BSonPoSH

Windows Management Framework, which includes Windows PowerShell 2.0, WinRM 2.0, and BITS 4.0, was officially released to the world this morning. IT Professionals can now easily manage their Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines through PowerShell remoting.

Click this link for the list of packages for each OS: Description of the Windows Management Framework on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008

tshell :: Oct.27.2009 :: All :: No Comments »

Well… yesterday was the day! With the GA (general availability) of Windows 7 Powershell v2 became official. To celebrate the Powerscripting Podcast guys had a launch party and it was awesome. The Distinguished Engineer formally known as Snover was there and let us in on some juicy info. I strongly recommend downloading the podcast when it become available… good stuff!

p.s. Look for XP/2003 release of Powershell v2 in the coming weeks (yes.. I said WEEKS!!!)

tshell :: Oct.23.2009 :: All :: No Comments »

I am releasing a beta of my BSonPosh module. This is a early release and may have some bugs that need to be tweaked. It may also be missing some functionality and help files. If you would like participate in the beta send me an email via my contact form and I will shoot you a copy.

I am looking for any feedback. Specifically if you think any thing is missing

Here is a list of the functions/cmdlets provided by the module:

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ConvertTO-DistinguishedName
ConvertTo-DNSName
ConvertTo-Name
ConvertTo-NetbiosName
ConvertTo-Sid
ConvertTo-UACFLag
Format-XML
Get-ADACL
Get-ADSchema
Get-ADSchemaClass
Get-ADSchemaProperty
Get-Assemblies
Get-BSonPosh
Get-DC
Get-DCConnectionObject
Get-Forest
Get-RebootTime
Get-Routetable
Get-SiteLink
Get-SysInternals
Get-TraceFile
Get-Uptime
Get-WindowsUpdate
Import-BSonPosh
Invoke-uac
Invoke-WhoAmI
New-ADACE
Resolve-Host
Select-LargeFiles
Set-ADACL
Set-DCConnectionOption
Set-SiteLink
Start-TS
Test-ADReplication
Test-Host
Test-LdapFilter
Trace-LDAP
update-Gac

tshell :: Oct.13.2009 :: All :: 4 Comments »

The Scripting guys have a post over here: Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Obtain a List of All Domain Controllers in My Domain?

That is one way but IMO this is easier and more DC specific data

On a side note: The AD Replication Module will have a cmdlet so you will be able to just do this:

tshell :: Oct.05.2009 :: All :: 1 Comment »

joe and I were discussing this yesturday and he blog about it here So I used Serverless Binding with ADSI (or .NET), now what DC am I talking to?

On a side note… I think this is bad form. IMO you should be very deliberate with your code even with discovery. I would use rootDSE to do the discovery then stick with that server.

tshell :: Oct.02.2009 :: All :: No Comments »

I was very happy to get the email today. We (MVPs) generally feel we do enough but we are always concerned that MS thinks so

I would also like to welcome “Mr. Antoine Habert” to the Powershell MVP ranks. I *think* he is the only new one and I don’t believe we lost any.

tshell :: Oct.01.2009 :: All :: 2 Comments »