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PowerScripting Podcast – New Night (temporary change)
May 26th
For the next month or two, the PowerScripting Podcast will be live on Tuesday nights at 9 PM Eastern / 8 PM Central. Be sure to update your calendars and stop in for some great, interactive PowerShell content.
WI VMUG Presentation with Scott Herold
May 19th
This morning, Scott Herold and I did back to back presentations on PowerShell and the Virtualization EcoShell for the Wisconsin VMWare Users Group.
Time flew by and I didn’t get to the second half of my slide deck, so if you are interested, here it is.
If you want to see the webcast, you can find it here. Just a word of warning, I haven’t listened to it yet, but we were recording over Skype and a fixed microphone while speaking over another mic in a larger room. I’m guessing the sound quality is not the best, but should be understandable.
Thanks to Scott Herold for sharing the “stage” with me and thanks to Rod Gabriel and the WI VMUG for allowing me to share a bit about PowerShell.
PowerShell, VMWare, and VESI in Wisconsin
Apr 30th
On May 19th, Scott Herold and I will be presenting for the Wisconsin VMWare Users Group.
I’ll be covering the basics of PowerShell, as well as an introduction to the VI Toolkit (for Windows)/PowerCLI.
Scott will be talking about the Virtualization EcoShell Initiative (VESI).
If you are in Wisconsin, the meeting details can be found here.
If you are not able to make the meeting, VMWare will be providing a live stream of our presentations via WebEx, as well as providing recordings after the fact.
My presentation starts at 9 AM Central time and Scott follows me at about 9:50.
PowerShellCommunity.Org goes to TechEd
Apr 30th
This year at TechEd (North America), Hal Rottenberg and I will be there promoting PowerShell and PowerShellCommunity.Org. We will be bouncing around various sessions, the PowerShell booth, and the remaining conference.
If you have a PowerShell story that you want to share, find me (I’m a big guy and easy to pick out of a crowd). I’ll have some recording gear and be looking to collect some user stories.
See you there!
Microsoft TechDays Virtual Event
Mar 26th
On April 1st, 2009, Microsoft is putting on a free 24 hour virtual event covering developer-related topics.
There will be 95 live sessions provided via Live Meeting in the following tracks:
- Windows Development and Frameworks
- Windows Mobile Development
- Office and SharePoint Development
- Developer Tools, Languages & Practices
- Web Development & User Experience
PowerShell Community’s own Marco Shaw (MVP) will be presenting the ONLY PowerShell session:
WIN300 Scripting the Microsoft .NET Framework Using Windows PowerShell
Now that PowerShell is part of the Microsoft Common Engineering Criteria, expect to see more and more PowerShell in Microsoft server products. This session looks at how PowerShell can be used to directly access the .NET Framework. Some simple examples are demonstrated, but also more advanced examples of using Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET 3.0) and LINQ (.NET 3.5) are discussed.
You can find more information about this event here or on Marco’s blog.
I’m looking forward to seeing this presentation. Hope to “see” you there! Register now..
Busy Week Ahead!
Mar 8th
On Tuesday, I’ll be delivering a presentation to the local .NET Users Group focused more towards developing with PowerShell.
I’ll also have this week’s Exploring the .NET Framework post on static methods.
Calling all Ohio PowerShell Enthusiasts!
Jan 29th
The Central Ohio Day of .NET is coming up (April 18th, 2009) and they’ve put out a request for speakers. From their website:
The Central Ohio Day of .NET is a joint venture between the Dayton .NET Developers Group, Central Ohio .NET Developers Group, Cincinnati SQL Server Users Group and the Cincinnati .NET Users Group.
Why don’t we get some PowerShell related sessions added to the lineup. They said specifically that they are looking for introductory material on new technologies. If you are not interested in trying for a full session, check out the Open Spaces and start up a conversation about PowerShell.
If you are not sure about what you might want to talk about, how about these suggestions:
- Administering SQL Server with PowerShell
- PowerShell V2 – What’s New?
- Developing PowerShell Friendly Applications (or How To Make the Admins Happy)
- Introduction to PowerShell
- Overview of Developing PowerShell Cmdlets, Providers, and Hosts
- Automating Builds and Deployment with PowerShell (check out the PowerScripting Podcast #56 for ideas there)
It would be great to get some PowerShell Community members there. I’ve submitted a couple of talks, but let’s give their selection committee a good number of PowerShell topics to pick through!
