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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 […]

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 —-                ————-         —— —- […]

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

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.   […]

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

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. […]

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

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

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 […]

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.