Introduction to Powershell Video
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Our own @Rob-Dunn and @Martin9700 spoke at SpiceWorld in Austin last week and their video from the conference is already posted.
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I heard that that was one of the best presentations at the conference.
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@Reid-Cooper said:
I heard that that was one of the best presentations at the conference.
I LOVED IT! Powershell scared me before. Now it doesn't. Now it just intimidates me. Problem is, I have no way to really utilize Powershell in my current environment.
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@ajstringham what is holding you back?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham what is holding you back?
At the moment, I have nowhere that I really need to know Powershell for. Soon hopefully.
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Even if you can't get into the 'admin' bits of Powershell what with your network systems, you can still delve into it with the file-level stuff. Script actions against files based on content, output to HTML/CSV, etc. send them to email. Even by doing that, you'll be on the right track when it comes to working with your networked systems!
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@Rob-Dunn said:
Even if you can't get into the 'admin' bits of Powershell what with your network systems, you can still delve into it with the file-level stuff. Script actions against files based on content, output to HTML/CSV, etc. send them to email. Even by doing that, you'll be on the right track when it comes to working with your networked systems!
True enough. I'm just trying to think of some practical use cases I could even use this for at home.
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@ajstringham said:
At the moment, I have nowhere that I really need to know Powershell for. Soon hopefully.
If you wait until you "need" to know things it is too late. You have to work on learning them when they are not needed so that when they are needed you are the guy who knows them.
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@ajstringham said:
True enough. I'm just trying to think of some practical use cases I could even use this for at home.
Why does it need to be practical? Very little of what I do at home is practical. The less practical, the more useful the knowledge likely is.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
At the moment, I have nowhere that I really need to know Powershell for. Soon hopefully.
If you wait until you "need" to know things it is too late. You have to work on learning them when they are not needed so that when they are needed you are the guy who knows them.
That is true. Grr....
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@scottalanmiller said:
@ajstringham said:
True enough. I'm just trying to think of some practical use cases I could even use this for at home.
Why does it need to be practical? Very little of what I do at home is practical. The less practical, the more useful the knowledge likely is.
I have a book I waited to start working through. I'll have to start it when I get home. It'll be good to start on the weekend.
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And in conjunction with this, check out Jeffrey Snover's session about JITJEA. He shows some pretty neat Powershell tools to beef up your security for admins.
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I was taking notes during this one when my laptop died halfway through. I was pretty disappointed, but now I can run through it again. Sweet!
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@FiyaFly said:
I was taking notes during this one when my laptop died halfway through. I was pretty disappointed, but now I can run through it again. Sweet!
I think you died halfway through, not your laptop.
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Really really wish someone EQed out that high frequency feedback from the mics
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@JaredBusch said:
@FiyaFly said:
I was taking notes during this one when my laptop died halfway through. I was pretty disappointed, but now I can run through it again. Sweet!
I think you died halfway through, not your laptop.
No. Laptop died halfway. I died 3/4 way because I can't just sit somewhere and stay alive lol. I don't get enough sleep for that.
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Looking forward to watch this video when I'm home. I want to use Powershell when adding permission and creating users in Active Directory
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Definitely an improvement versus losing the talks completely.
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For our desktop guys I recently wrote a tool that troubleshot network connectivity, web site being up, a few pings. There's always things you can work on that will help you. What do you do more than once? It's probably a candidate for automation.
