diff --git a/samples/modules/ApacheHTTPServer/ApacheVirtualHosts.psm1 b/samples/modules/ApacheHTTPServer/ApacheVirtualHosts.psm1
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+$moduleRoot = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
+
+
+Function New-ApacheVHost {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+        [parameter (Mandatory = $true)][string]$ServerName,
+        [string]$VHostsDirectory,
+        [parameter (Mandatory = $true)][string]$DocumentRoot,
+         [parameter (Mandatory = $true)][string]$VirtualHostIPAddress,
+        [string[]]$ServerAliases,
+         [parameter (Mandatory = $true)][string]$VirtualHostPort,
+        [string]$ServerAdmin,
+        [string]$CustomLogPath,
+        [string]$ErrorLogPath
+        )
+
+        if ($VHostsDirectory -notlike "*/*"){
+            #Try to find default
+            if (Test-Path "/etc/httpd/conf.d"){
+                $VHostsDirectory = "/etc/httpd/conf.d/"
+            }
+            if (Test-Path "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled"){
+                $VHostsDirectory = "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled"
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!(Test-Path $VHostsDirectory)){
+            Write-Error "Specified virtual hosts directory does not exist: $VHostsDirectory"
+            exit 1
+        }
+
+        $vHostDef = "<VirtualHost " 
+        if ($VirtualHostIPAddress -ne $null){
+            $vHostDef += $VirtualHostIPAddress
+        }
+        if ($VirtualHostPort -ne $null){
+            $vHostDef += ":$VirtualHostPort"
+        }
+        $vHostDef += ">"
+
+        $vHostDef += "`n"
+        $vHostDef += "DocumentRoot " + $DocumentRoot + "`n"
+        $vHostDef += "ServerName " + $ServerName + "`n"
+        if ($ServerAliases -ne $null){
+            ForEach ($Alias in $ServerAliases){
+                $vHostDef += "ServerAlias " + $Alias + "`n"
+            }
+        }
+        if ($ServerAdmin.Length -gt 1){
+            $vHostDef += "ServerAdmin " + $ServerAdmin +"`n"
+        }
+        if ($CustomLogPath -like "*/*"){
+            $vHostDef += "CustomLog " + $CustomLogPath +"`n"
+        }
+        if ($ErrorLogPath -like "*/*"){
+            $vHostDef += "ErrorLog " + $ErrorLogpath +"`n"
+        }
+        $vHostDef += "</VirtualHost>"
+        $filName = $ServerName + ".conf"
+        Write-Output "Writing $filName to $VHostsDirectory"
+        $VhostDef |out-file "$VHostsDirectory/$filName" -Force -Encoding:ascii
+        
+        if (Test-Path "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"){
+            $cmd = "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"
+        }elseif(Test-Path "/usr/sbin/httpd"){
+            $cmd = "/usr/sbin/httpd"
+        }
+        $cmd += " -k restart"
+        write-output "Restarting Apache HTTP daemon"
+        Invoke-expression $cmd
+}
+
+Function Get-ApacheVHosts{
+    $cmd = $null
+    if (Test-Path "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"){
+        $cmd = "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"
+    }elseif(Test-Path "/usr/sbin/httpd"){
+        $cmd = "/usr/sbin/httpd"
+    }
+
+
+    function New-VHostObj {
+        New-Object PSObject -Property @{}
+    }
+
+
+
+    if ($cmd -eq $null){
+        Write-Error "Unable to find httpd/apache2ctl command"
+        exit -1
+    }
+
+    $cmd  = $cmd += " -t -D DUMP_VHOSTS"
+    $Vhosts = @()
+    $res = Invoke-expression $cmd
+    ForEach ($line in $res){         
+        if ($line -like "*.conf*"){
+           $vhobject = New-VHostObj
+           $RMatch = $line -match "(?<Listen>.*:[0-9]*)(?<ServerName>.*)\((?<ConfFile>.*)\)"
+           $VHostProps = $matches
+           $vhobject |Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "ServerName" -value $matches.ServerName.Trim()
+           $vhobject |Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "ListenAddress" -value $matches.Listen.Trim()
+           $vhobject |Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "ConfFile" -value $matches.ConfFile.Trim()
+           $Vhosts += $vhobject
+        }
+    
+    }
+   
+    Return $Vhosts
+
+}
+
+Function Restart-ApacheHTTPServer{
+  [CmdletBinding()]
+  Param(
+   [boolean]$Graceful
+   )
+  
+    if ($Graceful -eq $null){$Graceful = $fase}
+	
+    $cmd = $null
+    if (Test-Path "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"){
+        $cmd = "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"
+    }elseif(Test-Path "/usr/sbin/httpd"){
+        $cmd = "/usr/sbin/httpd"
+    }
+	
+	if ($cmd -eq $null){
+        Write-Error "Unable to find httpd/apache2ctl command"
+        exit -1
+    }
+	
+	if ($Graceful){
+		$cmd = $cmd += " -k graceful"
+	}else{
+		$cmd = $cmd += " -k restart"
+	}
+	
+	Invoke-Expression $Cmd
+}
+
+Function Get-ApacheModules{
+    $cmd = $null
+    if (Test-Path "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"){
+        $cmd = "/usr/sbin/apache2ctl"
+    }elseif(Test-Path "/usr/sbin/httpd"){
+        $cmd = "/usr/sbin/httpd"
+    }
+	
+	if ($cmd -eq $null){
+        Write-Error "Unable to find httpd/apache2ctl command"
+        exit -1
+    }
+	
+	$cmd = $cmd += " -M |grep -v Loaded"
+	
+	$ApacheModules = @()
+	function New-ModuleObj {
+        New-Object PSObject -Property @{}
+    }
+
+
+	$Results = Invoke-Expression $cmd
+	Foreach ($mod in $Results){
+	  $modObj = New-ModuleObj
+	  $modObj | Add-Member -type NoteProperty -name "Module" -value $mod.trim()
+	  $ApacheModules += $modObj
+	} 
+
+	Return $ApacheModules
+	
+}
diff --git a/samples/modules/CronTab/CronTab.ps1xml b/samples/modules/CronTab/CronTab.ps1xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+
+<Configuration>  
+  <ViewDefinitions>
+	<View>
+	<Name>Default</Name>
+	<ViewSelectedBy>
+		<TypeName>CronJob</TypeName>
+	</ViewSelectedBy>
+	<TableControl>
+		<TableHeaders>
+			<TableColumnHeader>
+				<Label>Minute</Label>
+				<Width>10</Width>
+				<Alignment>Left</Alignment>
+			</TableColumnHeader>
+			<TableColumnHeader>
+				<Label>Hour</Label>
+				<Width>10</Width>
+				<Alignment>Left</Alignment>
+			</TableColumnHeader>
+			<TableColumnHeader>
+				<Label>DayOfMonth</Label>
+				<Width>10</Width>
+				<Alignment>Left</Alignment>
+			</TableColumnHeader>
+			<TableColumnHeader>
+				<Label>Month</Label>
+				<Width>10</Width>
+				<Alignment>Left</Alignment>
+			</TableColumnHeader>
+			<TableColumnHeader>
+				<Label>DayOfWeek</Label>
+				<Width>10</Width>
+				<Alignment>Left</Alignment>
+			</TableColumnHeader>
+			<TableColumnHeader>
+				<Label>Command</Label>
+				<Alignment>Left</Alignment>
+			</TableColumnHeader>
+		</TableHeaders>
+		<TableRowEntries>
+		<TableRowEntry>
+			<TableColumnItems>
+			<TableColumnItem>
+			<PropertyName>Minute</PropertyName>
+			</TableColumnItem>
+			<TableColumnItem>
+				<PropertyName>Hour</PropertyName>
+			</TableColumnItem>
+			<TableColumnItem>
+				<PropertyName>DayOfMonth</PropertyName>
+			</TableColumnItem>
+			<TableColumnItem>
+				<PropertyName>Month</PropertyName>
+			</TableColumnItem>
+			<TableColumnItem>
+				<PropertyName>DayOfWeek</PropertyName>
+			</TableColumnItem>
+			<TableColumnItem>
+				<PropertyName>Command</PropertyName>
+			</TableColumnItem>
+			</TableColumnItems>
+		</TableRowEntry>
+		</TableRowEntries>
+	</TableControl>
+	</View>
+  </ViewDefinitions>
+</Configuration>
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diff --git a/samples/modules/CronTab/CronTab.psd1 b/samples/modules/CronTab/CronTab.psd1
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diff --git a/samples/modules/CronTab/CronTab.psm1 b/samples/modules/CronTab/CronTab.psm1
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+$crontabcmd = "/usr/bin/crontab"
+
+#TODO fix after https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/932 is fixed
+#class CronJob {
+#    [string] $Minute
+#    [string] $Hour
+#    [string] $DayOfMonth
+#    [string] $Month
+#    [string] $DayOfWeek
+#    [string] $Command
+#}
+
+# Internal helper functions
+
+function Get-CronTab ([String] $user) {
+    $crontab = Invoke-CronTab -user $user -arguments "-l" -noThrow
+    if ($crontab -is [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]) {
+        if ($crontab.Exception.Message.StartsWith("no crontab for ")) {
+            $crontab = $null
+        }
+        else {
+            throw $crontab.Exception
+        }
+    }
+    [string[]] $crontab
+}
+
+function ConvertTo-CronJob ([String] $crontab) {
+    $split = $crontab.split(" ", 6)
+    $cronjob = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{  #TODO: change to CronJob type
+        PSTypeName="CronJob";
+        Minute = $split[0];
+        Hour = $split[1];
+        DayOfMonth= $split[2];
+        Month =$split[3];
+        DayOfWeek = $split[4];
+        Command = $split[5]
+    }
+    $cronjob
+}
+
+function Invoke-CronTab ([String] $user, [String] $arguments, [Switch] $noThrow) {
+    If ($user -ne [String]::Empty) {
+        $arguments = "-u $UserName $arguments"
+    }
+    
+    $cmd  = "$crontabcmd $arguments 2>&1"
+    Write-Verbose $cmd
+    $output = Invoke-Expression $cmd
+    if ($LastExitCode -ne 0 -and -not $noThrow) {
+        $e = New-Object System.InvalidOperationException -ArgumentList $output.Exception.Message
+        throw $e
+    } else {
+        $output
+    }
+}
+
+function Import-CronTab ([String] $user, [String[]] $crontab) {
+    $temp = New-TemporaryFile
+    [String]::Join([Environment]::NewLine,$crontab) | Set-Content $temp.FullName
+    Invoke-CronTab -user $user $temp.FullName
+    Remove-Item $temp
+}
+
+# Public functions
+
+function Remove-CronJob {
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+  Removes the exactly matching cron job from the cron table
+.DESCRIPTION
+  Removes the exactly matching cron job from the cron table
+.EXAMPLE
+  Get-CronJob | ? {%_.Command -like 'foo *'} | Remove-CronJob
+.RETURNVALUE
+  None
+.PARAMETER UserName
+  Optional parameter to specify a specific user's cron table
+.PARAMETER Job
+  Cron job object returned from Get-CronJob
+#>   
+    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true,ConfirmImpact="High")]
+    param (
+        [Alias("u")][Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][String] $UserName,
+        [Alias("j")][Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipeline=$true)][PSTypeName("CronJob")] $Job  #TODO use CronJob type  
+    )
+    process {
+
+        [string[]] $crontab = Get-CronTab -user $UserName
+        [string[]] $newcrontab = $null
+        $found = $false
+        
+        foreach ($line in $crontab) {
+            $cronjob = ConvertTo-CronJob -crontab $line
+            if ((Compare-object $cronjob.psobject.properties $Job.psobject.properties) -eq $null) {
+                $found = $true
+            } else {
+                $newcrontab += $line
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (-not $found) {
+            $e = New-Object System.Exception -ArgumentList "Job not found"
+            throw $e
+        }
+        if ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess($Job.Command,"Remove")) {
+            Import-CronTab -user $UserName -crontab $newcrontab
+        }
+    }        
+}
+
+function New-CronJob {
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+  Create a new cron job
+.DESCRIPTION
+  Create a new job in the cron table.  Date and time parameters can be specified
+  as ranges such as 10-30, as a list: 5,6,7, or combined 1-5,10-15.  An asterisk
+  means 'first through last' (the entire allowed range).  Step values can be used 
+  with ranges or with an asterisk.  Every 2 hours can be specified as either
+  0-23/2 or */2.
+.EXAMPLE
+  New-CronJob -Minute 10-30 -Hour 10-20/2 -DayOfMonth */2 -Command "/bin/bash -c 'echo hello' > ~/hello"
+.RETURNVALUE
+  If successful, an object representing the cron job is returned
+.PARAMETER UserName
+  Optional parameter to specify a specific user's cron table
+.PARAMETER Minute
+  Valid values are 0 to 59.  If not specified, defaults to *.
+.PARAMETER Hour
+  Valid values are 0-23.  If not specified, defaults to *.
+.PARAMETER DayOfMonth
+  Valid values are 1-31.  If not specified, defaults to *.
+.PARAMETER Month
+  Valid values are 1-12.  If not specified, defaults to *.
+.PARAMETER DayOfWeek
+  Valid values are 0-7.  0 and 7 are both Sunday.  If not specified, defaults to *.
+.PARAMETER Command
+  Command to execute at the scheduled time and day.
+#>   
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    param (
+        [Alias("u")][Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][String] $UserName,
+        [Alias("mi")][Parameter(Position=1)][String[]] $Minute = "*",
+        [Alias("h")][Parameter(Position=2)][String[]] $Hour = "*",
+        [Alias("dm")][Parameter(Position=3)][String[]] $DayOfMonth = "*",
+        [Alias("mo")][Parameter(Position=4)][String[]] $Month = "*",
+        [Alias("dw")][Parameter(Position=5)][String[]] $DayOfWeek = "*",
+        [Alias("c")][Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=6)][String] $Command
+    )
+    process {
+        # TODO: validate parameters, note that different versions of crontab support different capabilities
+        $line = "{0} {1} {2} {3} {4} {5}" -f [String]::Join(",",$Minute), [String]::Join(",",$Hour), 
+            [String]::Join(",",$DayOfMonth), [String]::Join(",",$Month), [String]::Join(",",$DayOfWeek), $Command
+        [string[]] $crontab = Get-CronTab -user $UserName
+        $crontab += $line
+        Import-CronTab -User $UserName -crontab $crontab
+        ConvertTo-CronJob -crontab $line
+    }
+}
+
+function Get-CronJob {
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+  Returns the current cron jobs from the cron table
+.DESCRIPTION
+  Returns the current cron jobs from the cron table
+.EXAMPLE
+  Get-CronJob -UserName Steve
+.RETURNVALUE
+  CronJob objects
+.PARAMETER UserName
+  Optional parameter to specify a specific user's cron table
+#>   
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    [OutputType([PSObject])]
+    param (
+        [Alias("u")][Parameter(Mandatory=$false)][String] $UserName
+    )
+    process {
+        $crontab = Get-CronTab -user $UserName
+        ForEach ($line in $crontab) {
+            if ($line.Trim().Length -gt 0)
+            {
+                ConvertTo-CronJob -crontab $line
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/samples/modules/README.md b/samples/modules/README.md
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+# Samples