This post is about my experience converting the CodePlex project, SQL Server Powershell Extensions (SQLPSX) Powershell V1 function libraries into PowerShell V2 Advanced functions within modules. In order to provide context for people reading this blog post a quick timeline is needed: Powershell V1 was released in November 2006 SQLPS, the SQL Server Powershell host that ships with SQL…
Tag Archive: PowerShell V2
The Black Art of PowerShell V2 Version Numbers
Last week while helping someone in the SQLPSX forums having an issue importing modules I suspected they had a CTP version of Powershell, but being the skeptical person I am I needed proof. My first thought was there must be a simple built-in command to return the Powershell version number. In fact there there is…
PowerShell V2 Remoting
To use remoting you’ll need to install Powershell V2, unless you’re running Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7, you’ll need to grab the latest version of the Windows Management Framework. The Framework includes PowerShell V2 + WINRM. What’s WINRM? It’s the service included in Windows 2008 and Vista that provides the remoting infrastructue used by PowerShell…
Powershell V2 Release Candidate
The big news this week has been the announcement of the Windows 7 Release Candidate availability on April 30th. Upon seeing the tweet on Friday, April 24th, my first thoughts were of excitement and a bit of panic and not for the reasons you would typically think. The announcement is especially important to Powershell users because technically this is…
