Windows PowerShell 2.0 Bible now available!

The book is now available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble in the US. Looks like it will take a day or two to make it overseas.

Windows PowerShell 2.0 Bible–Quick Update

Wiley now have the Description, Table of Contents, Author Information, and Downloads for the PowerShell Bible You can also read excerpts in PDF format. http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118021983.html I wrote Chapters 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 12. The physical book should be hitting shelves shortly!

Windows PowerShell 2.0 Bible is now finished!

Well, sort of. We are done writing the book, done with editorial review, and are working on the final proofreading before the book is published. It’s been a long, hard road, but I have learned a lot. The book is on target for an October release. We have a cover too The book is available […]

PowerShell Bible Update

The book is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Of course, we aren’t actually DONE with the book – I still have five chapters to deliver, and three of those have not even been started. My fellow authors are also working feverishly to meet our deadlines.

Three PowerGUI Script Editor Add-ins

I have created three script editor add-ins for the PowerGUI script editor; I mentioned the first one in a previous post (https://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/2010/10/30/copytocolorizedhtmlscript-editor-add-on-for-powergui/) You can download that add-in at the following page: Copy to Colorized HTML The second add-in was created to support my work on the PowerShell Bible, as code lines need to be less […]

PowerShell Bible Update

I’m excited to announce that Thomas Lee has joined our team! For those that don’t know Thomas, he runs 2 PowerShell Blogs: The “PowerShell Scripts Blog” is (You guessed it) Mostly PowerShell Scripts. The “Under The Stairs” blog is his technical blog, where he provides deeper insight into PowerShell. No matter how you look at […]

Creating random users for a domain

I needed to create some users for my Active Directory domain I created to use in the book “Windows PowerShell Bible” for the Exchange Management chapter. I could have done something simple like: 001 1..120 | ForEach { Net User “BookUser$_” P@ssW0rd /ADD /Domain} This would have created 120 users in the Users ou on my domain, but they would have all […]

Working on a book :)

I have been asked to be a co-author on the upcoming Wiley book “Windows PowerShell Bible” My Co Authors are: Douglas FinkeMark SchillTome Tanasovski Marco Shaw is our Technical Editor The book is tentatively scheduled for a June 2011 release.