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I just returned from the PowerShell Summit 2013 and wanted to take a few minutes to show some pictures, talk about the summit, and those – well – everyone involved. A big thanks to PowerShell.Org, the Sponsors of PowerShell.Org, the speakers, the attendees, Microsoft and the PowerShell Team. Here’s a short (kind of short) video -

And for those of you that automate, script and build using PowerShell ...

The official Microsoft Scripting Games, along with the Scripting Guy and friends, is now hosted through PowerShell.Org. The games begin APRIL 22, 2013! This is your chance to join the community, try your hand at solving real-world problems and win prizes if you succeed in besting your peers.

You NEED to participate, you WILL learn from the experience, you WILL excel, and you will improve your skills and career. If you ...

SAPIEN Technologies has two extreme scripting platforms to assist you in your advancing career in automation and toolmaking. Students from my classes along with fellow administrators often ask me which tool is right for them. Let me take a few minutes and describe the primary differences between PrimalScript and PowerShell Studio to help you make the right decision – then I’ll let you see how I decided.

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Long gone are the days of scripting or coding in notepad. Sure I still do it occasionally for short scripts or a profile, but let’s face it – notepad doesn’t support tab completion and has no syntax coloring. I can live without intellisense, but tab completion – NOT! 

I discovered a long time ago that I also rely on syntax coloring. I could manage without it, but it makes ...

Teaching and writing about a favorite technology creates a special marriage, one that withstands regardless of age and blemishes that appear over time. In other words, you get tunnel vision – locked into only that product – missing what other competitors might be doing. You become an evangelist without realizing there might be something better in the world. The friendly arguments between friends often occur as one religion is pitted against another – think Mac versus ...