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Thu, Jan 12 2012 21:26

Friday 13th offer

Tomorrow is Friday 13th and Manning are offering $13 off any purchase at manning.com. This would be a good time to get a copy of PowerShell in Practice or PowerShell and WMI use code “fri1312” at checkout
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Sat, Sep 3 2011 13:10

Book offers

  Manning has a good offer on its books this weekend Saturday, September 3 : Save 50% on all eBooks. Sunday, September 4 : Save 50% on all print books. Monday, September 5 : Save 50% on your entire purchase. see www.manning.com for details
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Mon, Aug 29 2011 10:04

Deal of the Day–PowerShell

PowerShell and WMI is Manning’s deal of the day – 50% off print or e-book.   The deal also extends to PowerShell in Practice and PowerShell in Action 2E See www.manning.com for details
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Sat, Aug 20 2011 19:28

Powershell and WMI–MEAP Chapters 12 and 13

Chapters 12 and 13 have been added to the early access program.   Chapter 12: Internet Information Server (IIS) may not be the first application that comes to mind when we think of using WMI to administer remote servers, but it provides a lot of...
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Wed, Aug 17 2011 8:24

Half price PowerShell books

Check www.manning .com for a half price deal on PoweShell books: PowerShell in Practice PowerShell and WMI PowerShell in Action Learn PowerShell in a month of lunches Hurry. Today only!
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Tue, Aug 9 2011 19:58

Book review: SQL Server DMVs in Action

Title: SQL Server DMVs in Action Author: Ian Stirk Publisher: Manning ISBN: 978-1-935182-73-3   DMVs are Dynamic Management Views – they were introduced in SQL Server 2005 and further refined in SQL Server 2008. They maintain information about whats...
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Wed, Aug 3 2011 19:28

Book review: VMware vSphere PowerCLI reference

Up to now I’ve use Hal Rottenberg’s book Managing VMware Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2010/05/09/book-review-managing-vmware-infrastructure-with-windows-powershell.aspx   There is  a...
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Wed, Jul 13 2011 9:50

Windows SysInternals Administrators Reference

Windows SysInternals Administrators Reference Title: Windows SysInternals Administrators Reference Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 978-0-7356-5672-7 The SysInternals tool set – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx –...
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Thu, Jun 16 2011 18:02

New MEAP release for PowerShell and WMI

Chapters 10 and 11 have been added to the PowerShell and WMI early access release – www.manning.com/siddaway2 Chapter 10 is about printers and it covers: discovering printer configurations; testing printer status; discovering and comparing printer drivers;...
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Tue, Jun 14 2011 18:10

Scripting Guy Blog- PowerShell and WMI

The Scripting Guy is running a series of posts this week featuring articles taken from PowerShell books published by Manning ( www.manning.com ). Yesterday was Don Jones’ PowerShell Lunches, today is my PowerShell and WMI Read the articles and get the...
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Sun, May 29 2011 9:57

Manning Deal of the Day–29 May

Today, for one day only, get 50% off PowerShell and WMI MEAP or MEAP+ebook.   The code is dotd0529cc when you order from www.manning.com   The same code can be used for PowerShell in Action – second edition and PowerShell in Practice
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Thu, May 19 2011 20:21

PowerShell in Action

The second edition of Bruce Payette’s PowerShell in Action is available. It  can be ordered from http://www.manning.com/payette2/ .  The electronic version includes a free electronic version of the first edition. This is “THE” book on the PowerShell...
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Thu, May 12 2011 19:58

Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell

Author: Jeffery Hicks Publisher: Sapien Press ISBN: 978-0-9821314-4-2 I have three main criteria for judging a book: · Is it technically accurate? · Does deliver the material it claims to deliver? · Is worth the cost of purchase and the time I spend reading...
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Tue, May 3 2011 21:52

Book review: Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

Author: Don Jones Publisher: Manning ISBN: 978-1617290213 Don Jones is a well-known PowerShell MVP, trainer, author and blogger. This is his latest book on PowerShell. It sets out to teach a complete new comer to PowerShell how to use the language and...
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Thu, Apr 21 2011 20:51

PowerShell and WMI MEAP update

Chapters 8 and 9 of PowerShell and WMI have been released into the MEAP. They are available from http://www.manning.com/siddaway2/   Chapter 8 covers the File system Administer shares Compress or encrypt files Monitor file system events Chapter 9...
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Fri, Apr 1 2011 19:38

PowerShell and VMware book

My good friends Jonathan Medd and Alan Renouf (together with a number of co-authors) have just had their book “VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration” published. More details on the book contents and for a chance to win a...
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Tue, Mar 15 2011 20:20

PowerShell and WMI–Chapters 6 & 7 in MEAP

Chapters 6 and 7 have been released for PowerShell and WMI. It is available through the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) at http://www.manning.com/siddaway2/ The available chapters cover: Solving Administrative Challenges Using PowerShell WMI in Depth...
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Sat, Feb 26 2011 14:17

PowerCLI book

Last May I posted a review of fellow PowerShell MVP Hal Rottenberg’s book on managing VMware through PowerShell - http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2010/05/09/book-review-managing-vmware-infrastructure-with-windows-powershell.aspx My good...
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Wed, Feb 23 2011 19:18

PowerShell and WMI–Chapter 5 MEAP

Chapter 5 has been released for PowerShell and WMI. It is available through the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP) at http://www.manning.com/siddaway2/ The available chapters cover: Solving Administrative Challenges Using PowerShell WMI in Depth Best...
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Sun, Feb 6 2011 9:39

PowerShell and WMI code

Manning are releasing the chapters of my latest book PowerShell and WMI under their Early Access Program. The first four chapters are available now from http://www.manning.com/siddaway2/ . The source code for these chapters has also been made available...
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