Category Archives: WMFv5

Module Name change NetworkSwitch to NetworkSwitchManager

Posted on Sunday 20 March 2016 by richardsiddaway

Just been caught out by a module name change in WMF 5.0 The NetworkSwitch module has been renamed to NetworkSwitchManager.  Still has the same functionality Disable-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort        Disable-NetworkSwitchFeature             Disable-NetworkSwitchVlan                Enable-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort         Enable-NetworkSwitchFeature              Enable-NetworkSwitchVlan                 Get-NetworkSwitchEthernetPort            Get-NetworkSwitchFeature                 Get-NetworkSwitchGlobalData              Get-NetworkSwitchVlan                    New-NetworkSwitchVlan                    Remove-NetworkSwitchEthernetPortIPAddressRemove-NetworkSwitchVlan                 Restore-NetworkSwitchConfiguration       Save-NetworkSwitchConfiguration          Set-NetworkSwitchEthernetPortIPAddress   … Continue reading →

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WMF 5.0 RTM has been republished

Posted on Wednesday 24 February 2016 by richardsiddaway

A post on the PowerShell Team blog – https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2016/02/24/windows-management-framework-wmf-5-0-rtm-packages-has-been-republished/ – reports that WMF 5.0 RTM has been republished. You’ll have to uninstall the original RTM package before installing the new one.

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WMF 5.0 download latest news

Posted on Monday 8 February 2016 by richardsiddaway

According to the PowerShell Team blog – https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2015/12/23/windows-management-framework-wmf-5-0-currently-removed-from-download-center/  The issue has been resolved and a WMF 5.0 RTM build should be available around the end of February

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WMF 5.0

Posted on Sunday 17 January 2016 by richardsiddaway

If you follow the PowerShell Team blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/ (and if you don’t you should) you’ll know that the WMF 5.0 RTM downloads were pulled just before Christmas. This was due to a bug that reset the module environment. A … Continue reading →

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WMF 5 roadmap

Posted on Friday 7 August 2015 by richardsiddaway

With the recent release of Windows 10 a lot of confusion has arisen regarding the position of PowerShell 5.0. That confusion has been cleared up with a post from the PowerShell team – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/08/06/windows-management-framework-wmf-5-0-roadmap.aspx

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WMF 5.0 COM applications

Posted on Wednesday 5 August 2015 by richardsiddaway

One change in WMF 5.0 that I hadn’t got round to testing was the speed up in COM based operations. COM – Component Object Model – was the Microsoft programming model before .NET.  Its old but still around – the … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Gallery taking registrations

Posted on Wednesday 8 July 2015 by richardsiddaway

The PowerShell team have just announced that the PowerShell gallery is now open for YOU to post your module. You need to register to be able to post code to the gallery. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/07/07/powershell-gallery-registration-is-now-unrestricted.aspx This is a significant step forward in … Continue reading →

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DSC validation

Posted on Tuesday 7 July 2015 by richardsiddaway

The PowerShell team are asking for validation and feedback on the DSC features in WMF 5.0 – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/07/06/validate-features-of-powershell-dsc.aspx First up is the PowerShell DSC RunAsCredential – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/07/06/validate-powershell-dsc-runascredential.aspx Other features will be explained and your validation solicited over the course of … Continue reading →

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WMF 5.0 April 2015 preview – – software inventory logging

Posted on Wednesday 6 May 2015 by richardsiddaway

A software inventory module is now included with the April 2015 WMF 5.0 preview £> Get-Command -Module SoftwareInventoryLogging | select Name Name—-Get-SilComputerGet-SilComputerIdentityGet-SilDataGet-SilLoggingGet-SilSoftwareGet-SilUalAccessGet-SilWindowsUpdatePublish-SilDataSet-SilLoggingStart-SilLoggingStop-SilLogging Windows updates are always a good place to start poking into your systems £> Get-Command Get-SilWindowsUpdate -Syntax Get-SilWindowsUpdate … Continue reading →

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WMF 5.0 April 2015 preview – – creating guid

Posted on Tuesday 5 May 2015 by richardsiddaway

Creating a GUID has always been possible with PowerShell – you just had to drop into .NET £> [System.Guid]::NewGuid() Guid—-46c130ca-39ff-463c-b7fb-ed728a1c134f With the latest WMF 5.0 preview life gets easier: £> Get-Command New-Guid -Syntax New-Guid [<CommonParameters>] £> New-Guid Guid—-112866a5-1662-4265-b851-f9086607bcb2 The New-Guid … Continue reading →

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