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PowerCLI at VMworld Europe 2016
VMworld Europe is almost here! There were lots of exciting PowerCLI sessions and events on tap at VMworld US, and we’re planning to bring all that awesomeness over to Barcelona. There may even be a...
View ArticlePowerCLI Core Fling – Available For Download!
I am extremely excited to announce that the PowerCLI Core Fling has been released and is available for download! Before getting to the download link, let’s cover a couple things first. This release is...
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What to Expect in PowerCLI 6.5?
PowerCLI 6.5 was announced last week at VMworld Europe and, while we are waiting for it to be generally available, we thought it would be a good time to give you an idea of what to look forward to in...
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New Release: PowerCLI 6.5 R1
There’s been a lot of buzz around PowerCLI lately, and we’re keeping it going! It gives me great pleasure to announce the general availability of VMware PowerCLI 6.5 Release 1! Before diving in on all...
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Saying Farewell to Snapins!
One of the key improvements to the VMware PowerCLI 6.5 R1 release is the absence of PowerShell snapins. All of the remaining snapins have been converted to modules! Snapin History If you don’t know why...
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Spotlight on the Move-VM Cmdlet including PowerCLI 6.5 Enhancements
VMware PowerCLI 6.5’s release introduced a lot of new cmdlets and improvements to existing cmdlets. One of my favorite improved cmdlets has to be Move-VM. Move-VM was already a very versatile cmdlet...
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Welcoming a New Member to the Team
Jake Robinson (right) with PowerShell “father”, Jeffrey Snover (left)I’d like to welcome someone new to the PowerCLI team: Jake Robinson. Jake is our new Senior Product Manager for Automation...
View ArticleHelp Shape PowerCLI’s Future – Poll
Community feedback has always played an important role in how PowerCLI has evolved and improved. Whether it’s the desire to convert from snapins to modules, adding additional functionalities to...
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New Release: PowerCLI 6.5 R1 Poster!
PowerCLI 6.5 was a big release for us. We changed the name to reflect that we’re doing a bit more than just vSphere these days, we fully converted our snap-ins to modules, and so many more upgrades and...
View ArticleGetting Started with PowerCLI for Horizon View
PowerCLI 6.5 introduced a brand new, completely re-written, module for Horizon View that is leaps and bounds better than the prior release. As an automation fanatic and former View administrator,...
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New Release: Learning PowerCLI – Second Edition Book
Recently, the new book Learning PowerCLI – Second Edition was published by Packt Publishing. Learning PowerCLI – Second Edition contains 517 pages of PowerCLI goodness. The book starts with downloading...
View ArticlevSphere API Access Comparison – Lightboard Style
A question keeps coming up more and more often around accessing the vSphere API with PowerCLI. The conversation is normally centered around when to use Get-View versus when referencing an object’s...
View ArticleUsing PowerCLI for Distributed Switch Management
We’re excited to release another video in the series on PowerCLI tips and tricks! This time we’re covering how to use PowerCLI for distributed switch management. This video shows how to perform the...
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Thoughts around PowerCLI and the Powershell Gallery
I am *very* excited to share some thoughts and possibilities for PowerCLI. Packaging and Installation are big areas we have been looking at. We have heard loud and clear that our customers wanted to...
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New Release: PowerCLI 6.5.1
It’s PowerCLI release day and this is a significant one! This new release of PowerCLI is versioned at 6.5.1 rather than what you probably expected which would be 6.5 R2 (following on from our last...
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Welcome PowerCLI to the PowerShell Gallery – Install Process Updates
PowerCLI 6.5.1 has been released and in this release we have made some big changes to the way you install and keep up to date with PowerCLI! This update was all based around Microsoft PowerShell...
View ArticlePowerCLI 6.5.1 Installation Walkthrough
We released PowerCLI 6.5.1 two weeks ago and the response has been incredible! The VMware.PowerCLI module is closing in on 4,000 downloads from the PowerShell Gallery and we’ve received a ton of good...
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Spotlight on the New DRS Groups and VM-Host Rule Cmdlets!
We’re kicking off the first in a series of blog posts taking an in-depth look at some of the new cmdlets that were made available with the PowerCLI 6.5.1 release. This first post is going to be...
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PowerCLI at VMworld US 2017
It’s that time of year again, VMworld US time! There is a whole slew of PowerCLI and automation based sessions and events going on this year that you should be excited for. Hopefully you are already...
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New Release: VMware PowerCLI 6.5.2
The past couple releases have introduced some new and exciting modernizations for PowerCLI. We’ve moved from Snapins to Modules, leaving behind registry settings and the need for an installer and...
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