PowerShell for Admins
The Future of PowerShell's Desired State Configuration
Microsoft recently published a “Future of DSC” post that I thought deserved some independent commentary.
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PowerShell articles, tutorials, and guides from community experts.
Announcements
PowerShell and DevOps Summit 2018 – session acceptance
We have started the acceptance process for the sessions to be presented at the 2018 Summit. Those currently accepted sessions are listed in the brochure The deadline for submissions still remains as 2 October 2017 We’ll probably be formally accepting a number of other sessions during September …
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PowerShell 2.0 deprecation
PowerShell 2.0 is being deprecated - see the PowerShell Team blog for full details
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#PSBlogWeek is Back!
I’ve decided to bring #PSBlogWeek back! Brush off those PowerShell blogs and grease up those typing fingers….wait..don’t do that but at least stretch a little bit. If you’d like to write a great article on PowerShell on your blog to help contribute great content and get …
PowerShell for Admins
Using PowerShell, Azure Automation, and OMS – Part III
It’s been a long road, but we’re almost there! A couple of weeks ago we looked at how we can create an Azure Automation Account and add our own custom modules to the solution to be used in Azure Automation. Last week, we took a deeper dive into configuring a runbook to take in webhook …
PowerShell Summit
Summit agenda process
There’s been a lot of discussion on the Summit Slack channel around people proposing sessions for the 2018 Summit. I thought an explanation of how we put the agenda together would be useful for anyone thinking about submitting sessions. First off though – if you’re thinking about submitting a …
PowerShell for Admins
Using PowerShell, Azure Automation, and OMS – Part II
So last time we learned how to upload our custom modules into Azure Automation so we can start using them in Azure Automation Runbooks. This week we’re going to take a look at configuring a runbook to see what kind of data we can ingest from OMS Webhook data, and how we can leverage that data …
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PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit 2018 – Call for Topics
The PowerShell and DevOps Global Summit 2018 will be returning to the Meydenbauer center, Bellevue WA on 9-12 April 2018. PowerShell, and DevOps, experts from all over the world, including PowerShell team members, will once again join together to discuss and learn about maximizing PowerShell in the …
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PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit Scholarship Program
Automation and scripting has become a major part of IT in recent years. And PowerShell has played a giant role in the progression of that. Every year, the wonderful people at PowerShell.org put on the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, that always produces outstanding results from amazing speakers …
PowerShell for Admins
Using PowerShell, Azure Automation, and OMS – Part I
Microsoft’s Operations Management Suite provides some exceptional tools for monitoring and maintaining your environments in both the cloud and in your datacenter. One of it’s best features, however, is its ability to leverage the tools that you’ve already developed to perform tasks …