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Essential PowerShell: To alias, or not to alias, that is the question

Recently there was a discussion between community experts and a product team about a module they are working on. The topic being discussed was cmdlet aliases: whether or not they should provide aliases for their cmdlets out of the box and if so, how they should be provided. Aliases are great for …

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PowerShell MVP for 2012

Every year around Christmas I anxiously await the New Year to see if I receive the Microsoft MVP award again that year. Well that email came on January 1, 2012, and I"™m quite thrilled about this one because it"™s a milestone this time (year 5 as a PowerShell MVP). Thanks to the community …

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PowerSE 2.5.3 is now available

A little over a week ago we released PowerSE 2.5.3 to the web. You can download the latest release here. This release includes many great improvements to the PowerSE product, many of which were requested by you, so thanks for your feedback and please keep it coming! No time limit for freeware With …

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One for the road: Stepping away from PowerGUI®

Today was one of my most difficult days in my 7½+ year career at Quest Software. The same week that I was given a performance raise (I got that email on Monday), this afternoon I got a phone call from the director over my business unit letting me know that my position has been cut effective …

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PowerGUI® Pro 3.0: Mobile Systems Management Using MobileShell

In case you missed the announcement last Friday, [PowerGUI Pro ]23.0 was released to the web. With this release we included a new feature that I"™m really excited about: Mobile Systems Management Using MobileShell. We"™ve had MobileShell for quite a while, but prior to this release you …

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PowerGUI® Pro and PowerGUI® 3.0 are now available

Today"™s an exciting day because I"™ve finished releasing PowerGUI Pro 3.0 and PowerGUI 3.0 to the web! This release is something we"™ve been working on for a long time, and it has a ton of new goodies for you to play with. You can learn more about the individual features in this …

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PowerGUI Pro® 3.0 Beta 2 is now available

Hot on the heels of our first beta cycle for PowerGUI Pro 3.0, today we released beta 2 of PowerGUI Pro 3.0 to the web. This release includes a lot of fixes and improvements based on the feedback we"™ve received from you during our first beta cycle, so thank you for that feedback! Here are some …