Windows PowerShell Features from Microsoft

Windows PowerShell Features from Microsoft This topic lists the Windows PowerShell features that are offered by Microsoft and provides links to descriptions of the features and to information about how to install them. These features enable you to use Windows PowerShell to administer, maintain, configure, and develop new features for Windows. Technology Description Links Windows PowerShell Core Describes the cmdlets, functions, and providers that are installed with Windows PowerShell. Includes Getting Started, User Guide, and About topics on features and the Windows PowerShell language. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=108518 Windows PowerShell Cmdlets Gallery in Bing Visual Search A visual display of Windows PowerShell core […]

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PS 1.0 Comparison and Containment Operators

Windows PowerShell Comparison Operators These operators work both with string and number based values assuming that you are comparing like with like (it is not meaningful, for example, to compare a string with numerical value). In terms of working with strings and characters, both case-sensitive and insensitive operators are supported.   Operator Description -eq Equal to (case insensitive) -ieq Equal to (case insensitive) -ceq Equal to (case sensitive) -ne Not equal to (case insensitive) -ine Not equal to (case insensitive) -cne Not equal to (case sensitive) -gt Greater than (case insensitive) -igt Greater than (case insensitive) -cgt Greater than (case […]

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XenApp Deployment Strategies

XenApp Servers Explained Proper farm design is the most important aspect to having a well performing, scalable farm. This post examines the architecture and design of the Citrix XenApp solution as the number of users/servers requiring applications or desktop access scales. XenApp Server Roles XenApp farms have two types of servers: infrastructure servers and worker servers. Worker servers are dedicated to the role of hosting published applications and desktop. Infrastructure servers perform specific functions and do not typically host published applications, except in small farms. Infrastructure servers host functionality that supports the farm, such as the data store, data collector, […]

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