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\"powershell2xa4\" I was looking at my current Mr. Roboto column \u201cPolish Your Shell\u201d<\/a> on learning PowerShell by starting with 3 basic commands and noticed a lengthy and serious comment. I\u2019ve always felt PowerShell is easy to use and learn, which was the point of my column.  However, the comments paint a different story and one that I feel is more pervasive. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid the comment is representative of how PowerShell is perceived by many IT admins. They don\u2019t have time to learn anything new or their hair is constantly on fire (to borrow a favorite Jeffrey Snover phrase). Even though the concepts of cmdlets, parameters and a pipeline seem<\/em> easy and practically self-apparent, they are not. Especially for an administrator who has never had to open a command window before. Granted GUI-based admin tools might have been cumbersome, but at least you could make some educated guesses about how to use it. A command line is very different.<\/p>\n

Many of us in the PowerShell community have been involved with PowerShell for so long that I think we forget, I know I do, sometimes what the experience is like the first time you see a PS prompt.  So what\u2019s my point?<\/p>\n

First, if you are a PowerShell professional, don\u2019t forget what it was like the first time you saw a PS prompt. What can you do to help administrators learn, adopt and embrace PowerShell?<\/p>\n

Second, how did you first approach using and learning PowerShell? Did you buy a book or take a class? Did you read the user guide? Did you even know there is<\/em> a user guide? Do you have any newbie best practices?<\/p>\n

Finally, I hope you\u2019ll take a minute to read the original Mr. Roboto comments and let me know what you think.  Is he right? Do you agree? Disagree? Are there directions you think Microsoft should take for future PowerShell versions?<\/p>\n

PowerShell is here to stay and is only going to spread further into your datacenter. How do we make this process as easy and painless as possible?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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