I have to confess that I think that I have slowed down a bit...at least at work.

Having said that, my role has changed over time and I find that I...

PowerShell 3.0 works this way:

# Create an array.

$features = @()

# Add a value to display.

$features += [PsCustomObject]@{

Property = "Example"

Value = "1.0"

}

# Add a value...

Thanks Andy. As for my signature, I thought that adding a link...

Too modest Jeff. 🙂

I totally agree with this editorial. My blog (don't rush it is not exciting at all ;-)) is comprised of one vendor issue and a handful, at most, of solutions...

You are most welcome. 🙂

How about adding what the values retrieved are? Possibly in comments.

Sorry but I had copied your typo. Try this:

$SQLServiceAGTPassword = read-host "Enter a Password for SQL Agent AC:" -assecurestring

$BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($SQLServiceAGTPassword)

$RetrievePassword = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($BSTR)

Write-Host "Password is: " $RetrievePassword

Eirikur is correct. The following is your own code adjusted:

$SQLServiceAGTPassword = read-host "Enter a Password for SQL Agent AC:" -assecurestring

$BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($SQLServiceAGTPassword)

$RetrievePassword = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($BSTR)

Write-Host "Password is: " $SQLServiceAGTPassword

For a short time a long time ago I had used GUIDs as keys but due to the flaws/cons highlighted in the numerous pages of posts I have moved away...

Now doesn't that look better!!!

Well done.

In my defence I was supporting with only my phone to hand 😉

They don't make them like they used to. In a lot of cases...good!!!

I recall that in 1998 a colleague blurted out without being prompted that he wasn't going to watch Space 1999 the next year (see Wikipedia if this is new to...

I have used MSMQ in the past and if you configure it properly and understand it then it is a fine technology. Like many technologies, if implementing MSMQ following the...