software deployment & powershell automation
This post is about getting all high priority SCCM applications using PowerShell. Today I had to check our server how many applications are set to High (Distribution Priority). The customer has a total of 40 distribution points (pull and push) all over the world and configured sophisticated BITS rules and schedules. Therefore, ConfigMgr only replicates … Read more
Today I’d like to share a function for comparing semantic version numbers in PowerShell. To recap: Software developers should use a logical versioning style to better manage dependencies and to just make their releases and cycles well understandable. There is some kind of a specification out there. I’m not sure how “official” this is but … Read more
If you’re using PowerShell, you most probably came across the following issue: Comparing version numbers just doesn’t work if they are stored in strings. The simple case Example: $a = “1.1.19” $b = “1.1.2” if ($a -gt $b) { Write-Host “$a is greater than $b” } else { Write-Host “$a is less than $b” } … Read more