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Survey: Source Control for the IT Professional [Results in]

Edit: The results are in. I was watching Don and Jeffrey’s PowerShell Unplugged session from Ignite the other day, and something stood out. At 30 minutes in, Don asked the crowd whether they were using source control. Based on the video, the crowd wasn’t big on source control. I work in IT. If I asked that same question at work, I would likely get a similar response. Why is that? Source control is incredibly important and can drive a number of other processes, yet it seems to be an afterthought for many IT professionals.

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Dealing with the Click-Next-Admin

I had a good deal of yard work to do this weekend; I see yard work in a similar way that a click-next-admin sees Windows PowerShell. I want no part in it. So I wrote a quick bit on how we can deal with the click-next-admin. Jeffrey Snover recently gave a TechDays Online session where he candidly asked us to “make today the last day you hire a click next admin.

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