PowerShell 3.0: Why wait? Importing typed objects with typed properties from a CSV file
After working exclusively with PowerShell in my career for over two years now, it has become quite clear to me that the single most valuable feature in Microsoft Windows PowerShell, in my opinion anyway, is its extensibility.  In particular, it’s how easily it can be extended in PowerShell itself through a combination of PowerShell scripts and XML files, without the need of a compiler.  There are some features that are a very close second to that (consistency and discoverability), but the extensibility that PowerShell provides is truly second to none. Version 1.0 of PowerShell was extendible from within PowerShell via combinations of PowerShell functions, th

Learn PowerShell v2 features using PowerShell code snippets
Learning and using PowerShell v2 features just got easier!  Earlier this week I uploaded a collection of PowerShell v2 code snippets to the PowerGUI website, and they are ready for you to download and use.  All you need to do is follow the installation instructions in the snippet document. Once you have the snippets install