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Only 2 days left to save $1000 on PowerShell Deep Dive registration
There are still a few seats open for the first ever PowerShell Deep Dive Conference and tomorrow is the last day of cheap registration! In case you haven’t already been doing it, now would be a good time to start camping out in your boss’ office begging him/her for the money and time off. Register today or tomorrow for only $850. The price will be going up to the full Experts Conference rate of $1825 on Friday April 1. To register, follow this link to create your profile and use code “ATGNJR6E”. The detailed session schedule has also been posted on The Experts Conference website over here....
More Deep Dive Info, Including Abstracts from the PowerShell Team
Seats are filling up for the PowerShell Deep Dive and cheap registration is almost over. Remember: Registration during the month of March is only $850, but quickly jumps to the full conference price of $1825 on April 1. To register, follow this link to create your profile and use code “ATGNJR6E”. Just a few more names of people that we’re very excited to have joining us: Here are the abstracts for a few Deep Dives that will be led by members of the PowerShell Team. Proxy Function PartySpeaker: Jeffrey SnoverOne of our goals with PowerShell is to give you the tools and capabilities s...
Four more reasons to come to the PowerShell Deep Dive
Videos from the PowerShell team and Don Jones… Jeffrey Snover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-6SrEpSfVs Don Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev3mexiAw1k Dan Harman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbmXYd8VRM Hemant Mahawar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bpOFicYMOg Travis Jones [MSFT] Windows PowerShell PM Microsoft Corporation
A Few Deep Dive Abstracts
We received a lot of session proposals for the PowerShell Deep Dive conference. Thank you to everyone who sent one or more in. I wanted to share the abstracts for a handful of the sessions that have already been selected. Stay tuned, details on more sessions will be available soon… Defining domain-specific vocabularies using Windows PowerShell Speaker: Kirk Munro PowerShell was built from the ground up to be a rich, extendible scripting language. While it is of paramount importance to keep commands you add to PowerShell consistent with the rest of the scripting language, there are domains where g...
Cmdlet Help Editor V2.0 with Module Support
Hi, I have updated the Cmdlet Help Editor tool to support Modules. The V1.0 version of this tool only supported PsSnapins. The original post can be found here Cmdlet Help Editor enables you to create help topics for Windows PowerShell cmdlets in the XML format that Windows PowerShell supports. Help text created in Cmdlet Help Editor can be displayed immediately by a Windows PowerShell get-help command without any additional transforms or formatting. By reflecting on a Windows PowerShell snap-in (PsSnapin) assembly or Module, Cmdlet Help Editor creates a customized documentation interface t...
Reminder: Register for the PowerShell Deep Dive Conference & submit your sessions
April 18-19 2011 – Las Vegas We’re very excited with the positive reaction we’ve seen towards the first ever PowerShell Deep Dive! There’ll be lots of talented & smart people hanging out with us for a couple days. To mention just a few: There are only a few days left to get the cheapest registration rate of $700. Go to https://register.crgevents.com/TEC2011/Register/Login/UsernamePassword/Default.aspx and use code ATGNJR6E before February 28. Registration will be going up to $850 for the month of March. Also, February 25 is the final day to submit proposals for Deep Dive sessio...
Does Your Hard Work Advance the Ecosystem?
The Lync PowerShell Blog recently posted a fairly chewy piece that described how to enable users in bulk when given an XLS file as input. Jason Helmick responded, saying: Instead of your incredible code that no admin would even begin to understand or even be able to write, let’s do the same thing, in one line. (Note: This is an educated PowerShell admin, or any typical Unix guy.) Step 1: Admin receives xls from HR. They then proceed to use Excel to convert it to CSV. Total time, 10 seconds. Step 2: They then type the following one-liner: Import-CSV C:\Scripts\NewUsers.csv | %{Enable-CsUs...
PowerShell Deep Dive Conference
We’re proud to announce the first ever PowerShell Deep Dive conference! This event will take place at TEC 2011 in Las Vegas, April 18-19. PowerShell Deep Dive is meant to provide a deep technical and strategic engagement within the PowerShell Community. Attendees will interact one-on-one with presenters, team members and other key members of the PowerShell Community. It will facilitate a common understanding of the technology and shared messages which we need to work throughout the community. Attendees Registration for PowerShell Deep Dive will be capped at 100 people as it has been design...
Looking for your Feedback
The great folks that provide documentation and guidance for Windows Server are looking for your feedback! First off, there’s a survey: http://vp-nri.com/take?i=162411&h=u7DzLZkqQEbm6e5zylI38A – primarily about PowerShell. This should take about ten minutes, and will help us better understand the issues you face every day. Whether you are into PowerShell as an IT Professional or, into it as a Power Tool – any information you can provide helps. Second, there’s the International Customer Advisory Board. Microsoft is building a worldwide community of IT Pros who want to share their frank opinions about our ...