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10 Cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell

Check out Jody Gilberts TechRepublic's article HERE.  It is a surprisingly eclectic list.  It shows that she's been kicking the tires.  I can wait to see what else she comes up with.

I especially liked her caveat:

Note: Be careful, very careful

Yes, this is a tool worthy of the name. PowerShell can easily cause massive configuration changes, positive or negative — so protect yourself and establish a test environment for your learning experiences. Also consider using the “-confirm” parameter to test configurations before execution for certain commands.

Or as Peter Parker learned, "With great power, comes great responsibility".

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows Management Partner Architect
Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at:    http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell
Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at:  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx

Published Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:25 PM by PowerShellTeam

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# BioSensorAB » 10 Cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell

# re: 10 Cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell

We are a Microsoft ISV, we build server products that run on the Windows Server platform.

We are very seriously considering moving our management SDk to Powershell (right now, our SDK is COM/VB script based). I am looking to make a business case to upper management and execs to convince them to move to Powershell.

Can you help me make my case/justification? I have seen tonnes of technical stuff on Powershell - example scripts, snippets, how tos etc.. What I am looking for is business analysis eg: How much $$ of savings can I acheive my moving to Powershell? How much faster/easier/more intuitive it is with Powershell? Looking for lots of numbers...

Thanks.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:10 PM by trackerball

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