As of this post, PowerShell Summit North America 2015 is full, and registration has been cut off. We’re taking some time to confirm our numbers and venue capacity; if we’re able to open additional seats, that will happen in January 2015. We will allow any additional capacity to be registered until one month prior to the Summit, or until it sells out, whichever comes first. We do not maintain a waiting list; please check here and on the @PSHSummit Twitter feed for any announcements. For those already registered, we _do not have any official hotel recommendations. _You’re welcome to use the Summit Forum to see where others are staying, or to arrange for carpooling or other stuff. We certainly encourage all attendees to check the Forum for Q&A and other discussion - it’s never too early to start getting involved. On the hotel front, just look for hotels in downtown Charlotte, or near Microsoft Charlotte, based on your preferences. The reason there’s no official hotel is that there are numerous business-class hotels nearby, and after a close call last year we didn’t want to take the financial risk of booking out a room block. Our intent at this time is to book the venue to fire code capacity, which is why we may be able to open additional slots after we confirm everything. That means _both venue rooms will be full at all times. _You will not be permitted to stand or sit in the aisles, back of the room, or block the doorways. If the session you hoped to attend is full, you’ll need to go to the other one. Keep in mind we’re recording everything, so you won’t miss out entirely. The last sessions on all three days will only have a single session. We’ll position the speaker in one of the two rooms, and we’ll live-stream to the other room. This is where we plan to put Jeffrey Snover’s talks, both to accommodate what has historically been high interest in his sessions, and to accommodate his total inability to do a session in only 45 minutes :). If you don’t get a chair in the “live” room, you’ll need to join from the “overflow” room. The two rooms are actually in different buildings, separated from each other by a driveway/courtyard arrangement. We’re suggesting that you not bring your ginormous 21" laptop, since it’ll just drag you down moving between sessions. Maybe stick with a Surface if you want to take notes and stuff. Although we’re recording everything, so… you know. Maybe just enjoy the session. Lunches will be taken in the session rooms, with buffet setups in the hallways just outside each room. Stay tuned for further details, and please use the Summit forum to ask questions.
The PowerShell Summit is the number one conference where PowerShell enthusiasts gather and learn from each other in fast-paced, knowledge packed presentations. PowerShell experts from all over the world including MVP’s, Guru’s, community leaders and PowerShell team members, will once again join together for a few days in Stockholm, Sweden to discuss and learn about maximizing PowerShell in the workplace. If you want to share your PowerShell expertise or story, then this is your official call to submit presentations for selection! PowerShell Summit Europe 2015 will be held 14-16 September 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden.
We’re often asked if we’re planning to have a PowerShell Summit in (insert name of town/country/city). The answer is, “no,” because we’re usually not planning much in advance of whatever’s currently on the table. Keep in mind - **we’re all volunteers. **We don’t have a ton of free time to plan 3 years out! As you’ll see in a minute, it’s a lot of work. That said, you can play a big role in bringing the Summit to your town. How? Simply write a proposal and submit it to us. Use the “Admin” e-mail alias at PowerShell.org. Here’s what to include:
All of the recordings from the recent PowerShell Summit in Amsterdam are now available through the PowerShell.org channel on youtube. The playlist for the Summit is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfeA8kIs7Coehjg9cB6foPjBojLHYQGb_ Thank you again to the speakers, and attendees, who made for a wonderful first Summit in Europe and more thanks to the people who donated to our appeal to raise funds for the recording equipment.
The videos from day 1 of the Powershell Summit Europe 2014 are now available on the PowerShell.org youtube channel. The European Summit playlist can be found at
Uploading of day 2 is in progress and I’ll supply notification when complete Enjoy.
All of the slides and demo code the speakers wanted to share are available for your enjoyment at http://1drv.ms/1vMWmtm I’m currently uploading the videos which is a slow process. I’ll post when hat activity is completed.
I would like to express a huge thank you to the speakers and attendees at our recent Summit. The speakers delivered an excellent set of sessions that dived into PowerShell features new and old. The attendees asked lots of questions, both during and after sessions, which is what we want. This is a Summit not a conference where a speaker rushes in, delivers a talk and rushes out. We wanted a healthy level of discussion and that’s what we got. The feed back we’ve had has been very positive from both the attendees and speakers. We managed to record practically all of the sessions and those videos as well as the slides and code will be available for download soon. This year’s event in Amsterdam has laid a very solid foundation for the future of the European Summit and our plans are to run a European Summit in 2015. Exact location and dates haven’t been decided yet but we will communicate them as soon as we know.
As we move into the middle of PowerShell Summit Europe 2014, we have a lot of folks asking, “when will you hold a Summit in ____” (insert the name of your favorite country). Right now, PowerShell.org is committed to organizing both North American and European events, one per year, while there is audience demand for them. Both events will shift locations from year to year, and the location choice is driven by a number of criteria - mainly financial ones. But we’re all volunteers here. Each event requires upwards of 240 man-hours to put together, and an up-front financial commitment of up to $25,000. We’re getting to the point where the organization can front that money, but it’s been on personal credit cards to this point, paid back only once the event is complete. So… it’s a big deal. Strictly from a time perspective, we just don’t have enough to organize more events elsewhere in the world. However, we continue to encourage folks to organize their own events. We’ve even come up with a brand name to get you started: PowerShell Forum. The idea is for those to be smaller 2-3 day, regional-level events that we help promote. We’ll provide all the advice we can to help get you going, too. We’ll put you in touch with the right folks so that if product team participation is an option, you can find out. We hope that a PowerShell Forum “grows up” to one day host a PowerShell Summit - because the organizers and volunteers are in place to let us hold a full Summit without taking on the entire time commitment ourselves. In any community, if you want something good to come your way, the best way is to do it yourself - rather than asking someone else to bring the good to you. We feel that’s particularly true with live events, because you know the local market, the venues, the audience, the customs, the laws, and so on. So, “when will there be a PowerShell Summit in _____?” The answer is, “when you make it happen.” We’d love to help - but you’ll have to take the first step.
On Monday night (Amsterdam time, September 29th), we’ll be holding the first DSC Hackathon at PowerShell Summit Europe 2014. Attached are the scenarios we’ll be asking participants to select from. We’ll ask everyone to work in small groups, pick one scenario, and try to produce a custom DSC resource that solves the problem. Many of these are from Microsoft’s own internal “wish list” of resources that they don’t yet have anyone assigned to. You’re welcome to participate, even if you’re not present at the Summit. You _will _need to operate in Amsterdam time; we’re only accepting submissions during that time (from about 6pm local time). If you’d like to participate, you’ll need a Twitter account to begin with. When the Hackathon starts, drop a tweet that includes the hash tag #DSCHackathon, as well as the scenario you’d like to work on. We’ll respond and connect you with a group that’s working on that scenario. From there, the group will let you know how they’d like to communicate - possibly a Skype chat window, possibly an IRC chat, it’ll be up to them. In the event that Internet connectivity sucks, we’ll simply do our best, and may direct remote users to work on their own. But, if you monitor the #DSCHackathon tag, you may be able to find other remote users to team up with. There are no prizes - we’re doing this for the good of the community. However, every team who hands in a working resource will get public recognition in the PowerShell team blog, on PowerShell.org, and wherever else we can manage to mention you :). As a reminder, you should plan to have Windows PowerShell v4 or later on your laptop in order to participate. We don’t anticipate going longer than 2-3 hours, and if you’re on-site plan to use battery power for the entire period. Ideally, you’ll want a server VM or two so that you can test the scenarios… which are attached herewith. And it’s fine to get an early start on these, if you like. Download: DSC Hackathon Scenarios
The final agenda for the PowerShell Summit is available at http://eventmgr.azurewebsites.net/event/home/PSEU14 Circumstances beyond the control of PowerShell.org have meant we’ve had to make a few changes to the agenda from that previously published. Look forward to seeing you all in Amsterdam.
