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.
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.
Voting is open!
As you know, the PowerShell Summit North America 2013 is coming in April 2013, and we’re relying on you to tell us what sessions you’d like to see there. We’ve already accepted dozens of proposed sessions, and we’re ready for you to vote.
Go ahead and take the survey now. (opens in a new window/tab)
While voting, you can technically choose as many sessions as you want - but remember that we can’t present them all, so try to pick no more than 20 sessions as your “favorites.
That’s right, for just $400 you can guarantee yourself a seat at the PowerShell Summit North America 2013, to be held at Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, WA. Just 10 tickets will be made available at this low-low-low price, which is $150 off the normal registration rate.
Why so low? Why are they called “I’m Feeling Lucky” tickets? Because while we’re committed to an April 2013 date, we haven’t actually locked in dates with Microsoft, yet.
Microsoft recently posted the online help for PowerShell v3 Workflow (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134242), and I wanted to take an opportunity to explore some of what the help says - and perhaps offer an outsider’s perspective.
What is Workflow? Workflow is a set of technologies included with PowerShell v3, and is available on any computer running v3 (which can include Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012).
This is a free e-book that covers PowerShell Remoting. There’s a brief overview and tutorial of actually using Remoting, but that part isn’t in-depth. What this e-book provides, that you won’t find elsewhere, is step-by-step, screenshot-based instructions for configuring Remoting for any imaginable scenario. You’ll also find troubleshooting tutorials and examples, and even information on how to explain Remoting to your corporate IT security team. It’s all the stuff that isn’t documented in PowerShell’s own help - and it’s completely free. You don’t even need to register to download the file!