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Don Jones
Training

Help me Design the Advanced PowerShell Class!

I’ve been asked to work on an “advanced” PowerShell class. Now, I don’t like the “advanced” word very much, because it means something different to everyone, depending on their experience. So I’m trying to make the class focus on “powerful, practical …

Don Jones
PowerShell Summit

LEAK: PowerShell Summit NA 2014 Speakers

I got a glance at the “short list” of speakers for the PowerShell Summit North America 2014. While none of these names are guaranteed - these guys haven’t even been contacted to confirm - they’ll definitely receive an invite in the next few days. First up, Mike Pfeiffer. This …

Steven Murawski
PowerShell for Admins

Building a Desired State Configuration Configuration

Now that’s a title! We’ve worked through my reasoning as to why I want Desired State Configuration (DSC) and how to build a pull server. Today and in the next post we are going to look at how to create configurations which describe how our target systems are supposed to work. The High …

Steven Murawski
PowerShell for Admins

Building a Desired State Configuration Pull Server

Quick recap, I’m working through a series of posts about the Desired State Configuration infrastructure that I’m building at Stack Exchange, including some how-to’s. The High Points Overview Configuring the Pull Server (REST version) (this post) Creating Configurations (one of two, …

Steven Murawski
Tutorials

Building a Desired State Configuration Infrastructure

This is a the kickoff in a series of posts about building a Desired State Configuration (DSC) infrastructure. I’ll be leveraging concepts I’ve been working on as I’ve been building out our DSC deployment at Stack Exchange. The High Points Overview (this post) Configuring the Pull …

Don Jones
Announcements

Seeking Coaches and Judges for the Winter Scripting Games

We’re now seeking volunteer Coaches and Judges for the Winter Scripting Games! The Games are tentatively scheduled to run for 4-6 weeks starting January 6th, 2014. There will be 4-6 events, each lasting one week. Coaches Coaches have access to all teams’ entries and private discussion …

Don Jones
PowerShell for Admins

More Congrats!

Another kudos to Jon Walz, host of the long running PowerScripting Podcast, for his first and well-deserved MVP Award!

Don Jones
Scripting Games

Winter Scripting Games Tentatively Scheduled

We’re tentatively scheduling the 2014 Winter Scripting Games for 4-6 weeks beginning January 6, 2014. Right now, we’re running functional tests on the platform (which will be all-new and much-improved), and soliciting scenarios from MVPs and PowerShell celebrities. As previously …