Script Center

If you can create a text file in Notepad, you can run multiple queries against multiple servers. Here's how.

Who said “Everyone talks about the need for new scripting tools, but no one ever does anything about it?” As it turns out, Michael Murgolo and Ed Wilson have both done something about it. Michael has released an updated version of his Elevation Power Toys (making it a breeze to run scripts as an administrator in Windows Vista), while Ed has put together the PowerShell Scriptomatic, a tool for writing WMI scripts using Windows PowerShell. Both of these utilities come highly-recommended.

At TechEd, Kevin Remde interviewed Jeffrey Snover, and Snover discussed the V2 Universal Code Execution model in detail. You can watch the interview on the PowerShell team blog.

Discover how you can use disconnected recordsets—virtual database tables—to work around VBScript limitations relating to data sorting and working with large data sets.

Find all the VBScript functions and statements on the list. The remaining letters will spell out a hidden word, which just so happens to be a Windows PowerShell cmdlet. Sweet.

Write your own WMI providers? Isn’t that, well, impossible? As it turns out, it’s not impossible. (That doesn’t mean it’s easy, but it’s definitely not impossible.) For more information, check out this article by Gabriel Ghizila (and edited by legendary Scripting Guy Dean Tsaltas).