Chocolatey is automated software management that can wrap installers, executables, zips, and scripts into a compiled package. Chocolatey integrates w/SCCM, Puppet, Chef, etc. Chocolatey is trusted by businesses to manage software deployments on Windows.
Source : Chocolatey
Chocolatey NuGet is a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind.
Source : Chocolatey Gallery
It was only a matter of time, right?
Due to my recent infatuation passionate love affair with PowerShell (whose download has been up and down on MSDN today…not sure why) I realized that I was missing something – the same behavior that I’d gotten hooked on with Visual Studio’s Command Prompt/Batch File and « Visual Studio 2003/5 Command Prompt Here.
I really think it’s intuitive to right-click on a folder and say « Command Prompt Here » so here’s « PowerShell Prompt Here. »
via Introducing PowerShell Prompt Here – Scott Hanselman.
Most users don’t need to bother with the Command Prompt. Heck, most users don’t even know what it is! Nonetheless, some of us need it on a daily basis. If there’s one thing I hate about good ol’ cmd is having to navigate to the directory you’re currently in… Fortunately, there’s a simple trick that will save you that hassle.
via Open Command Prompt Here in Windows 8.
Comme vous l’avez déjà peut-être entendu, il est possible sous Windows Server 2012 de faire une installation en interface graphique, installer les rôles, les configurer, etc… et après de passer en version « Core », ce qui veut dire que le serveur n’aura plus d’interface graphique #moins de ressources utilisées, sécurité accrue# mais juste une fenêtre de commande. A noter qu’il existe maintenant une autre possibilité que je détaillerai plus tard, qui est la Minimal Server Interface, une interface « Core » mais avec des consoles MMC comme le Server manager par exemple.
via Activer/Désactiver l’interface graphique sous Windows Server 2012 | Technologies Microsoft et Cisco.
The latest version of PowerGUI is capable of installing to a USB key. Currently, to install PowerGUI to that key, you have to run a script that is installed into the PowerGUI directory. Dmitry outlined how to do this on his blog. This is pretty simple but definitely seems like something that should be integrated into the Script Editor. Because of this I created a Script Editor add-on that adds a command to call this script.
via Script Editor Add On for Installing PowerGUI to a USB Key | Adam Driscoll’s Blog.
When searching for PowerShell help topics I typically run into a lot of information about using PowerShell. Creating scripts, loading modules and command line tricks. I first started with PowerShell developing the vWorkspace PowerShell module. This module is almost entirely binary. Although there is some information on the topic it’s definitely far and few between. Because of this I figured it would be good to share what I’ve learned from developing several binary modules
via Building Binary PowerShell Modules – Part 1 – Getting Started | Adam Driscoll’s Blog.
