If you were considering taking part in the upcoming PowerShell Special Forces training in Boston, you’re time is rapidly running out. Registration ends April 6th. This will likely be the only public PowerShell training in the Northeast this year. Class size is limited so don’t miss out. Register at http://www.scriptingoutpost.com/p-81-special-forces-training-windows-powershell.aspx. I hope you’ll join me.
Category: Books and Training
More Tech Reviewers Needed for Hyper-V Book
SAPIEN Press has yet another book in the pipeline that is ready for technical reviews. Windows Hyper-V: TFM will be a complete reference and how-to-guide on Windows Hyper-V. Topics include planning, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, working with virtual machines and more. A solid technical reviewer will have a background in Windows servers, virtualization, SCVMM and Hyper-V.
Registration for Intermediate PowerShell Ends soon
I’m in the middle of running our online PowerShell Fundamentals class. The Intermediate class starts April 6. Registration ends on March 30th, or until the class fills up. Class size is limited. You can register for the class at ScriptingOutpost.com.
This course covers intermediate topics such as error handling, debugging, regular expressions, advanced modularization techniques, advanced object manipulation, and much more. You’ll be a more refined and efficient administrator by leveraging more of PowerShell’s flexible and powerful capabilities.
Call for Tech Reviewers
Once again SAPIEN Press is putting out the call for technical reviewers for a new book. The book, as yet untitled, is about enterprise telecommuting. It covers everything you might need to know about designing, installing, configuring and maintaining a corporate telecommuting or remote access environment. An ideal reviewer will have experience with Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange 2007, SharePoint, Office Communication Server, Terminal Services, Windows Mobile, and enterprise level networking. I hope you get the picture that this is will be a very complete book, written by Brien Posey so we’re very excited about it. By the way, this is NOT a scripting book. These are Brien’s goals for the book…
Special Forces Training coming to Boston
Our Special Forces PowerShell Training Camp will be coming to Boston, April 28-30. We’ll be bivouacking at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel and Resort. It is conveniently near the airport with complementary shuttle so you don’t even need to rent a car. Getting to downtown Boston is a quick water taxi across the harbor. The is […]
PowerShell Fundamentals Online Class Starting Soon
In case you missed it, SAPIEN will be running it’s popular series of online classes for Windows PowerShell. The first Fundamentals class starts March 10 and will run for 4 weeks. We’ll meet online twice a week to go over the material, answer questions and discuss whatever else is on your mind. The classes were […]
Time Running out for Special Forces Training
If you were thinking about getting the most intense PowerShell training available, time is running out. Registration for our upcoming Special Forces class in Dallas, TX (Feb 9-11 200) will close this Friday.
Windows PowerShell: TFM 3rd Edition.
When the first PowerShell CTP came out, SAPIEN Press began offering the 3rd edition of our popular Windows PowerShell: TFM book. The 3rd edition of the book covers PowerShell version 2. While the version 2 is in CTP status, we’ve been offering the book as an ebook only. Once the PowerShell v2.0 officially ships, then everyone who has a ebook version will get a copy of the final printed book.
With each CTP release, the book is updated. Of course by now you probably heard that CTP3 has been released. We know you are eager to get your hands on the new material and we are eager to get it to you.
Special Forces Base Camp
Our base camp for the upcoming Special Forces PowerShell training as been set. All recruits should report to the Best Western Dallas Hotel & Conference Center. PowerShell calisthenics will begin on February 9th, 2009 at 8:30AM sharp. Grease paint is optional. One new item on the agenda is PowerShell v2.0. At the end of the […]
Where do I begin?
“I’m new to scripting and need a book recommendation.” “Should I learn VBScript or PowerShell?” “What are some good books for learning scripting?”
These are natural and common questions. A few years ago the answers would have been simple. But today if you are just getting started with administrative scripting, the answers only bring more questions. The real question isn’t what book should you read but what technology should you learn? If you are a a SAPIEN blog reader I’m going to assume that the choice comes down to VBScript or PowerShell. The quick answer is to learn both, but I realize that’s not practical. So let’s look at this a bit further and realize that some of this will change once PowerShell v2.0 is released as part of Windows 7 and depending on your adoption of Windows 7.
