PhillyPoSH 11/01/2012 meeting summary and presentation materials

TJ Turner gave a demonstration of how to bring Server 2012 Core: To [Minimal Server](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh846317(v=vs.85).aspx) - To Full GUI - Back down to [Core](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh846323(v=vs.85).aspx) again. - A copy of his slide deck is available [here](https://powershell.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012_11_01-PhillyPoSH.zip) Lido Paglia gave a demonstration on how to bring a fresh Server 2012 Core install to a functional domain member server using PowerShell commands. A copy of his command outline is available here Script Club :

Hands-on Workshop at the 2013 PowerShell Summit

In my last post I hinted about more news coming soon for the 2013 PowerShell Summit. In addition to the fantastic list of sessions that attendees will be able to attend, we also have a special event lined up for the last day of the event. On Wednesday, April 24th, for the entire afternoon attendees will be able to attend a half-day Windows PowerShell scenario walkthrough, presented by the PowerShell Team.

Special PowerShell Team Workshop to be Held at PowerShell Summit N.A. 2013

To cap off the 2013 PowerShell Summit the PowerShell Team is going to host a half day Windows PowerShell scenario walkthrough. This is designed to not only familiarize folks with specific PowerShell features, but also to help the team see how you interact with these features. The event will take place on April 24 from 1pm - 5pm.  During this time we will collectively solve a problem from the ground up using many of the new features in Windows PowerShell 3.

PowerShell Summit Community Sessions List [Updated]

[Update: April 19, 2013] Important Note: Due to some last minute schedule changes for some of our speakers, several of the sessions below were replaced with other sessions.  To see the final list of sessions offered at the 2013 PowerShell Summit, please visit this page: https://powershell.org/2013/04/19/powershell-summit-2013-conference-schedule/{.vt-p} After almost 100 people voted for the sessions they would like to see the most at the 2013 PowerShell Summit{.vt-p}, the results are in!

Final Ticket Inventory for PowerShell Summit NA 2013 Released!

As we’ve been finalizing our speaker and session collection, we’ve been able to release a small block of Summit tickets into the general admission pool. Also, the end of October saw the expiration of a set-aside block for PowerShell MVPs, releasing that block’s unsold tickets back into the general admission pool as well. As it stands, the G.A. pool now has 57 tickets, of which we’ve sold 24. That leaves 33 tickets left for the April 22-24 event at Microsoft’s corporate headquarters in Redmond, WA.

Idera's PowerShell Plus Editor Now Free for All

Idera’s gone and made PowerShell Plus free. Given that it’s been updated to support PowerShell v3, this will probably become many folks’ go-to editor (PowerGUI, the former champ, is more or less out of development and hasn’t been updated for v3). Idera says: “Idera is dedicated to providing products that help our customers and community members be successful in their jobs,” said Rick Pleczko, CEO of Idera. “PowerShell Plus is a proven and essential productivity tool so we wanted to get it into the hands of IT professionals everywhere.

One of the ballyhooed new features in PowerShell v3 is the new “simplified” syntax for Where-Object and ForEach-Object. I’m going to focus on the former for this article. In essence, instead of doing this: Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Status -eq 'Running' } You can now do this also: Get-Service | Where Status -eq Running Last week, I had the opportunity to include this new syntax in a class I was teaching - mainly to beginners - and I came away with mixed feelings.

If you haven't *watched* the PowerScripting Podcast…

For more than 200 weeks now (there’s an episode a week), Jon Walz and Hal Rottenberg have been bringing us the PowerScripting Podcast. It’s become an almost official “voice” of and for the PowerShell community. In it, the two don’t focus much on technical tips or anything like that. Instead, the highlight is a weekly interview with a mover and shaker in the PowerShell community. For me, they put a face on the community.

Free eBook: Creating HTML Reports in PowerShell

I’ve written a new, short, totally free eBook that explains how to build multi-sectional HTML reports in Windows PowerShell. This is something I’ll be building on in the future, as I have time, to add additional formatting capabilities, and even interactivity. But what’s there now should be a great start! Check it out and let me know what you think. It’s on the free ebook list at https://powershell.org/ebooks.

"Secrets of PowerShell Remoting" Updated – Help Check the Beta!

I’ve finished updating a new revision of _Secrets of PowerShell Remoting; _you’ll find PDF and EPUB versions attached to this post in a ZIP file. Note that these are “check builds,” meaning I’m putting these out there in the hopes folks can run through them on their computers and e-readers to let me know if anything looks weird. You can just drop a comment right here if you find anything.