I'm very excited to announce that I'll be presenting at TechDays San Francisco this year. The event runs May 2nd and 3rd. You can find the schedule here. Registration will be forthcoming. Seating will be limited so you won't want to delay once it opens up.
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As you might expect I'll be talking PowerShell, plus a few other topics I hope you'll find interesting. Everything is subject to last minute change but here are my current plans.
10 PowerShell Mistakes, Trips and Traps and How to Avoid Them
Windows PowerShell is a language and management technology that many IT professionals, including developers, think they understand. Yet very often they get caught up in pre-conceptions and misinterpretations, usually based on prior experience with scripting or development. This session will explore the 10 most common mistakes and traps that people fall into with PowerShell and how to avoid them.
File and Folder Provisioning with PowerShell and Windows Server 2012
If you manage file servers and aren't using PowerShell, you are working much too hard. Or if you are using PowerShell v2 you are still working pretty hard. Fortunately PowerShell v3 along with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 offer a much better solution. This session will demonstrate how to provision and manage folders, files and file shares using PowerShell from a Windows 8 client. With a little up-front work, you 'll be able to create provisioning scripts to deploy a new file share in seconds.
Troubleshooting Active Directory with Windows PowerShell
Active Directory is one of those technologies that when it works, nobody notices. But when it doesn't work, everyone does. Fortunately, Windows PowerShell and Windows Server 2012 make a terrific troubleshooting tool. In this session we'll look at some common Active Directory problems, how to diagnose them and in some cases resolve, all with Windows PowerShell.
Building a Windows 8 Hyper-V Lab
We all know the benefits of testing in a non-production environment. But sometimes resources are limited and having a test setup seems like a lot of work. But now that Windows 8 includes Hyper-V, you can setup a lab environment in very little time. This session will guide you through setting up a Hyper-V based test lab and how to get the most out of it using the PowerShell management tools.
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