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About Me
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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Tag Archives: SAPIEN
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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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit PowerShell Wizard
During the last TechMentor conference in Orlando, deployment MVP and guru (I want to call her a deployment diva but I don’t want people to get the wrong idea. Think “diva” in the star sense without the ego and entourage,) … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell v2.0, PrimalForms, Scripting, Windows 7, Windows Server
Tagged Deployment, MDT, PowerShell, SAPIEN, Windows Forms
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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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PrimalForms 2009 Script Editor
SAPIEN’s Primal Forms 2009 now has an integrated script editor that you can use as a standalone editor for PowerShell scripts. The app has integrated help, popup command help, a PowerShell browser, a .NET object browser. As you can see in the screen shot I’ve started a very basic PowerShell script.
Once saved, I can run the script and view the results in the output panel. You can open and edit existing scripts as well. If you want a more full featured editing experience with code samples, snippets and more, or if you still need to work in other languages like VBScript, you’ll want PrimalScript 2009. But let’s say you only require an easy to use PowerShell script editor that provides a Windows Form feature, then PrimalForms 2009 is the ticket. Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, SAPIEN, Scripting, Software
Tagged PowerShell, PrimalForms, Primalscript, SAPIEN
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Revising Windows PowerShell: TFM 3rd
I know there was some concern related to my departure from SAPIEN about the status of the Windows PowerShell: TFM book. You’ll be happy to know that Don Jones and I are both involved now in the final revisions. SAPIEN … Continue reading
Posted in Books, PowerShell v2.0, Scripting
Tagged Books, PowerShell, SAPIEN, SAPIEN Press
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