I had a terrific time at Techmentor last week in Las Vegas. I did 2 3-hour sessions. The longer sessions are intended to allow speakers time to go deeper into content and offer more detailed coverage than what you might get at a conference like TechEd. From my informal survey of attendees, many people enjoyed…
Category: Conferences
Getting Top Level Folder Report in PowerShell
One of the sessions I presented recently at TechDays San Francisco was on file share management with PowerShell. One of the scripts I demonstrated was for a function to get information for top level folders. This is the type of thing that could be handy to run say against the root of your shared users…
TechDays SF Presentations
Last week I presented a number of sessions at TechDays in beautiful San Francisco. Met some great people and had a great time. I presented 4 talks, almost all of them PowerShell-related. Actually, they all had some type of PowerShell content. I’m happy to share my session slides and PowerShell demonstrations. Most of the demonstrations…
PowerShell PopUp
At the recent PowerShell Summit I presented a session on adding graphical elements to your script without the need for WinForms or WPF. One of the items I demonstrated is a graphical popup that can either require the user to click a button or automatically dismiss after a set time period. If this sounds familiar,…
TechDays San Francisco
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. As you might expect I’ll be talking PowerShell, plus…
PowerShell in the Big O
I am speaking at SQL Saturday #197 in Omaha, NE on Saturday, April 6th. But even better, I will be doing a full day pre-conference session on Friday. The title of my session is Prof. PowerShell: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PowerShell. For those of you who don’t know, Omaha (ok,…
On the Road
After a long winter I think is time for a road trip. I will out and about over the next few months, hopefully speaking at an event near you. Many of the events are free or charge a small fee, but all I hope will be worth your time. These are the events I can…
TechEd 2012 Slides and Demos
At TechEd North America in Orlando, I presented a great session on Group Policy and Windows PowerShell. The session was entitled Group Policy Reporting and Analysis with Windows PowerShell. I co-presented with Group Policy MVP and guru Jeremy Moskowitz. Jeremy played the part of the “pointy-haired” boss, posing questions about Group Policy such as finding…
Group Policy Analysis and Reporting with PowerShell
In a few weeks I’ll be presenting at TechEd North America. I hope you already made plans to go because it is sold-out. On Wednesday, June 13th at 8:30AM I’ll be talking about Group Policy and PowerShell; specifically Group Policy Analysis and Reporting with PowerShell. This should be a lot of fun. I’m doing the…
SQL Saturday 129 Session Material
I spoke this past weekend at a SQL Saturday event in Rochester, NY. My first SQL Saturday event and it was a lot of fun. A great turnout and some very interested attendees. I did three PowerShell sessions on jobs, scheduled jobs/tasks and an intro to workflows. The latter talk I think blew out some…
San Diego 2012 PowerShell Deep Dive Slides and Demos
Last week at the PowerShell Deep Dive in San Diego, I did a short presentation on integrating Microsoft Office applications like Excel and Word with Windows PowerShell. I easily could have spoken much longer and probably tried to cram too much in. I spent a lot of time with my demos. I expect at some…
On the Road Again
It’s that time of year again: conferences! I’ll be out and about a few places in the next few months and I hope our paths will cross. Here’s a short summary of where I’ll be speaking and when. If you are interested in having me speak for your group or perhaps you are interested in…
Where’s Jeff?
I hope that 2011 was a good a year for you as it was for me. In 2012 I hope to keep up the pace. Here’s a brief look at where you can find me this year and a few of my projects. Of course, this blog is my primary content site. According to my…
My video interview with PowerShell Magazine…
My video interview with PowerShell Magazine about the state and future of PowerShell. Recorded during the PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt. http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2011/11/02/an-interview-with-powershell-expert-jeff-hicks/
Convert Text to Object
Today I have another tool in my new battle regarding turning command line tools into PowerShell tools. The bottom line is we want to have objects written to the pipeline. At the PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt there was a suggestion about providing tools to help with the transformation from CLI to PowerShell and this…