I'm busy polishing my presentations and demos for next week's Techmentor conference in sunny Orlando, Fl. I've been presenting at Techmentor for a number of years now and it is a great show for administrators searching for answers to the problems and challenges they face today. You get intimate sessions with industry experts like Don Jones, Greg Shields, Mark Minasi, Rhonda Layfield, and Jeremy Moskowitz.
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I'll be presenting 3 sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Scripting, Error Handling and Debugging in Windows PowerShell
Start automating complex, multi-step administrative processes by building full-fledged Windows PowerShell scripts. In addition to teaching you PowerShell’s simple scripting languages (fewer than 25 keywords!), you’ll learn to make scripts that are more robust and less frustrating. Windows PowerShell guru Don Jones demonstrates how to build scripts that efficiently deal with errors like timeouts, insufficient permissions, and so on, and provides you with simple directions for quickly debugging a PowerShell script. This powerful session takes you from being a command-line jockey into the rarified company of expert scripters, and Don makes all of his sample code available via e-mail after the conference.
Take Back Your File Servers!
Do you hate the part of your job that involves managing files? Are you struggling to keep on top of what files you have, how old they are, or who they belong to? Are you constantly trying to remove unwanted file types from your network? If so, then the file resource management feature of Windows 2008 has the answer. In this demo-packed session you'll learn how to build effective file management reports, set up screening rules to block unwanted files and much more. After this session you'll be eager to get back to work and take your file management skills to the next level.
Top 10 (Non-PowerShell) Command Line Tools you MUST Know
Even though Windows PowerShell is getting all the publicity, there is still plenty of life left in the old C: prompt. Mr. Roboto, Jeffery Hicks will guide you through the top 10 command line tools every Windows administrator should know how to use. These are tools that ship with Windows or are freely downloadable from Microsoft. The emphasis is on tool mastery not scripting so that you can go back to the office and begin using them immediately.
Beyond from my sessions, I'm happy to chat with you about what you're working on, challenges you face or whatever. I'm happy to sign books. In fact this is one of the few times a year that Don Jones and I are in the same place so if you have Windows PowerShell 2.0: TFM and want it autographed by both authors, this is an excellent opportunity.
If nothing else, I hope you'll come up and say hi.
