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Back on the PowerScripting Podcast
May 15th
You think Hal and Jonathan would learn, but they keep having me back on the show.
Hal was out of town, but Jon and I had a great talk about Server 2012 and PowerShell V3. As always, there was great conversation in the chat room and some good questions. Jon had a surprise for us all. After the interview, he played Jeffrey Snover’s keynote from the PowerShell Deep Dive.
Check out this episode and the other great shows and interviews they have.
PowerShell at PICC
May 12th
I had a great time with my classes at PICC. Both the PowerShell Fundamentals class and the PowerShell Tips and Tricks class were a lot of fun and resulted in great conversations at the breaks and after the classes.
The fun continued in the evening with the Bird of a Feather sessions where we spent some time talking about Server 2012, Server Core, and remote server management. What a great time.
I’ve uploaded my slides and sample scripts and I’ll have the shell histories from the classes posted in a day or two (I need to comment them so they are useable…), so check back on Monday for the annotated shell histories.
I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who attended my class and especially those who made a point of talking to me about problems they face or where they are using PowerShell.
I also wanted to thank the organizers of PICC for having me out again this year.
Want to PICC up some new skills?
Apr 29th
If you are out on the East Coast and want to pick up some new skills or freshen up some old ones, check out PICC – the Professional IT Community Conference.
PICC is hosted in New Brunswick, New Jersey and is two days of great SysAdmin content (May 11/12).
You’ll find half day training sessions on things like:
- PowerShell (by your truly)
- Puppet
- Time Management
- Technical Resume Writing
- IPv6
- Workplace Presentations
- and more…
There are also conference sessions on topics like:
- Ganeti (Virtualization Management Platform)
- Windows Deployment with MDT 2010
- Scaling the StackExchange Platform
- Configuration Management
- Securing MySQL
- Deep Application Monitoring
- and more…
I’ll be there, and I’m definitely going to walk away better prepared to do my job.
What are you doing to improve your skillset?
The Games Are Afoot!
Apr 5th
The Scripting Games that is!
This year’s games are in progress, but it’s not too late to start. Each weekday a new event is posted, but you have a week to turn in your solution, so get out there and start writing some PowerShell.
All the details you need are available from the Scripting Games All In One Links Page, where the Scripting Guy Ed Wilson has thoughtfully provided (and updates daily) links to the events, rules, and other great information.
What Type Of Events Are There?
Well, the first couple of challenges give us an idea..
In the beginner category, you’ll be doing things like:
- Identifying processes
- Finding services with particular settings
- Creating files in folders in the file system
In the advanced category (should you dare..), you’ll find challenges like:
What’s In It For Me?
The Games are a great way to get hands on with PowerShell in a non-destructive manner. None of the challenges are going to require you to “format c:”. You also have a chance to win some prizes, so get out there and try them out!
