

(10,000 thanks to Paul Madden for introducing me to that wonderful phrase. When I first started telling people about Object Pipelines, ObjectFlow engines, and Know-Nothing Utilities – people looked at me like I had a rat’s tail hanging out of my mouth. Dmitry Sotnikov and the guys at Quest really got where we were going with PowerShell and PowerGUI does a great job exploiting PowerShell’s capabilities. PowerGUI ROCKS! If you haven’t used it yet, you should download it (it’s free) and kick the tires. Taking into account the rich set of features that the application offers, doubled by the ease of use that comes with all administration tasks and script authoring tasks, PowerGUI should meet the requirements of many users.Yesterday was the official launch of Window Server 2008, the first version of Windows to include PowerShell! Is that a good day or what? How could the day get any better? Well, the people at Quest Software answered that question by officially releasing PowerGUI! Using the PowerGUI Script Editor, it's possible to load and edit existing scripts, create new ones from scratch, perform debugging jobs, compile scripts, and expand the functions of the application by loading addons. With PowerGUI, you get full control over the registry keys, subkeys and their corresponding values, along with information on each drive and containing files. View information and configure a wide range of settingsĪfter inspecting the network configuration, you can view information for each network adapter such as IP statistics and MAC address, as well as export data to XML, HTML or CSV on the spot. stop, suspend or resume process, modify properties, set start mode), so a complete set of administration tools are always at your disposal. There are many actions that can be carried out for each selected item (e.g.

Through the PowerGUI Administrative Console, you can check out detailed information about running processes, all the system services, and event logs for applications, hardware events, Internet Explorer and other parts of the computer. This utility includes not only an administrative interface for PowerShell, but also a script editor that makes it possible to create and manage PowerShell files, scripts, modules and data files. To overcome this issue, you need a graphical interface like the one provided by Dell/Quest PowerGUI. Intuitive graphical interface for PowerShell and script editor Since it's only available through the command-line shell, some users may find it difficult. However, several Windows components are reserved for users who are curious and ambitious to get the job done themselves, such as PowerShell. Administering systems and managing network components locally and remotely are specialized tasks better left in the hands of professionals who certainly have the appropriate tools for doing a good job.
