I never take these things for granted and try very hard throughout the year to provide service to the community. So I’m very happy to share the news that I have been renewed for my 10th year as a Microsoft MVP. My official community is Cloud and Datacenter Management, but I think deep down I’ll…
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PowerShell Toolmaking Dos and Don’ts
During the last Microsoft MVP Summit, Channel 9 invited MVPs into their studios to record short presentations on anything they wanted. This was too good a deal to pass on, so my friend Greg Shields and I jumped into the studio to talk about PowerShell Toolmaking. To be more accurate, Greg, who knows a little…
I Wanna Be Like You
Growing up, one of my favorite Disney movies was their adaption of The Jungle Book, and perhaps my favorite scene was King Louie’s production number “I Wanna Be Like You.” I think what really makes this song work is that we all have a desire to be like someone else, perhaps a role model or…
PowerShell MVP Again
I am happy to say that I have been renewed for my 8th year as a PowerShell MVP. I am honored to be in such great company with other MVPs. I am also extremely grateful to members of the PowerShell community and I suppose beyond that, who find my work useful or at least worth…
MVP #4
I’m happy to report that I am yet again a Microsoft MVP for Windows PowerShell, now for my 4th year in a row. Dear Jeffrey Hicks, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real…
Promoting Scripting and PowerShell
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…
PModem and Folder Listings
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…
Hanging Out My Shingle
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”….
Upstate NY PowerShell Users Group
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…
Microsoft MVP 3rd edition
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…
One More MVP
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! Technorati Tags: PowerShell, MVP
Congratulations to new PowerShell MVPs
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…
MVP!
I’m very pleased to announce that I am now a Microsoft MVP in the Windows Server Admin Framework category, or in other words, PowerShell. I look forward to continuing to contribute to the PowerShell community, and anywhere else I can. Thanks to everyone who supported and mentored me over the years. I wouldn’t be an…