While at Microsoft TechEd, I signed the paperwork to write a second edition of Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM for SAPIEN Press. It's hard to believe so much has happened since that book hit the shelves in less than 2 years. The 2nd edition will continue to include coverage of Quest Software's PowerShell comdlets (naturally updated and expanded where necessary). Almost all of the ADSI content will be dropped and I'll be explaining how to use the Microsoft ActiveDirectory provider and cmdlets. My goal is to write a book that is really two books in one.
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To that end I'll be in need of some rock-solid and reliable technical reviewers. I need 4-5 people who will have time and resources over the next 4-6 months to read manuscripts, test out code samples and provide constructive feedback. Ideally, a reviewer should be able to run the Quest cmdlets and the Microsoft cmdlets with either a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller or the Active Directory Management Gateway Service. Please DO NOT use your production environment. You will need to test from a Windows 7 desktop. It would be helpful to have reviewers from a variety of organizations from small 100 user companies to 10,000 plus. Selected reviewers will receive a free printed copy of the final book and a $50 gift card (not to mention my grateful thanks and the admiration of your peers).
If you are interested, send me an email ([email protected]). Tell me about your PowerShell background, the scope of your Active Directory environment that you can test with and anything else you think I should know. If you are selected, you'll get an email from me. If you aren't selected, you'll go on my list of alternate reviewers should people drop out early in the process.
I'm looking forward to the project and trust you will be as well.
I would be very interested in perhaps being apart of this effort. My name is Roderick Bertoncini, I’m the lead project engineer for Easter Seals UCP of North Carolina. I’ve been working with Powershell for about two years now, I’ve got a background primarily in C# and VB going back about another 4 years beyond that. We’ve got a very nice VMware based dev environment which I would be more than happy to test out some of your code on. I can create numerous configurations as the scenario might require, with nearly as many hosts as you might require. If you’re interested or have anymore questions about my background let me know, because thats just the down and dirty version of it. Look forward to hearing from you!
Warmest Regards,
Roderick Bertoncini