Richard has confirmed details of the next UK Powershell User Group Meeting.
Date: Thursday 20th November Time: 6.30 - 9.30pm Location: Memphis Room, Building 3, Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading
Agenda:
Powershell Introduction: Objects and get-member PowerGUI SQL Server Reporting Services powerpack Powershell in SQL Server 2008
If you want to attend please send an email to
[email protected] so that you can have a badge waiting for you on arrival.
One of the best uses I have found for Powershell is for plugging gaps in holes left by GUI admin tools which don’t do everything that you want. Prior to Powershell you would typically have had to wait for the next service pack / full release / possibly ever before you had the functionality that you wanted.
I had an example of this recently with the GUI tool for WSUS 3.
Just got notification through of the various video available for Powershell Panel Discussion for the Teched Online website:
Download (High res - approx 900MB): http://microsofttech.fr.edgesuite.net/TechEdOnline/Videos/406_high.wmv
Or if you prefer not to crack your monitor / TV screen
Download (Low res): http://microsofttech.fr.edgesuite.net/TechEdOnline/Videos/406_low.wmv
Streaming (Low res): http://mfile.akamai.com/14853/wmv/microsofttec.download.akamai.com/14853/TechEdOnline/Videos/406_low.asx
What you get from the video that you might not have picked up on the audio is that we spent most of the time laughing which just goes to show how much fun everyone had doing it!
If you were at Teched Powershell Community Dinner then you will appreciate these two photos - the dare did actually take place!
After the TechEd Powershell Panel Discussion we all realised that none of us had arranged for a photo to be taken. :-(
We’re still waiting for the video, so thought we could screengrab something of that, but Tobias found that someone else had put a photo they had taken of it on their blog.
From left to right below:
Me, Ben Pearce, Richard Siddaway, Dmitry Sotnikov, James O’Neill, Tobias Weltner, Jeffrey Snover and MoW.
Posting the day after this time, will keep it brief. All you need to know is:
Powershell sessions all day with Jeffrey Snover and the exuberant Ben Pearce. Powershell community dinner, 18 attendees. Jeffrey + MoW = mental evening Got back so late it was time for the live stream of the Powerscripting podcast so thought I might as well stay up late and watch it for the first time - great fun.
Tuesday Nov 4th 2 - 3 I will be hosting a Powershell Panel discussion on a stage adjacent to the Tech Talk Fishbowl.
Invited attendees include:
Dmitry Sotnikov - Powershell MVP
Richard Siddaway - Powershell MVP
MoW - Powershell MVP
James O’Neill - Microsoft
Some guy called Jeffrey
I will be recording the session for the get-scripting podcast, apparently it will also be videoed and available at the Teched Online website.