Monthly Archives: March 2018

PowerShell join

Posted on Saturday 31 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

I looked at PowerShell split a few posts back. This time I’ll look at the opposite action – PowerShell join. Lets look at a simple string PS> $str = ‘PowerShell for Windows and Linux’ and split it PS> $strs = … Continue reading →

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Iron Scripter 2108

Posted on Saturday 31 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

Iron Scripter 2018 is the scripting competition we’re holding at the PowerShell Summit on 12 April 2018. The task for the main event is still under wraps but even if you can’t make the Summit you can benefit from the … Continue reading →

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Windows server futures

Posted on Thursday 29 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

A blog post – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/03/29/windows-server-semi-annual-channel-update/ – has clarified Windows server futures. Going forward the Semi-Annual Channel (SAC) releases – Server 1803 is due very soon  – will concentrate on containers (applications and hosts) and fast innovation application scenarios. Releases will … Continue reading →

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Installing Win32 OpenSSH

Posted on Thursday 29 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

I’ve had a number problems Installing Win32 OpenSSH https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH/wiki/Install-Win32-OpenSSH since it became available and required for SSH based remoting in PowerShell v6 Every time I install a new version the instructions have changed. Admittedly the installation is getting easier BUT … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2019 preview

Posted on Thursday 29 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

A Windows Server 2019 preview is available – https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2018/03/20/introducing-windows-server-2019-now-available-in-preview/ The build number is 17623 and its also the preview of the next Semi-Annual Channel release. GA is set for H2 2018 Server 2019 is a Long term Servicing Channel release … Continue reading →

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PowerShell split

Posted on Wednesday 28 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

The PowerShell split operator is used to split strings based on a delimiter. The default delimiter is white space PS> $str = ‘AA BB CC DD EE FF GG’ PS> -split $str AA BB CC DD EE FF GG You … Continue reading →

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PowerShell v6.1.0 preview 1

Posted on Wednesday 28 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

The first preview release of PowerShell v6.1 is available at https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases There are a few breaking changes you should check out. Most of the changes are minor engine updates and bug fixes. There are no big new features in this … Continue reading →

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PowerShell v6.0.2

Posted on Saturday 17 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

PowerShell v6.0.2 is available from https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases The only real change is that .NET core 2.0.6 is used in this release to counter the Hash Collision vulnerability – https://github.com/PowerShell/Announcements/issues/4 A number of changes that affect the way the project builds and … Continue reading →

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Set active hours

Posted on Thursday 15 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

Last time time you saw how to get the current active hours. This is how you set the active hours. $sb = {   Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings -Name ActiveHoursStart -Value 10 -PassThru   Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings -Name ActiveHoursEnd -Value 22 -PassThru } … Continue reading →

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Get Active Hours

Posted on Wednesday 14 March 2018 by richardsiddaway

Windows 10 and Server 2016 (and later) have the concept of active hours. These are the hours you define as working hours in effect. This is how you get active hours for a system $sb = {   param([string]$computerName)      $ahs … Continue reading →

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