The Lonely Administrator

Last week I was interviewed on the Mind of Root podcast about what administrators can do to promote PowerShell and automation in their environments. The show is now available for streaming or download. I still think your best approach is to gently let everyone know that it’s not a matter of if you will use [...]

PowerShell MVP Oisin Grehan posted a very promising PowerShell module the other day. He calls it the PModem File Transfer Protocol. It is based on the old bulletin board file transfer protocols of the late 20th century, which I have to admit I fondly remember using. Of course Oisin’s work intrigued me and after playing [...]

Way, way back in the day professionals would hang out a painted shingle indicating they were open for business. Even if your literacy skills were lacking you could distinguish between a doctor and an undertaker. Although I think sometimes he did both, but that’s another story.
I thought I should officially hang out my “shingle”. [...]

Joel “Jaykul” Bennett, a new PowerShell MVP from Rochester and the mastermind behind HuddledMasses.org and PoshCode.com, and I have joined forces to start the Upstate NY PowerShell Users Group. We hope the group will serve anyone interested in Windows PowerShell from Syracuse to Buffalo, although points east and further south and certainly invited. The first [...]

I’m happy to report that I am again a Microsoft MVP for PowerShell the 3rd year in a row. This is always a nerve wracking time of year where I wonder if I did enough for the community and think about what else I could have done. Now I have another year to continue to [...]

It looks like I missed the addition of Brandon Shell who maintains a great blog at http://bsonposh.com/modules/wordpress/. He has a pretty complete list of PowerShell resources at http://bsonposh.com/modules/wordpress/?page_id=13
Congratulations Brandon!
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Well deserved congratulations are in order for some new Microsoft PowerShell MVPs.
Marco Shaw, who is also a PowerGadgets MVP, is a frequent contributer to ScriptingAnswers.com and maintains an active blog at http://marcoshaw.blogspot.com/.
Dmitry Sotnikov is one of the brains behind the Quest PowerShell cmdlets and has done a great deal to make managing Active Directory in [...]