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Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #10--NEW DATE

2009-05-11T15:11:00Z

**Last week's meeting had to be cancelled at the last minute. I'm going to retry this for this coming Thursday. Sorry for any inconvenience.** Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #10 Time: May 14th, 2009 at 8PM EST (New York time) Place: Online via Live Meeting 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- To sign up: ----------------------------------------------------------- Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=138442 Event Code: 138442 -----...(read more)

PowerShell Terminology: Loosely integrated products

2009-04-27T13:41:00Z

I recently started a small series of posts on PowerShell terminology . In this post, I will discuss what I like to call “loosely integrated products”. Briefly, I use this term when I talk about how different Microsoft server products implement their support for PowerShell. In the case of loosely integrated products, these products don’t provide full PowerShell support. Unlike some server products, with a loosely integrated product, not every task that can be accomplished via the...(read more)

Managing OpsMgr using a mobile phone: RoveIT Mobile Admin

2009-04-24T14:29:00Z

RoveIT has a product called Mobile Admin that you can read about HERE . They are putting on a free webcast this coming April 29th at 11AM EDT. You can register for the webcast HERE . I’m looking forward to inviting RoveIT to my PowerShell user group possibly in June to talk about how they are using PowerShell in their products....(read more)

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #10--UPDATED

2009-04-23T13:04:00Z

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #10 Time: May 7th, 2009 at 8PM EST (New York time) Place: Online via Live Meeting 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- To sign up: ----------------------------------------------------------- Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=137921 Event Code: 137921 ----------------------------------------------------------- This is our tenth virtual event. Invited speakers that will talk about various PowerShell-related...(read more)

New Book: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell

2009-04-23T12:52:00Z

Wrox has a book on SQL Server 2008 and PowerShell HERE . The book is due June 2009. I just noticed that they have recently made the scripts from the book available for download. The zip file contains 1 .bat file and 107 .ps1 scripts. I’ve not looked through the scripts, but to include over 100 PowerShell scripts is super cool. I can’t wait to get my hands on the book and review it…...(read more)

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group #10—NEW DATE

2009-04-23T12:05:00Z

I recently announced my tenth meeting of my virtual PowerShell user group HERE . The original date was April 30th. I’m changing this to May 7th. I apologize for any inconveniences. I will post the updated information today....(read more)

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #10

2009-04-20T16:15:00Z

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #10 Time: April 30th, 2009 at 8PM EST (New York time) Place: Online via Live Meeting 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- To sign up: ----------------------------------------------------------- Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=137921 Event Code: 137921 ----------------------------------------------------------- This is our tenth virtual event. Invited speakers that will talk about various PowerShell-related...(read more)

PowerShell Terminology: Common Engineering Criteria

2009-04-17T14:26:00Z

I recently started a series on PowerShell terminology HERE . One thing I mentioned was Microsoft’s Common Engineering Criteria (CEC). You can read through Microsoft’s official web site HERE . From my understanding, CEC is a set of best practices that are to be implemented in all server-based products. Now, this may be some kind of internal document, and I’ve never seen it, so this is my unofficial interpretation of things… Microsoft added PowerShell as of their CEC 2009 standards. ...(read more)

PowerShell Terminology: PowerShell-enablers

2009-04-08T12:53:00Z

I’m going to blog about a few terms I like to use when I talk about how PowerShell is supported in different Microsoft server applications. The terms I will introduce in are: PowerShell-enablers. Loosely integrated products. Tightly integrated products. This is the first post in this small series, so I’m going to briefly discuss “PowerShell-enablers”: Since Microsoft announced that PowerShell was now part of their Common Engineering Criteria since 2009, there are some products that officially released...(read more)

Book: System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed – 2nd edition

2009-04-07T20:31:00Z

I just wanted to mention a book that I am writing for: System Center Operations Manager 2007 by Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, John Joyner and Andy Dominey. (The link and image are for the 1st edition.) A publication date has not been set yet, to my knowledge. I’ve contributed a chapter on using PoweShell where I cover the basics of what a OpsMgr user should know, show some basic examples of general Windows tasks in PowerShell, then show some practical examples of how to use PowerShell in OpsMgr...(read more)

Book: SQL Server 2008

2009-04-06T12:58:00Z

I just wanted to mention a book that I contributed to last year: SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration by Ross Mistry. It was published this past January 2009. I contributed a chapter on using PoweShell with SQL Server 2008 where I cover the new features provided in this release. I also cover some of the basics a DBA should have a grasp of before using PowerShell. I also briefly cover using SMO (SQL Server Management Objects). If you visit my blog and have the book, please don...(read more)

User Group Connection (Moncton) Update

2009-04-06T12:49:00Z

The user group meeting I’m helping to organize originally mentioned HERE is coming along very well. The room size allows a maximum of 60 attendees. As of about 2 weeks ago, the registration was at 53. I’m looking forward to meeting IT people from the area. I’ll also be trying to get in a few minutes to talk about starting up a IT Pro user group in the Moncton area....(read more)

TechDays DAC Update

2009-04-06T12:46:00Z

The previous post HERE mentions a free online Microsoft event where I did a 60 minute session on PowerShell-related developer topics. There is a link HERE to the Live Meeting recording of the event (the link should work). Hopefully developers new to PowerShell will find the discussion interesting....(read more)

Free event: TechDays Defy All Challenges

2009-03-10T11:46:00Z

On April 1st, 2009, Microsoft is putting on a free 24-hour virtual event called TechDays Defy All Challenges . This is a developer-focused event. I'm proud to be presenting "Scripting the .NET Framework using Windows PowerShell". I'm going to be doing a 60 minute presentation on Windows PowerShell that will show how to access the .NET Framework. I'll also spend a small percentage talking about PowerShell v2. Overview: Now that PowerShell is part of the Microsoft Common Engineering...(read more)

User Group Connection: The Future of the Microsoft Windows-based Platform - (Moncton)

2009-03-08T17:00:00Z

User Group Connection: The Future of the Microsoft Windows-based Platform - (Moncton) Date: April 21, 2009 6:30 PM - April 21, 2009 8:30 PM Atlantic Time (Canada) Welcome Time: 6:00 PM Location: Mapleton Rotary Pavilion 600 Mapleton Road Moncton New Brunswick Canada Register (seating is limited to 60): http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032406296&Culture=en-CA Details: User Group Connection: The Future of the Microsoft Windows-based Platform Innovation solves problems...(read more)

Edmonton Microsoft User Group presentation

2009-02-27T19:33:00Z

The Edmonton Microsoft User Group is meeting March 11th at 6.30PM MST (8.30PM EST). I will be doing a 90 minute PowerShell presentation remotely via Live Meeting. The user group has given me the permission to make this public, so anyone can listen in. I plan to provide an introduction to Windows PowerShell, which I would still consider about a level 200. I'll cover: -General introduction to Windows PowerShell. -Discuss how some popular server applications like Exchange 2007, IIS 7 and SharePoint...(read more)

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group #9--UPDATE

2009-02-20T18:12:00Z

Unfortunately, the video recording of my 9th PowerShell user group meeting held recently has been lost. My sincere apologies to everyone. Chad Miller has agreed to redo his presentation on his SQL Server PowerShell extensions, so I'll be working with him some time next week to redo his part....(read more)

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #9

2009-02-16T02:49:00Z

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group Meeting #9 Time: February 19th, 2008 at 8PM EST (New York time) Place: Online via Live Meeting 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- To sign up: ----------------------------------------------------------- Registration site: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=135834 Event Code: 135834 ----------------------------------------------------------- This is our ninth virtual event. Invited speakers that will talk about various PowerShell-related...(read more)

PowerShell In Action--2nd Edition!

2009-02-08T21:28:00Z

Check HERE ! Bruce is working on an update to his most excellent book on Windows PowerShell. It appears the book is due September 2009. The first edition is definitely seen as the most definite/technical guide currently available. I'm sure the 2nd edition promises to be even better and will definitely cover PowerShell v2 features....(read more)

Windows PowerShell Virtual User Group #8--VIDEOS

2009-01-30T14:00:00Z

NOTE: I apologize as it seems my microphone was a bit too close to my mouth and you can basically hear me breathe in the recording when I'm not muted. Here's the "time layout" (format is MM:SS or HH:MM:SS): -Intro (Marco) 5:25-11:40 -June 11:40-35:00 -Compellent 36:35-57:50 -James 58:00-1:32:18 -Closing (Marco) 1:32:18-1:34:55 For the details on each speaker's topic, see HERE . WMV format: For use with most players...(read more)