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WMF 5.0 – Clipboard cmdlets

Posted by: | April 30, 2015 Comments Off on WMF 5.0 – Clipboard cmdlets |

The April 2015 WMF 5.0 preview brings new functionality in the shape of cmdlets for working directly with the clipboard. You use Set-Clipboard to put data onto the clipboard   £> get-command Set-Clipboard -Syntax Set-Clipboard [-Append] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] Set-Clipboard [-Value] <string[]> [-Append] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] Set-Clipboard -Path <string[]> [-Append] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] Set-Clipboard -LiteralPath […]

under: PowerShell v5

WMF 5.0–New-TemporaryFile

Posted by: | April 30, 2015 Comments Off on WMF 5.0–New-TemporaryFile |

Creating a temporary file in PowerShell 4.0 and earlier has been possible using a number of techniques such as: £> $file = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName() £> $file C:\Users\Richard\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpEFAD.tmp   With the April 2015 WMF 5.0 preview this becomes much easier £> $file2 = New-TemporaryFile £> $file2     Directory: C:\Users\Richard\AppData\Local\Temp Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name —-                ————-         —— —- […]

under: PowerShell v5

WMF 5.0 April 2015 Preview is available

Posted by: | April 29, 2015 Comments Off on WMF 5.0 April 2015 Preview is available |

The PowerShell team have released the April 2015 WMF 5.0 preview.  Details from http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/04/29/windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-april-2015-is-now-available.aspx

under: PowerShell v5

Blocksize missing?

Posted by: | April 28, 2015 Comments Off on Blocksize missing? |

I recently had a question asking why the Bloacksize property on Win32_LogicalDisk is empty but is populated on Win32_Volume. The thing is to remember the underlying thing that these 2 CIM classes represent.   A logical disk is a subdivision of an extended partition. An extended partition can hold one or more logical disks.   […]

under: CIM, File System

OMI/CIM/WMI dictionary

Posted by: | April 28, 2015 Comments Off on OMI/CIM/WMI dictionary |

Don Jones provides a very good summary of the similarities and differences between WMI, CIM and OMI http://powershell.org/wp/2015/04/24/management-information-the-omicimwmimidmtf-dictionary/ Recommended reading if you’re using these technologies

under: CIM, PowerShell and CIM, PowerShell and WMI

PowerShell Summit NA 2015

Posted by: | April 22, 2015 Comments Off on PowerShell Summit NA 2015 |

We’re into the last afternoon as I write this. We’ve had some amazing sessions with excellent presentations on DSC, security aspects of using PowerShell, using and manipulating data with PowerShell, PowerShellGet, Nano server, working with ACLs in PowerShell and PowerShell help.   This has been out third Summit and North America and probably the best. […]

under: PowerShell, Summit

PowerShell Summit NA 2015–announcements

Posted by: | April 21, 2015 Comments Off on PowerShell Summit NA 2015–announcements |

The PowerShell Team announced some things on Monday OneGet is now PowerShell Package Maanger   Next WMF 5.0 preview will become available on 30 April   Pester – the testing module – will be included in Windows   Open Source projects on Github: DSC Resource Kit PowerShell Script Analayzer Virtual Studio PowerShell Plug-in

under: PowerShell, Summit

PowerShell Summit NA 2015–recordings

Posted by: | April 21, 2015 Comments Off on PowerShell Summit NA 2015–recordings |

The recordings from PowerShell Summit NA 2015 are starting to become available on the powershell.org you tube channel. This gives you an opportunity to watch the sessions you missed. If you didn’t attend the Summit it gives you the opportunity to see what the Summit is like and why you should be there

under: PowerShell, Summit

PowerShell Summit NA 2015–Day 1

Posted by: | April 21, 2015 Comments Off on PowerShell Summit NA 2015–Day 1 |

The third PowerShell Summit kicked off Monday 20 April with breakfast and a welcome from Don Jones and the powershell.org board.   The PowerShell Summit is the premier PowerShell event in the world with 3 days of  in depth PowerShell sessions delivered by the PowerShell Team, PowerShell MVPs and other acknowledged  PowerShell experts.   The […]

under: PowerShell, Summit

PowerShell Summit NA 2015 speakers

Posted by: | April 9, 2015 Comments Off on PowerShell Summit NA 2015 speakers |

Want to learn a bit more about some of the speakers at the PowerShell Summit?  Head over to the Scripting Guy blog – http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/ – to see a series of posts giving you some background, and pictures, of a number of speakers.

under: PowerShell, Summit

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