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Microsoft is planning to deliver its Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 release-to-manufacturing (RTM) version by the end of this month, which also will bring PowerShell 5.0 with it. PowerShell ...

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I came to programming from an odd direction. For about 15 years, I've been a Windows sysadmin. 4 years ago I learned Powershell to automate many of my tasks. Since then I've gotten very interested in ...