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4/30/2009

Advanced Windows Powershell Scripting TechNet Webcast

In this session we will look at some of the powerful scripting capabilities of Windows PowerShell. First, we will introduce some of the basics of Windows PowerShell. We will examine how the help system works and review the Windows PowerShell command structure. We will also discuss how to format output and some basic Windows PowerShell commands. Next, we will explore variable declaration and scripting constructs in Windows PowerShell to perform basic programmatic functions, like loops and branching. Then we will look at advanced scripting techniques involving functions, filters, script blocks, and error handling. We will also look briefly at how to use Windows PowerShell with WMI to gain access to a wide variety of system objects and settings. Finally, we will look at how to use the .NET Framework to build a simple form using Windows PowerShell.
Session Agenda

Scripting and advanced scripting
Using Windows PowerShell with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Using Windows PowerShell with .NET Framework and COM objects
Converting Microsoft Visual Basic to Windows PowerShell Scripts

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The TechNet Australia Blog : Advanced Windows Powershell Scripting TechNet Webcast

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5/4/2008

PowerShell Plus Script Editor and Development Environment (IDE) - Free for Non-Commercial Use

PowerShell+ is a true PowerShell console embedded in a rich and intuitive user interface. Costs about $79 for commercial use and worth every penny.

Features:

External Editor
Support for PS1-Scripts
Support for XML-Files
Integrated Debugger
Live-Preview with Vista Aero
Multiple Document

True Console with 100% Compatibility
Runs all native apps
Auto-trigger and Intellisense-like Menus
Insert Snippets
Command History Persistance and Macros
Transparency
Minimode and Menu-Hide-Mode
Changing Fonts, Colors, and Font Sizes
Adding new Fonts

PowerTAB included
Intellisense-like Menus
Code-completion inside editor
Completion for Cmdlet Parameters
Completion for Methods and Properties
Completion for .NET types
Completion for COM objects

Videos:
PowerShell+ Tour of Debug NEW watch (7:38) | download (WMV, 11MB, right-click to download)

PowerShell+ General Overview watch (3:50) | download (WMV, 11MB, right-click to download)

Screenshots:
1) PowerShell Plus console with GUI code completion in MiniMode.

2) PowerShell Plus Full Console with Variables, Properties and Help Center visible while inserting a snippet directly into the console.

3) PowerShell Plus editor window showing our save pipeline object code completion.

4) Editor showing some debugging, the variable inspector and console preview, as well as code completion of the file system with file icons.

Read more @> Shell Tools @ PowerShell.com

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Windows PowerShell 2.0: The CTP v2 Available for Download

Announcing the release of Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP (pre-Beta). Do not install on a production system.

The Windows PowerShell Team is pleased to release the second Community Technology Preview (CTP2) of Windows PowerShell V2!
This release adds a plethora of new features. PowerShell remoting now allows a one-to-one interactive experience. Thought about partitioning and organizing PowerShell scripts? Use modules to create self-contained and reusable units. This release introduces transactions support in PowerShell engine and APIs along with an update to the Registry provider to support them. We introduced eventing support in Powershell engine for listening, forwarding and acting on management and system events. Support for multiple parameter sets in script cmdlets bring them to par with C# cmdlets. For the adventurous folks.... application developers can host PowerShell in IIS to support multiple remote PowerShell sessions in a single process. These are just a few of the new features we have packaged in this CTP2 release. Additionally this CTP2 includes some simple updates... like new parameters to several existing cmdlets. More feature descriptions and details are in the Release Notes and in the “about” topics included with the installation.
Reminder to the brave souls who want to use these bits in a production environment ... Don’t.
This CTP is not a beta. This software is a pre-release version. It will not work the way a final version of the software does. These CTP2 bits have not gone through rigorous testing. Even with these caveats, we hope you would try them out and let us know your feedback.
Last but certainly not least, V2 builds upon Windows PowerShell 1.0 by providing backward compatibility – your 1.0 cmdlets and scripts will run on this CTP2 (with the exceptions noted in the Release Notes - mostly new keywords/cmdlets). If a working 1.0 script doesn’t run on V2 and is not in the known list of exceptions, please tell us about it!

Features in PS 2.0:

Ø Compatibility with PowerShell 1.0

Ø PowerShell Remoting

Ø Background Jobs

Ø ScriptCmdlets

Ø Data-only Language

Ø Script Internationalization

Ø Script Debugging

Ø New APIs for extracting Metadata from Commands and Parameters

Ø New Parser Tokenizer API

Ø New PowerShell Hosting APIs

Ø Pools of Runspace

Ø Restricted Runspaces

Ø Graphical PowerShell

Ø Out-GridView cmdlet

Improvements in PS 2.0:

Ø Changes to TabExpansion function

Ø New parameters added to Select-String

Ø Updated Type Adapters

Ø Improvements to Get-Member

Ø Improved ADSI support

Ø New parameters added to Get-WMIObject

Ø Improved Bitwise Operators (int64)

Download Windows PowerShell V2 CTP2

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12/13/2007

PowerGUI: Manage Microsoft PowerShell Scripts in a GUI (System, Exchange 2007, Systems Center, AD)

PowerGUI great free took graphically run, edit, and manipulate windows and network objects using the power of PowerShell.

View the Screen Introduction to PowerGUI

What can PowerGUI do?

Pretty much anything that the underlying system permits. You can browse through the system, filter/sort what you get, select the columns, perform actions on selected objects, change their properties, export data to clipboard, Excel, xml, or just html reports, and much more. And if you don't believe this is all being done by Windows PowerShell just switch to another tab and you'll see the PowerShell code behind what you've been doing.

Check out PowerGUI extensions library for the additional features you can download from the community. It allows you to extend the scripts in PowerGUI with Exchange 2007, Windows Server, Active Directory, Internet Operations, System Center Operations Manager (MOM), Network Services Configuration, SQL

It also includes a very fast GUI Powershell Script Editor that provides Syntax highlight, Intellisense, search/replace, tab regions, and the ability to export, run, print, etc.

More Info:

PowerGUI Download
Documentation and Videos
PowerGUI FAQ
PowerGUI Blog
PowerGUI Feature Roadmap
PowerGUI Extensions (Addons)

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John Gilham is the veteran Microsoft solutions consultant located in San Diego, CA.

Gilham Consulting customer's utilize his small firm for Microsoft technology integration including:

IT infrastructure design (Hyper-V, AD, DNS, automated platform deployments)
Microsoft security solutions (PKI, NAP, 802.1x, Forefront)
Unified Messaging & VOIP (Exchange 2007 & OCS 2007 R2)
System Center Management Solutions (SCDPM, SCVMM, SCCM, and SCOM)
IT and Data Center Operations
IT project management

They choose Gilham Consulting due to their proven track record in delivering Microsoft centric solutions. John's customers’ have ranged in size from Fortune 100 companies, non-profits, and well funded startups all across North America.

He believes that Microsoft products, when managed and architected properly, allow the best platform for organizations to automate and track their business processes to serve their customers more effectively.

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