Ok, aftermath time. In Winter Scripting Camp I saw some very cool stuff, but I know folks want to learn from this event too, so I want to call out some stuff that I didn’t like so much, and explain why. I’m keeping these brief - if you’d like a longer explanation, hit me up in the PowerShell Q&A forum. BTW, none of the discussion below implies anything about the grade I awarded the entry.
We’re well into our beta for the VERIFIED EFFECTIVEâ„¢ Windows PowerShell 3.0 Toolmaker exam, and expect the program to go live in March or April of 2013. There’s a good bit of information on the program home page that you should review if you’re interested in getting verified. [As a note, once the program goes live, it’ll be available to anyone worldwide - although the exam will only be available in English for the foreseeable future; we don’t have the resources at this time to offer localized versions] I should point out first that we’re doing this program through my company, rather than directly through PowerShell.
Everything’s been going pretty smoothly, so we’ve decided to open Winter Scripting Camp to everyone! Read everything below carefully for the best camping experience! Scripting Camp is a precursor to the Scripting Games, which will kick off in late April. During Camp, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in two events. We aren’t offering any prizes, but we will announce winners in the PowerShell.org blog, on Twitter, and so on. Camp is really a way for us to kick the tires on our new software platform.
We’ll be announcing Winter Scripting Camp the first week of February. This is a special invite-only event that will be open to subscribers of the PowerShell.org TechLetter. It will work just like the Scripting Games, but will feature only a couple of events and will not include any prizes. We will, however, announce the top scorers. Scripting Camp is primarily an opportunity for us to audition our new platform, to kick the tires, and make sure everything’s ready for the official Games, which will kick off in April at the PowerShell Summit 2013 North America.
We’re already planning for the 2014 Summit… you have to get way out in front of these things to secure space, plan a budget, and more. Here’s what we know: We’ll definitely still be in the Seattle metro area. That’s the best way to ensure participation from the PowerShell team, since it doesn’t require them to leave town for days at a time. We’ll be in April 2014. We’re going to try for April 14-16 to avoid Easter, or April 28-30.
When I wrote Microsoft course 10325A, their original 5-day Windows PowerShell course, I saved variables until Module 11. My thought at the time was to focus on teaching just what students needed for what they were about to do - and no more. “Just in time learning” can be effective, because it lets you immediately experiment with whatever you’ve just learned, and helps minimize the need to store up concepts for later use.
I’ve been working to update my three free PowerShell ebooks for this month: Secrets of PowerShell Remoting Creating HTML Reports in PowerShell Making Historical and Trend Reports in PowerShell The updated versions will be made available to subscribers of the PowerShell.org TechLetter on January 15th. If you’re not already signed up to receive this, you can [sign up right now][1]. The January issue will also feature a walkthrough article of how I started creating a new, better ConvertTo-HTML command, which gets used in the ebook on HTML reporting.
Microsoft’s a big company, and that makes it a big target for lawsuits. We all know that. But what doesn’t always sink in is how careful the company has to be. For example, in Microsoft Official Curriculum course 10961, Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell 3.0, I have to type Windows PowerShell every single time. I’ve actually been using “the shell” a lot, just to break things up a bit. We all casually refer to the shell as PowerShell, but Microsoft never does.
Microsoft course 10961, which will be a 5-day course on PowerShell 3.0, is officially in development! We received signoff on the outline this week, and I’ve submitted a first module for review. A big part of that review is making sure I’m using the template properly, as the authoring tool is fairly complex. It does, however, offer (more-or-less) one-touch publishing of the student manual, instructor slide deck, OneNote trainer pack, Lab Answer Key, and other documents, so it’s worth a bit of complexity.
In September 2012, we incorporated PowerShell.org, Inc., and founded PowerShell.org. Our goal was to provide a solid Q&A forum, and to act as a portal to the rest of the PowerShell community. By any measure, we’ve had a great first showing. We have more than a dozen shareholders in PowerShell.org, Inc., making this the first community-owned PowerShell organization ever. We’ve signed on three Platinum sponsors - CBT Nuggets, SAPIEN Technologies, and Interface Technical Training.
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