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When a book is finished

September 20, 2015July 18, 2016 ~ Ed Wilson ~ Leave a comment

edWilsonPic_HeadAndShoulders_2_InchI finished writing my Windows PowerShell Best Practices book for Microsoft Press. I do not have all of the statistics available (number of words, number of figures, number of scripts and those type of numbers) but one value stands out clearly in my mind—one year. The Windows PowerShell Best Practices Continue reading →

Developing a script Taxonomy

September 20, 2015July 18, 2016 ~ Ed Wilson ~ Leave a comment

edWilsonPic_HeadAndShoulders_2_InchAs we have been busy at the TechNet Script Center with our migration to a blog, and bringing the TechNet Script Center Gallery on line, I have been giving a lot of thought to organizing the keywords / tags that are used to provide quick links to groups of topics. The problem is the world of scripting is huge. Continue reading →

Lessons learned from testing 200 scripts

September 20, 2015July 18, 2016 ~ Ed Wilson ~ Leave a comment

I recently finished writing all 200 Windows PowerShell scripts for the Windows 7 Resource Kit. When I turned them in, the lead editor Mitch Tilloch, tested them and wrote up a detailed analysis of each script. Keep in mind that prior to turning in the scripts I had tested them and I had a peer test the scripts as well. While Continue reading →

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