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Richard Siddaway
Announcements

PowerShell Summit Europe 2014 – – Thank you

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 …

Don Jones
Announcements

When Will There be a PowerShell Summit in ____?

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 …

Don Jones
PowerShell Summit

Join the DSC Hackathon at PowerShell Summit 2014 Europe

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 …

Richard Siddaway
Announcements

PowerShell Summit Europe 2014 – final agenda

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.

John Mello

Philadelphia Meeting – October 2nd 2014

Join us Thursday, October 2nd where [ John Mello ](http://mellositmusings.com/) will be presenting a talk on The different custom object creation methods and their performance tradeoffs. Followed by [ TJ Turner ](http://techguytj.com/bio/) will give a talk entitled Intro to basic run space pools . …

Don Jones
PowerShell for Admins

PowerShell v5: Misc Goodness (including Auditing)

Aside from classes and new DSC features, which I’ve already written about, there are a number of less-headline, but still-very-awesome, new capabilities. This article is based on the September 2014 preview release of WMF 5.0. Information is highly subject to change. First up is the **ability …

Don Jones
PowerShell for Admins

PowerShell v5: What's New in DSC

When Desired State Configuration (DSC) came out - gosh, just about a year ago - I kept telling people that there was more to come. And a lot of it is now just around the corner in PowerShell v5. This article is written to the September 2014 preview release - things may change for the final release. …