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Zurich PowerShell Script Club – 3 November 2009

mepprecht — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:36:22 GMT

You want to learn PowerShell, but have the time of don’t know where to start?

Not to be missed! TODAY (3 November 2009) at the free PowerShell Script Club by the Swiss IT Pro User Group

Language: English

When: Tuesday - 3. November 200
17:45 - 21:00

               Small Apéro 17:45 - 18:15 Uhr and from 20:15

Where?
        Digicomp Academy AG (Zürich)
        Limmatstrasse 50
        CH-8005 Zürich
        Tel. +41 44 447 21 21

Marc van Orsouw is a Dutch but living in Switzerland and is a PowerShell MVP for the last 4 years in a row, he is best known for his blog thePowerShellGuy.com and his utilities for PowerShell as PowerTab d the PowerShell WMI explorer.

Come with your colleagues and friends!

PowerShell Manual – Updated download links

mepprecht — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT

The popular free Windows PowerShell v 1.0 Manual, written by Frank Koch is available on the following links:

English:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/1/47104ec6-410d-4492-890b-2a34900c9df2/Workshops-EN.zip

German:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/1/47104ec6-410d-4492-890b-2a34900c9df2/Workshops-DE.zip

There are a number of links on the Internet that are pointing to locations that are no longer valid.

Practical PowerShell Videos

mepprecht — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:12:01 GMT

PowerShell.com and Idera have created a 5 part video series on PowerShell. How you use Powerhell together with Microsoft Server and Client Products.

Part 1: Getting to Know PowerShell
Part 2: PowerShell for Active Directory
Part 3: PowerShell for Exchange Server 2007
Part 4: PowerShell for SQL Server 2008
Part 5: PowerShell for Windows Servers and Clients

To view the series, visit http://www.idera.com/Promo/Practical-PowerShell/

SQL Server 2008 Express – PowerShell a requirement?

mepprecht — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:46:47 GMT

This question seems to be coming up more often these days: Is PowerShell a requirement for the installation of SQL Server 2008 Express Edition?

Well, it depends on the Edition of SQL Server 2008 Express you are wanting to install.

SQL Server 2008 Express – No. Has no GUI or PowerShell, only the SQL Server Engine and SQLCMD (replacement for OSQL and ISQL tools). Download.
SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools - Yes – In the edition “with Tools”, a management GUI (similar to SQL Server Management Studio) and PowerShell scripting are included. Download.
SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Options – Yes – In the edition “advanced option”, a management GUI (similar to SQL Server Management Studio) and PowerShell scripting are included, as are Reporting Services and Full Text Search. Download.
SQL Server 2008 Workgroup Edition, SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition, SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition, SQL Server 2008 Evaluation Edition – Yes.

Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 und Windows Installer 4.5 are a requirement for all editions. To download PowerShell, visit this the PowerShell 1.0 download page.