AZPOSH

The next meeting of the AZPOSH User Group will take place Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at Interface Technical Training in downtown Phoenix. This month we'll be doing a script club style meeting!

What is a Script Club?

It's basically like a hands on lab, but there is no set topic. You can bring an idea for a script, or come with a problem you've been trying to solve and we'll sort it out as a group.

What are the rules of Script Club?

1. You Always Talk About Script club
2. You Always Talk About Script Club
3. If Someone asks for Help, And You Can Help, You Help
4. Two People Help One Person at One Time
5. One Module Per Person Per Night
6. All Scripts, All PowerShell
7. Scripts will be as short as they can be
8. If This is your First time at Script Club, You Have to Script

What about free stuff?

Yes, we'll have free pizza and sodas!

Do I have to be a PowerShell expert to come to Script Club?

No way! We encourage PowerShell users of any skill level (from newbie to expert and everything inbetween) to attend!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We hope to see you next week!

Its hot here in Phoenix Arizona, and we at the PoSh User group are no exception!  We are burning up with a great “Get out of the heat!” meeting this month.

We will be having fun, excitement, and Ed Wilson of the Microsoft Scripting Guys!

Come and share some food and PowerShell good times!  (rsvp if you can!)

Most of you know Ed from his long years in the scripting arena, but here is a quick blurb about him from the ScriptCenter website;

Ed Wilson is a well-known scripting expert. He is a Microsoft Certified Trainer who has delivered a popular Windows PowerShell workshop to Microsoft Premier customers worldwide. Ed has written and published eight books on the Microsoft Press imprint, including five on Microsoft Windows scripting. His two Windows PowerShell books are Windows PowerShell Scripting Guide and Microsoft Windows PowerShell Step by Step. He has also contributed to almost a dozen other books and is currently working on a Windows PowerShell best practices book. Ed holds more than 20 industry certifications, including Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Before coming to work for Microsoft, Ed was a senior consultant for a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner where he specialized in Active Directory design and Exchange implementation. In his spare time he enjoys woodworking, underwater photography, and scuba diving. And tea.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd901334.aspx

UPDATE:
If you aren't in Phoenix, you can still attend the AZPOSH User Group tonight via LiveMeeting. To attend, make sure LiveMeeting is installed and click this link to join.

TechEd 2010 Edition!

The Arizona PowerShell User Group will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, July 7th. You don't want to miss it!

First, Brian McCann, MVP for Active Directory, will be discussing the latest from TechEd and using PowerShell with the Active Directory Recycle Bin! He's an excellent presenter and an Active Directory master.

Do you know what this is? They are attached to the feet of the Architect of PowerShell, Jeffery Snover. No, he's not going to be at this meeting, but his spirit will! Jason Helmick of Interface Technical Training will be presenting the latest information about PowerShell from TechEd!

Also, Jason will be show-casing a demonstration that Jeffery Snover performed at TechEd. You don't want to miss this! Running remote cmdlets locally!
Come and see how cmdlets, such as the AD cmdlets, can magically appear on your local computer, even XP!

Plus! Mike Pfeiffer will be suppling us with SWAG!

We will also have Free food with all this PowerShell goodness,

Be Safe!
Knowledge is PowerShell,
The AZPoSh team

Last Wednesday was the third meeting of the Arizona PowerShell (AZPOSH) User Group at Interface Technical Training in downtown Phoenix. There was plenty of free pizza to go around!

We'd like to thank Idera for providing copies of PowerShell Plus as door prizes. We held a drawing and used the Get-Random cmdlet to pick the three lucky winners.

After a quick demo of PowerShell Plus from Idera, Mike Pfeiffer spoke about PowerShell functions. We looked at function fundementals, talked about some best practices and had some good Q and A during the session. You can download the slides and demo scripts here.

If you have not done so already, please sign up and join the group at PowerShellGroup.org to receive meeting updates. Next month, we'll be giving away some free PowerShell books, compliments of O'Reilly Media. We will be posting an agenda with next months speaker(s) soon. Plan on joining us in July for some free pizza and PowerShell goodness!

Be safe,
Knowledge is PowerShell
The AZPoSh Team

Next week is the third meeting of the Arizona PowerShell (AZPOSH) User Group. Please RSVP if you can. Remember, we start at 6:00pm, but you are welcome to show up a little early for free pizza. Here is the agenda for the next meeting:

1. PowerShell Plus Demo. We'll take a look at PowerShell Plus from Idera. PowerShell Plus is an Advanced PowerShell development environment that includes an interactive console, advanced script editor and debugger and a comprehensive learning center.
2. Getting Started with PowerShell Functions. Mike Pfeiffer will be speaking about getting started with PowerShell functions. Learn how to create and call functions, add parameters to functions, use functions in the pipeline, and more.

Special thanks to Idera – We'll be giving away two free copies of PowerShell Plus!

The meeting will be held on June 2nd at Interface Technical Training in downtown phoenix:
3110 N. Central Ave, Suite 160 Phoenix, Arizona 85012

Remember, all levels of skill are welcome, even if your brand new. We hope to see you next week!

Be safe,
Knowledge is PowerShell
The AZPoSh Team