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Aug 8, 2015 • pscookiemonster

PowerShell for Admins

Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and PSDeploy

Are you starting to use version control at work? Are you being pestered by fellow PowerShell aficionados to start learning version control? Did you catch the PowerShell.org Crash Course in Version Control and pick up some Git and GitHub experience? Shameless plug, sorry : ) Version control is just the start. What if we want to automate testing? To deploy our files, folders, and other artifacts out to production or other environments?

Aug 7, 2015 • Stephen Moore

PowerShell for Admins

What are variables anyway…

Fellow Admins. A quick chat if you’re new to variables. So if you’re like me and don’t know any other programing/scripting language then all this PowerShell stuff is a bit daunting. So to help, this articles is on PowerShell Variables. The thing is that Variables in PowerShell are very important. I’m assuming you know what a cmdlet is? The very basic underlying tools that make powershell work. They are like powershell building blocks or bricks in a PowerShell wall.

Aug 5, 2015 • Mike F Robbins

MSPSUG Virtual Meeting: Conquering Azure and Office 365 with PowerShell – August 11th 2015

Join the Mississippi PowerShell User Group virtually on Tuesday, August 11th at 8:30pm Central Time when SharePoint MVP Todd Klindt will present “ **Conquering Azure and Office 365 with PowerShell ** ”. After years and years of anticipation, 2015 might end up actually being the year of the Cloud. With any new technology comes the opportunity to tame it with PowerShell. In this session Todd will give you an overview of the PowerShell options you have when interacting with Office 365 and Azure.

Aug 3, 2015 • Richard Siddaway

Announcements

PowerShell Summit North America 2016 – Call for Topics

** PowerShell Summit NA 2016 – Call for Topics ** The PowerShell Summit is the number one conference where PowerShell enthusiasts gather and learn from each other in fast-paced, knowledge packed presentations. PowerShell experts from all over the world including MVP’s, Guru’s, community leaders and PowerShell team members, will once again join together for a few days in Bellevue, WA. to discuss and learn about maximizing PowerShell in the workplace. If you want to share your PowerShell expertise or story, then this is your official call to submit presentations for selection!

Aug 1, 2015 • Don Jones

Scripting Games

2015-August Scripting Games Puzzle

Our August 2015 puzzler tests your ability to retrieve data from the Web. If you’ve never done this before, it can be a real brain-bender - but don’t overthink it; experts can probably pull this off in a one-liner if they’re using a newer version of PowerShell!

Jul 31, 2015 • Stephen Moore

PowerShell for Admins

Introduction to Powershell

Hi Guys, I’m going to have a PowerShell ramble on a semi regular basis. What prompts me to write here on powershell.org is that I love powershell. I makes my job so much better. I’m an IT Pro and work for a large ish world spanning company. I mostly work with windows servers but get to work with other technology too. Like VMware and Citrix for example. The other thing I want to point out is that I’m not a programer.

Jul 29, 2015 • Don Jones

Announcements

[UPDATED] Even Vaguely Considering PowerShell Cruise? READ THIS RIGHT NOW.

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of next year’s PowerShell Cruise and am excited for the folks who are organizing it. Tonight’s webinar (which they’ll post to their YouTube channel) will be a chance for you to learn more. But. If you’ve never cruised before, you may not be aware of how the majority of the cruise industry works: Your cruise price includes your room, and is based on two people staying in the room together.

Jul 29, 2015 • Don Jones

Scripting Games

2015-July Scripting Games Wrap-Up

The July puzzler wasn’t intended to break your brain - but it was intended to highlight an extremely important pipeline technique - and to make you think about how PowerShell parses command lines. Let’s begin with our Celebrity Entry, from Boe Prox. We think you’ll discover some interesting new techniques in this answer - and learn from understanding how he got there. Celebrity Entry The 2015 Scripting Games have started and have taken a different route this year in that we are they are running a monthly puzzle vs.

Jul 29, 2015 • Brian Bourque

PowerShell for Admins

Powershell IS for the desktop tech as well

Every day some one tends to ask me if there is a simpler way to do task A or B, and the minute I mention PowerShell the response is almost always the same, “yea i have been meaning to learn that but. This really saddens me for 2 reasons, Because PowerShell can and does make your life simpler i am already seeing peoples jobs get replaced when they fall behind in the skill and as more and more companies move closer to automation it will only get worse.

Jul 28, 2015 • Richard Siddaway

Announcements

PowerShell Summit NA 2016 – call for topics coming soon

The North American PowerShell Summit 2016 will take place at the Meydenbauer center in Bellevue WA. on April 4-6 2016. The Summit is a community event, with community based speakers. That means we need **you **to submit sessions. Members of the PowerShell team will be attending, and speaking, as in previous years as will a number of PowerShell MVPs. One of the goals of PowerShell.org is to help build the PowerShell community and that means helping and developing new speakers.

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