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Of late I have been fiddling with Powershell quite a bit as I toil with SDS Shell. The simplicity with which one can build seemingly complex logic using Powershell really appeals to me and, inevitably, I have started to think about Powershell as a lightweight data integration tool. Certainly there are plenty of comparisons with the data ...

In my last post I introduced the PowerShell Script Task for SSIS. Since then a few colleagues have suggested that I create a project on CodePlex so that the community as a whole can get involved. Great idea! So, if you are interested in contributing to the project (or just want to have a butchers at the code) then drop by the project's ...

I heard recently that developers imprint on their first ever programming language. My actual computing career started with the Korn shell on AIX UNIX quickly followed by PERL and Java a while later. Maybe this is why I am constantly enthralled to have finally got KSH, PERL and Java all in one: PowerShell. When you read The UNIX Programming ...

I have to admit it, I'm a bit of a PowerShell geek. I chat regularly with a colleague of mine James Saull about new ways in which we can use PowerShell. We've already decided we are going to hook up a USB Panic Button to PowerShell so that we can launch our deployment scripts when the button is hit (more on this project as it develops). ...