Monthly Archives: June 2012

PowerShell ISE v3: Keyboard Shortcut to Close Script Tab

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Background

In the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Editor (ISE) v3, the common [Ctrl] + W keyboard shortcut is mapped to the “Close PowerShell Tab” action. Personally, I would like to see different behavior, whereby that shortcut is used to close the active script tab until there are none left, at which point it may then close the active PowerShell tab. Unfortunately that’s not how it works, and it probably won’t get changed for the final release of PowerShell v3. Either way, I did file a bug report for this issue on Microsoft Connect.

There is, in fact, a keyboard shortcut mapped to the “Close Script Tab” action, however it’s a keyboard shortcut that I’m personally not very fond of. The [Ctrl] + [F4] shortcut is rather convoluted, and although it may have a legacy in the Microsoft world, I find it to be very uncomfortable.
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Introducing Microsoft’s OFFICIAL Windows Azure PowerShell Module!

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Hello folks! Today, Microsoft has officially announced the availability of a new PowerShell module to help manage Windows Azure features! In order to obtain this module, you will need to download the Web Platform Installer 4.0 (x64, x86). Once you’ve installed the Web Platform Installer 4.0, you’ll need to search for “PowerShell” and install the “Windows Azure PowerShell” package from it.
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PowerShell 3 RC: New Send-MailMessage Parameter for Port Number!

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Did you know that in previous versions of Windows PowerShell, there was no built-in way to specify a custom port to send an e-mail to a SMTP server? It’s true, Microsoft did not include that parameter until the release candidate (aka. release preview) version of PowerShell version 3.0. The release candidate of Windows Management Framework 3.0 was made available for download on May 31st, 2012. The cmdlet in question here is the Send-MailMessage cmdlet, and just today, I noticed a comment from someone at Microsoft, saying that the new -Port parameter was included in the PowerShell 3.0 RC.

Upon closer, personal inspection, it’s true. The -Port parameter has been included! Here is the original bug filed on Microsoft Connect by Shay Levy:

https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/490141/add-port-parameter-to-send-mailmessage

All we have to do to verify the availability of the parameter is issue the Get-Help Send-MailMessage command.

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NAME
    Send-MailMessage

SYNOPSIS
    Sends an e-mail message.


SYNTAX
    Send-MailMessage [-To] <String[]> [-Subject] <String> [[-Body] <String>]
    [[-SmtpServer] <String>] [-Attachments <String[]>] [-Bcc <String[]>]
    [-BodyAsHtml [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Cc <String[]>] [-Credential
    <PSCredential>] [-DeliveryNotificationOption
    <DeliveryNotificationOptions>] [-Encoding <Encoding>] [-Port <Int32>]
    [-Priority <MailPriority>] [-UseSsl [<SwitchParameter>]] -From <String>
    [<CommonParameters>]


DESCRIPTION
    The Send-MailMessage cmdlet sends an e-mail message from within Windows
    PowerShell.