A few announcements… First the big one. Many people have been using psake - both the PowerShell 1.0- and 2.0-compatible versions - in production without any significant issues. For that reason, we have released psake v1.00 (compatible with...

As many of you know, I am an independent consultant and use my own laptop when possible. I’ve got all my tools set up the way I like them and everything else that I need to be productive. Given that I work for multiple clients, I can’t join my...

The Edmonton Code Camp was a lot of fun. It was wonderful to catch up with friends – old and new – over lunch and dinner. Thanks to Dave Woods for inviting me. I have been enjoying sharing my ideas about convention-over-configuration and...

At first glance, PowerShell appears to be yet another command shell with the interesting twist that you pipe objects between commands rather than strings. But there is more to PowerShell than that. One fascinating area is PowerShell Providers....