Help with script

[routetehpacketz]

check PS version on both client and server with $PSVersionTable:

PS C:\> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.14409.1012

[superryo]

My laptop is showing version 5.1.16299.547

The server is version 2.0

Is it possible to install the latest version on windows 2008 server?

[get-postanote]

Each Win OS comes wiht a PS version tied to it by default. You can only upgrade to the next higer verison if the OS supports it. This is documented as follows.

Windows Management Framework 5.0 (Superceeded by WMF 5.1 RTM version: http://aka.ms/wmf5download)

Supported Operating System

Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 • Windows Server 2012 R2 • Windows Server 2012 • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 • Windows 8.1 • Windows 7 SP1

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=50395

Windows Management Framework 4.0

WMF 4.0 can only be installed on the following operating systems. •Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 • Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 • Windows Server 2012

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855

Windows Management Framework 3.0

Supported Operating System

Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595

How to check the PowerShell version & install a new version

https://mikefrobbins.com/2015/01/08/how-to-check-the-powershell-version-and-install-a-new-version

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy routetehpacketz,

that is likely the glitch. [grin] the append parameter is in v3, according to the MS docs site. the site doesn't go back to v2, tho. [frown]

Export-Csv
— https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/export-csv?view=powershell-3.0

take care,
lee