Windows PowerShell Looking GoodDon JonesIt's not uncommon to want your scripts to produce nice-looking output, and I'm often asked about the best way to produce things like tables. There are really a couple of ways to go about doing this. The first step is to write a script that puts...
Type:String<empty string>Script module or binary module file associated with this manifest. Previous versions of PowerShell called this element theModuleToProcess. Possible types for the root module can be empty, which creates aManifestmodule, the name of a script module (.psm1), or...
A module manifest is a PowerShell data file (.psd1) that describes the contents of a module and determines how a module is processed. The manifest file is a text file that contains a hash table of keys and values. You link a manifest file to a module by naming the manifest ...
In this tutorial, I will explain how tocreate a file using PowerShell if it doesn’t already exist. As a PowerShell user, I’ve encountered situations where I needed to ensure a file was created only if it wasn’t present. I’ll walk you through different methods to achieve this with ...
I have a project that I released as a .exe. However, I can't run it in VS2017 because of this error: Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign bin\Release\app.publish\SQLSvrDETool_OOP.exe. SignTool Error: No cer...
When the script is run locally and configures the local computer, SQL Server PowerShell can make the script more flexible by dynamically determining the local computer name. To retrieve the local computer name, replace the line setting the $uri variable with the following line. ...
set-variable -name URI -value "http://localhost:5725/resourcemanagementservice" -option constant #--- if($args.count -ne 1) {throw "MPR name missing!"} $mprName = $args[0] if(@(get-pssnapin | where-object {$_.Name -eq "FIMAutomation"} ).count -eq 0) {add-pssnapin FIMAutomat...
Let’s start with two examples showing how to use PowerShell If statements. Example 1: Checking if a number is positive or negative In the following example, we have a variable, $number, set to 10. The If statement checks whether the value of $number is greater than 0 using the -gt ...
How to Set environment variables using PowerShell - To set the environmental variable using PowerShell you need to use the assignment operator (=). If the variable already exists then you can use the += operator to append the value, otherwise, a new envi
With PowerShell 4.0, Microsoft introduced a configuration management platform calledDesired State Configuration(DSC), which admins can use to set a specific configuration for a server. After the admin defines theserver settings, PowerShell ensures the target nodes retain that desired state. DSC has ...