I have been an IT professional for over 30 years. I have been speaking publicly and presenting at conferences for probably 25 years. I have presented to all types of groups, from small user groups to large conferences, literally around the world. As I enter the last part of my IT career, I am re-assessing…
Category: Professional
So You Want To Write a Book – Part 4
So you had the wild idea to write your first tech book. Hopefully you’ve taken the time to read my advice in Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Today, I think I’ll wrap things up and cover a few other items that I think you should think about. Don’t get me…
Ideas and Inspiration
I received an email the other day from someone who is looking to expand their professional identity and brand. Of course one way to accomplish that is by writing and publishing or sharing your work with others. But this begs the natural question, “How do you know what to write about?” Or as I have…
Microsoft MVP Once Again
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…
This Year is for You
If you’ve been following my work for any length of time, you probably have a pretty good idea of what kind of guy I am, the things I am interested in and what matters to me. I’m assuming you’ve seen me at a conference, read one of my books or articles, or follow me on Twitter….
Blog RSS Changes
After fighting the last few weeks trying to get Feedburner to work, I’ve decided to revise a few things. First off, the new RSS feed for my blog is https://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/feed. The old link will remain active but eventually slowly die. But what I really hope you’ll consider is signing up for my mailing list. Yeah,…
PSBlogWeek Ebook and PDF Available
We really appreciate the interest in our PowerShell Blog Week experiment. It was a lot of fun and it seems many of you got something useful out of it as well. I wouldn’t be too surprised if you don’t see another event later this year, most likely with even more contributors. In the mean time,…
Practicing PowerShell in Helsinki
I am very happy to announce that in addition to my appearance at the MVP-AllStars conference on 9 June 2015 in beautiful Helsinki, Finland but that I will be following it with a 2 day, intense PowerShell workshop aimed at Järjestelmänvalvojat (system administrators or IT Pros). I think this is going to be a blast…
On the Road in 2015
As 2014 draws to a close it is time to start planning for 2015. Naturally it is still early but I wanted to share with you some of my plans for next year. As always I hope to get out as much as I can next year to talk about PowerShell and demonstrate how it…
Change is in the air
If you have read my blog for any length of time, or followed me, then you know that I have contributed a lot of content to a number of online resources over the years, often on a recurring basis. You may not realize it, but spreading out my workload over several sites can be quite…
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…
My Mobile Training and Presentation Setup
As many of you know, I typically travel with a mobile Hyper-V setup using a mini-server housed in a Gigabyte Brix unit. I also have a brand new Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, which I’ve also written about. During the recent PowerShell Summit my intent was to use this gear during my presentations and demos. Sadly,…
InfoWorld: Automate Live VM Export
This is kinda cool, but I got published in InfoWorld, in a roundabout manner. J. Peter Bruzzese writes a column for InfoWorld on enterprise Windows. His latest column is about exporting Hyper-V virtual machines using PowerShell. In Windows Server 2012 R2 (and Windows 8.1) you can export a virtual machine even while it is running….
The Ultrabook Quest is Ended
Over the last several weeks I’ve been researching, thinking and mulling over a decision for a new laptop. In short, I was looking for something smaller in the ultrabook form factor that could still run a few Hyper-V virtual machines. In the end I decided to compromise and ended up with a Yoga Pro 2…