Monthly Archives: January 2017

Append data to a file

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

A question on the forums – the user wanted to append data to a file. This is a common scenario when you’re creating a log file. There’s 2 easy ways to do this. Lets create a couple of variables with … Continue reading →

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Powershell versions

Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

An explanation of PowerShell versions is available here – http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/powershell/powershell-versions-2/

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Finding DNS static records

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

An interesting question from the forums about finding DNS static records You can view the records in a DNS zone Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\MicrosoftDNS -ClassName MicrosoftDNs_Atype -ComputerName W16DC01  -Filter “DomainName = ‘manticore.org’” | select OwnerName, Timestamp, IPAddress but how do you … Continue reading →

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Using Hyper-V

Posted on Sunday 29 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

When you think of using Hyper-V most people think of virtualising their infrastructure – big servers running 10s, 100s or even 1000s of virtual machines. There is another reason for using Hyper-V You can use Hyper-V to create a VM … Continue reading →

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Summit 2017–seats going fast

Posted on Saturday 28 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

Seats at eh PowerShell Summit –  https://eventloom.com/event/home/summit2017 – are going fast. We’ve sold over 70% of the seats – they’re current 55 seats left split between 4-day and 3-day passes. The 3-day passes don’t go on sale until 12 February … Continue reading →

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Learn Hyper-V – Deal of the day – January 28 2017

Posted on Friday 27 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

Deal of the Day January 28: Half off my book Learn Hyper-V in a Month of Lunches. Use code dotd012817au at http://bit.ly/2jAIfWK More information from DOTD’s page at https://www.manning.com/dotd

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wmic deprecated

Posted on Friday 27 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

I saw a forum post today where the question involved the use of the wmi command line tool wmic. Wmic was deprecated in Windows Server 2012 – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831568(v=ws.11).aspx. It will eventually be removed. You should use the CIM cmdlets instead … Continue reading →

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Community Lightning Demos

Posted on Tuesday 24 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

We are continually evolving the content we present at the PowerShell Summit. This year we’re bringing back something that was a feature of the early PowerShell Deep Dives and Summits – the Community Lightning Demos. We have a session set … Continue reading →

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WMF 5.1 now available

Posted on Tuesday 24 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

The download for WMF 5.1 for down level operating systems is now available: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2017/01/19/windows-management-framework-wmf-5-1-released/ WMF 5.1 can be installed on Windows 7 and 8.1 plus Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2 Windows 10 and Server 2016 already have PowerShell … Continue reading →

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Using $_

Posted on Thursday 12 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

The $_ symbol seems to be causing confusion from some recent forum questions I’ve seen. $_ represents the current object on the pipeline – if you want to know why $_ was chosen you’ll have to read PowerShell in Action! … Continue reading →

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