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• n2501r
PowerShell for Admins

Simple PowerShell GUI

Over the years, I have supported and created multiple types of GUIs.  I finally decided a few years ago to create a very simple menu driven PowerShell GUI.  I wanted something that was very powerful yet very simple to maintain.  I really enjoy automating manual administrative tasks, so that is what drove this project in the first place.  Before I created the menu driven PowerShell GUI, I had directories and directories of very specific scripts to do specific tasks.  I decided to standardize and consolidate all of those scripts into one menu driven PowerShell GUI.  By doing this, I took the guess work out of determining which PowerShell script to run for a given task.  This has greatly helped my colleagues know exactly what to run and how.
Feel free to check it out for yourself at my site: SpiderZebra.com .  While you’re there, you can take a look at a few of my other related posts:

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• Jeffery Hicks
Announcements

A New Home for Plaster

Some of you may be familiar with the Plaster PowerShell module. This slick tool lets you build out a new module in seconds. Actually, Plaster can be used to scaffold a framework for any type of project. You can install the current version from the PowerShell Gallery. However, the project has been in limbo for a while with no updates or progress. After discussions with the PowerShell Team about the module, a decision was made to transfer ownership to the PowerShell community. We’re happy to report that the Plaster repository is now under the auspices of PowerShell.org. The GitHub repo, including pull requests and issues, can now be found at https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/Plaster.
It will take some time to get re-organized and work through the backlog of issues and pull requests. Although it is possible that we’ll simply zero out things like pull requests and start with a fresh slate. The basic functionality of the module should work just fine in its current state. Enough members of the PowerShell community recognize the value in the Plaster module which is why this transfer was made.
And frankly, this is one of PowerShell.org’s primary purposes: to serve the community. In this case, Microsoft had a languishing asset that needed more attention than what they could provide. Which is exactly where PowerShell.org fits in. We can step in providing the resources and in the end contribute back to the community. A big thank you to Steve Lee at Microsoft for making this possible.

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• Mike Kanakos
PowerShell for Admins

Iron Scripter: Learn PowerShell through code challenges

Hello, friends! Today I want to talk about the Iron Scripter code challenges and the accompanying website. The challenges are excellent for practicing challenging concepts. What’s that you say? Not familiar with Iron Scripter? Let’s get you up to speed.

Iron Scripter: A brief history lesson

The Iron Scripter website is part of the PowerShell.org family and provides material for the Iron Scripter challenge that takes place at PowerShell Summit each year. For those unfamiliar with the Iron Scripter event at PowerShell summit, let me give you a brief introduction.

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