The Industry Insiders : Powershell

An introduction to Powershell for SQL Server 2008

Andrew_Fryer — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:20:00 GMT

Although I understand what Powershell is I didn't understand really get it until I worked with James on our last TechNet road shows. I did know that there were special extensions and support for it in SQL Server 2008, so I suggested to our good friend Richard Siddaway that he might be best placed to right an introduction to the use of Powershell in SQL Server 2008 for interested DBA's and Powershell experts alike.

For those of you that don't know Richard, he is a Powershell MVP and currently leads the UK PowerShell User Group. Richard has presented to the Directory Experts Conference 2007, at various events at Microsoft UK, including the last Community Day, and for other UK User Groups.

Richard can be contacted by e-mail at RSiddaway@centiq.co.uk and he blogs at http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/

Windows 2008 protection from Accidental deletion

jamesone — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:18:00 GMT

Many thanks to Richard Siddaway for his article on protecting AD objects from Accidental Deletion. Well worth a read if you've ever deleted the wrong thing from AD.

The wonders of Software Restriction Policies and PowerShell Code Signing

Steve Lamb — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:55:00 GMT

Thanks to Adrian J. Beasley for providing yet another excellent article, this one's titled Software Restriction Policies and PowerShell Code Signing - Adrian provides a wealth of practical advice how to make the most of one of the most powerful yet under used security features of Windows XP, Server 2000, Server 2003 and Windows Vista