<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>Articles from September 2011 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!https://powershell.org/articles/2011/09/Recent content in Articles from September 2011 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!Hugoen-usPSCX 2.1 Beta 1 Available for Downloadhttps://powershell.org/articles/2011-09-18-pscx-2-1-beta-1-available-for-download/https://powershell.org/articles/2011-09-18-pscx-2-1-beta-1-available-for-download/Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:17:17 +0000<p>I just uploaded beta 1 for the PowerShell Community Extensions version 2.1. This beta drop adds better support for Windows PowerShell V3 that is in the Windows 8 Developer Preview. There are a number of bug fixes in this drop:</p> <ul> <li>28023 Read-Archive : Cannot bind parameter &lsquo;Path&rsquo;. Cannot convert the &hellip; value of type &ldquo;System.String&rdquo; to type &ldquo;Pscx.IO.PscxPathInfo&rdquo;. <ul> <li>28198 Test-XML not validating xml against schema correctly <ul> <li>28964 Get-FileTail access conflict <ul> <li>29255 Get-HttpResource Timeout Bug <ul> <li>29598 String – PscxPathInfo ParameterBindingException <ul> <li> <p>30169 Invoke-Ternary example doesn&rsquo;t work</p><![CDATA[

I just uploaded beta 1 for the PowerShell Community Extensions version 2.1. This beta drop adds better support for Windows PowerShell V3 that is in the Windows 8 Developer Preview. There are a number of bug fixes in this drop:

  • 28023 Read-Archive : Cannot bind parameter ‘Path’. Cannot convert the … value of type “System.String” to type “Pscx.IO.PscxPathInfo”.
    • 28198 Test-XML not validating xml against schema correctly
      • 28964 Get-FileTail access conflict
        • 29255 Get-HttpResource Timeout Bug
          • 29598 String – PscxPathInfo ParameterBindingException

            • 30169 Invoke-Ternary example doesn’t work

              • 30921 Invoke-Elevated demands arguments

              You can download the beta fromhere.

]]>Seasons of change: new Product Manager for PowerWFâ„¢ and PowerSE at Devfarm Softwarehttps://powershell.org/articles/2011-09-06-seasons-of-change-new-product-manager-for-powerwf-and-powerse-at-devfarm-software/https://powershell.org/articles/2011-09-06-seasons-of-change-new-product-manager-for-powerwf-and-powerse-at-devfarm-software/Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:24:56 +0000<p>I always enjoy this time of year.  There is something about the transition that happens over Labour Day weekend that always gets me excited.  Maybe it&quot;™s a lingering feeling of anticipation over the new year at school or university from years gone by, a feeling that I can still appreciate these days as I watch my kids getting excited about their education and the new activities they will sign up for this fall.  Regardless, it&quot;™s always a fun time of year for me.</p><![CDATA[

I always enjoy this time of year.  There is something about the transition that happens over Labour Day weekend that always gets me excited.  Maybe it"™s a lingering feeling of anticipation over the new year at school or university from years gone by, a feeling that I can still appreciate these days as I watch my kids getting excited about their education and the new activities they will sign up for this fall.  Regardless, it"™s always a fun time of year for me.

This year though I have some extra reasons of my own to be even more excited.  As of this morning, I am now working as Product Manager for thePowerWF andPowerSE products atDevfarm Software!  I am absolutely thrilled about this new position! Devfarm has a great team and a great set of products, and I"™m really happy to be able to help them drive those products forward.

With this news, today marks the end of a month that included some vacation time, some time to step back and refocus, and some time for reflection on what to do next.  During this time I received a ton of support from friends and followers in the PowerShell community, and for that I am very grateful.  This support helped one particular sentiment that I came across stay with me:

You know for a (while) I (wondered if) going back to the amazing experience of (PowerShell) wouldn’t be a good idea, but really now I’ve come completely around because (software can be) stressful and hard to make but ultimately what makes (it) fun is the people that you work with, and the fact that (I"™m) going to be working with a lot of the old gang, with a lot of friends, and obviously making some new friends is really the point of being here, so I’m extremely thrilled.1

This really represents how I have felt since my departure from my last job as Product Manager for PowerGUI.  I really love PowerShell as a technology, but as great as that technology is, it just wouldn"™t be the same without the community that surrounds it.  PowerShell is blessed to have a tremendous community, and I am very, very proud to be able to continue to participate in that same community as a Product Manager for some really cool products that use PowerShell, as a PowerShell MVP, and as a geek who fell in love with technology a long time ago.

Now that I"™ve found my new direction and focus, it"™s time to get down to business.  Whether you"™re a current user ofPowerWF orPowerSE or someone who is interested in tryingPowerWF orPowerSE, I"™d love to connect with you to hear what you like (or don"™t like) about these products as well as what you would like to see added to them in the future.  Feel free to reach out to me at any time either in my blog comments or by using theContact Me form on my blog.  I"™m really looking forward to working with you.

Kirk out.

1 Paraphrased from Peter Jackson"™s speech on the first day of filming for “The Hobbit”; his exact speech can be heard here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqzJ1LFh6x0&hd=1&t=9m15s.

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