportunity to rewrite Update-Gac.ps1 Read More......
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Here is a quick and dirty function I wrote after getting PO'd at having to look up documentation for constructors: function get-Constructor ([type]$type) { foreach ($c in $type.GetConstructors()) { $type.Name + "(" foreach ($p in $c.GetParameters()) { "`t{0} {1}," -f $p.ParameterType.Name, $p.Name } Read More......
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Advice for marketing a start-up (or any other tough situation): Give yourself the same advice you'd give anyone else. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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Dan Jones has a great blog HERE explaining why the SQL team decided to support PowerShell when they already had T-SQL. It originally started as an email thread responding to the question posed by an MVP. This was a great question to ask. In many ways, PowerShell is merely trying catch Read More......
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Hired, then fired along with the manager who brought him in. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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When IT centralized support, support became terrible. What went wrong? READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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One of the highlights of my IT Forum talks last year came when I had Tobias Weltner demo PowerShellPlus V1.0. It rocked the house. The power and thoughtfullness of the tool was very clear. Since then, Tobias has teamed up with the folks over at Idera to launch a new version of PowersShellPlus they are Read More......
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If you're going to be in Sweden on Sept 16th, you have the opportunity to hear Richard Siddaway give 2 PowerShell talks covering: PowerShell Overview Learning Powershell Using WMI Break Administering Active Directory Administering IIS 7 Richard is the founder of the world's first Powershell User Group Read More......
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Dear Bob -Our company is in the process of deciding if we will outsource a core part of our business. The stakes are high in this decision because of the potential financial impact of a wrong decision and the potential impact of a degradation of service.What makes this decision difficult are the unknowns. Read More......
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Comments on centralization and decentralization. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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At TechEd, I did an interview with Kevin Remde where I discussed the V2 Universal Code Execution model in detail. You can see it at : Universal Code Execution Model (UCEM)—a vision of how PowerShell scripts can run anywhere, anytime in just the right semantics . You can access the entire library of interviews Read More......
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Architectural lock-in can make pleasing customers irrelevant to business success. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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Adding diplomacy to difficult messages. READ MORE Share Post: Read More......
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