Iron Scripter

  • Written by Meson
  • October 9, 2012 at 8:33 pm

The annual Scripting Games are a great way to flex your PowerShell muscles and learn new scripting techniques, but you don’t have to wait until the 2013 games for another chance to learn and have fun. Come to the Iron Scripter competition. Put PowerShell to work solving a real-world problem, submit your script for judging, [...]

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PowerShell Best Practices

  • Written by Meson
  • October 9, 2012 at 8:27 pm

Learn Windows PowerShell best practices as they apply to each stage of the script development lifecycle. See the differences between working interactively from the Windows PowerShell prompt, writing an inline script, adding basic function, advanced functions and finally the implementation of Windows PowerShell Modules. What is a local best practice for Windows PowerShell development is [...]

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Building and Deploying PowerShell Custom Modules

  • Written by Meson
  • September 25, 2012 at 11:55 pm
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Do you have a collection of functions others need to use? A module is the answer. We will cover what is required to turn your collection of functions into a module. You will learn what decisions have to be made so that you can effectively build and deploy your module. We will also cover deployment options and tools to [...]

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PowerShell Fundamentals for Beginners

  • Written by Meson
  • August 6, 2012 at 11:33 pm
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This session will start from zero and cover the basic fundamentals of PowerShell that will get you started on the right track to becoming a PowerShell Hero. The fundamentals that will be taught are applicable whether you’re a Desktop Admin, Server Admin, Exchange Admin, SQL Server Admin, SharePoint Admin, or even if you’re the Admin [...]

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A Beginners Look at PowerShell and WMI in the Enterprise Environment

  • Written by Meson
  • July 31, 2012 at 1:54 am
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If you’re just getting started with PowerShell, you definitely need to check out “A Beginners Look at PowerShell and WMI in the Enterprise Environment”.  We, as Windows System Administrators, are asked to do more with less, work long hours, etc., working with WMI via PowerShell is a great way to combat the long hours required of us.  This [...]

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