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The new PowerShell Class is Coming to a CPLS Near You!

Looking for a great getting-started PowerShell class? Or perhaps you’d like to send a colleague or peer to some PowerShell “zero to hero” training? We’ve just finished the official beta-teach of Microsoft’s 10961, Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell, and it went _great. _The sequencing of the class was spot-on, and we had an absolutely incredible group of students. Many were n00bs, which was perfect; a couple had “some” shell experience but wanted to learn “the right way.

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News Training
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Event 4 Notes

Loved seeing [OutputType([PSObject])] in an entry this morning… that helps the help system document what your script produces. It’s a shame it doesn’t work well with custom type names (since those are a bit of a fake-out on the object), but it’s an attention to detail I appreciate. I am seeing a little bit of misunderstandings. Keep in mind that the lastLogonTimestamp attribute in AD is the one that replicates, although there is a long possible delay in that replication.

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Want a premier PowerShell class in your area next year? Help me make it happen.

We’re putting together our schedule for 2014 (yes, already), and we’re looking to hold premier-level PowerShell master classes throughout the world. But… we need your help. If you’ve got a really top-notch training center in your area that might be interested in working with us, contact me. We’ll need the name of someone there - the training manager, the marketing manager, someone like that. We co-market our classes, but rely on a local center to market to their existing customer base as well.

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Announcements
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Jan Egil's Event 4 Notes

Jan offers some perspective on Event 4 at http://blog.powershell.no/2013/05/22/2013-scripting-games-learning-points-from-event-4/

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Scripting Games Event 3 Winners

We’re pleased to announce the winners for Event 3 of The Scripting Games 2013! Winners: You can log into The Scripting Games Web site and go to your Profile page to see your prize. You will be given a prize redemption code and either a URL where you can redeem it, or an e-mail address of the prize provider (they will need the redemption code). All prizes must be claimed by the end of July 2013.

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Scripting Games
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Some Event 3 Notes

I didn’t see anyone (although I’ll admit I haven’t checked every entry) using my EnhancedHTML module from Creating HTML Reports in PowerShell. I am ensaddened. But man, Event 3 shows that you can really do well by learning a wee bit of HTML. Knowing an H2 and HR tag makes for much pretty results. Take it as career advice. As a nitpick, don’t use Convert as a function verb unless all the function is going to do is convert something.

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Your Weekend Games Report

It’s been a crazy-busy week for me, so I’m just getting caught up here. I’m off observing the beta-teach of the new 10961A PowerShell 3 class in Phoenix next week, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the Games. So let’s run some numbers. The Games have 2092 users at present, along with 10960 scores and 5412 comments. There are 849 total entries. Regarding Event 3, we have 109 Advanced entries and 122 Beginner entries.

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Scripting Games
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Meet the Scripting Games Judges: Olver Lipkau

I have been working for AtoS, formaly Siemens IT Solutions and Services, for 6 years as a IT Consultant. I was 15 when I started scripting. First only batch scripts to automate simple things. With time the scriptt grew in complexity and languages. VBS, AutoIt, AHK and finally PowerShell, which superseeded all others. PowerShell became a passion and became more and more a daily thing. I was invited to be a judge for the Scripting Games in 2011, 2012 and now 2013.

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PowerShell for Admins