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Event 6 Judge's Notes from Jan Egil Ring
http://blog.powershell.no/2013/06/08/2013-scripting-games-learning-points-from-event-6/Â has Jan Egil’s thoughts on the final event.
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More PowerShell v4 and DSC Details
Here’s what I know, much based on a TechEd talk this week: We can expect PowerShell v4 to ship in the Windows Management Framework, as with previous versions. It will be preinstalled on Windows Server 2012 R2 and what they’re calling Windows 8.1; the default execution policy will be RemoteSigned, and on the server OS Remoting will be enabled by default. Microsoft’s past policy has been “current version and two back,” and if they follow that then we’ll get WMF 4.
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Scripting Games Event 5 Winners
We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 5 of The Scripting Games 2013! Remember that Event 6 is now open for community voting, and that Event 6 opens up near the end of this week. That’ll be your last chance to contribute, and shortly after TechEd we’ll announce the overall winners. Good luck! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize.
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Microsoft announces PowerShell v4, DSC
Yesterday at TechEd North America, Jeffrey Snover and Kenneth Hansen began describing features to be delivered with PowerShell v4 in Windows Server 2012 R2 (the company has not yet announced availability dates for either). In particular, a new feature called Desired State Configuration promises to become the foundation for some pretty serious expansion. Essentially, DSC lets administrators write a declarative “script” that describes what a computer should look like. PowerShell takes that, matches the declarative components with underlying modules, and ensures that the computer does, in fact, look like that.
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As The Scripting Games Wrap Up…
We’ve still got, oh, about 48 hours or so for Event 6 submissions, and then of course voting and judging. But I wanted to take a second and let you know what this year’s Games looked like: We’ve logged over 1,100 entries. Almost 13,000 votes. More than 6,700 comments. That’s a lot - and it’ll all be archived once the final votes are tallied and prizes awarded. There will be ZIP files of entries for each track and event, and I encourage you to download them over the Summer - we won’t necessarily archive them permanently.
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Free PowerShell Workshop Video from TechMentor and Me
At the last TechMentor (in Orlando), I did a Windows PowerShell pre-conference workshop. The conference was kind enough to let me record it - I basically just used Camtasia, so this isn’t a professional video by any stretch, but it gives you an idea of what a TechMentor conference is like. Obviously, my focus was on the folks in the room, but you can see all of the demos and hear me pretty clearly.
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Tobias' Event 5 Notes
Find ’em at http://www.powertheshell.com/scripting-games-task-5-commentary/
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"Super Secret" Snover Session at TechEd
So what’s with the “super secret” PowerShell session being given by Jeffrey Snover at TechEd 2013? First, if you’ll be in New Orleans, plan to attend this. The deal is pretty simple: Microsoft has got a lot of information pertaining to v.Next under embargo, which means people can’t talk about it yet, or even tell you the title of the session. But trust me, if you’re interested in the world of DevOps (and if you use PowerShell, you are), you’ll want to be at this session.
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Notes for Event 5
Jan Egil, or Norwegian expert commentator/judge, has posted his learning notes for Event 5:Â http://blog.powershell.no/2013/05/28/2013-scripting-games-learning-points-from-event-5/
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Scripting Games Event 4 Winners
We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 4 of The Scripting Games 2013! Remember that Event 5 is now open for community voting, and that Event 6 opens up near the end of this week. That’ll be your last chance to contribute, and shortly after TechEd we’ll announce the overall winners. Good luck! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize.