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I am certified Microsoft professional, a Microsoft MVP and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Windows server technologies. I work today as an independent author, trainer and consultant. I've co-authored or authored several books, courseware, and training videos on administrative scripting and automation. My latest book is Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShel: TFM 2nd Ed.(SAPIEN Press 2011).
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Category Archives: SAPIEN
Verbose or Debug?
This morning there was some discussion on Twitter about when to use Write-Verbose and when to use Write-Debug. They both can provide additional information about what your script or function is doing, although you have to write the code. Typically, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, PowerShell v2.0, SAPIEN, Scripting
Tagged Debug, PowerShell, Primalscript, Scripitng, Verbose, Write-Debug, Write-Verbose
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Friday Fun Add Scripting Signing to the ISE
Today’s fun involves adding a menu item to the PowerShell ISE to make it easy to sign your scripts. I’m not going to go into the details about getting and installing a code signing certificate. I also assume you only … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell ISE, SAPIEN, Scripting, security
Tagged PowerShell ISE, script signing, Scripting, Set-AuthenticodeSignature
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Get Your Free Scripting Toolkit
If you were at this year's TechEd event in New Orleans, I hoped you dropped by the SAPIEN Technologies booth and picked up your free Scripting Toolkit. What's that you say? Check it out on the SAPIEN blog and then … Continue reading
Posted in Books, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, SAPIEN, SAPIEN Press, Software, WMI
Tagged Books, PowerShell, SAPIEN, Scripting, Tools
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Putting the Squeeze on Files with PowerShell
My December Mr. Roboto column is now online This month’s tool is a PowerShell WinForm script that uses WMI to compress files. I used PrimalForms 2009 to build the graphical interface. The interface is essentially a wizard that lets you … Continue reading
Posted in Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PrimalForms, SAPIEN
Tagged Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PrimalForms, Scripting, WMI
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Add Tooltip help to your PrimalForms script
I’ve been doing some work lately in the newest version of SAPIEN’s PrimalForms 2009. I like to make my scripts as user friendly as possible without forcing someone to read lengthy and boring documentation. One technique that I’ve started using … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, SAPIEN, Scripting
Tagged PowerShell, PrimalForms, SAPIEN, Scripting, Tooltip, Windows Forms, WinForm
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