Category Archives: powershell

More PowerShell V3 Goodness

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Boe Prox

A few more things I wanted to touch on about PowerShell V3 before calling it a night: A Better ISE Finally, we have Intellisense in the ISE! This has been one of the most wanted things (for me at least) … Continue reading →

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PowerShell V3 CTP 1 released to Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2 and Export-Csv with –Append!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Boe Prox

You heard it! PowerShell V3 CTP 1 is out in the wild and ready for downloaded right here! Bear in mind that this is only for Windows 7 and Windows 2008R2. It does require a reboot to complete the installation … Continue reading →

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Guest spot on the PowerScripting Podcast

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Boe Prox

I had the excellent opportunity to be a guest on the PowerScripting podcast earlier in September (1SEPT2011) to talk about my latest project: PoshPAIG. For anyone who hasn’t checked out the podcast, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. There is … Continue reading →

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Don’t assume a Cmdlet has -WhatIf

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Boe Prox

Imagine that you are writing a script, or preparing to run a command that will perform a change on your domain. For instance, you are running the FailoverClusters module and want to move a cluster group on a given condition. … Continue reading →

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Checking for failing Hard Drives using S.M.A.R.T and PowerShell

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Boe Prox

I noticed a link to an article on twitter yesterday that talked about how you can use PowerShell to query for a SMART enabled hard drive and detect a possible imminent failure. It was an interesting article and showed me … Continue reading →

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