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When Microsoft first released the DSC Resource Kit (in Wave 10 as of this writing), they opened the door to community contributions. Our own PowerShell.org GitHub repo consists partly of DSC resource that used Microsoft’s code as a baseline, and then corrected problems or expanded …
We’re announcing a venue change for PowerShell Summit Europe 2015. Although we’re very appreciative to Microsoft for offering the use of their office in Kista, our registration velocity warrants a larger venue, and gives us the opportunity for a more central location. Dates are not …
First: Because e-mail these days is actually unreliable, what with spam filters and all, please know that we’re relying on you to keep yourself informed on Summit updates. Following the Summit category on PowerShell.org, and watching the @PSHSummit Twitter account, are the reliable means of …
The NJ PowerShell User Group is having a meetup on Tuesday, April 28th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The first half hour will be for socializing, pizza, and playing pool at our coffee bar. Agenda: 6:00 – 6:30: Pizza and socializing 6:30 – 7:30: Presentation 7:30 - 8:00: Q & A Please note that the Webex …
Trond Hindenes presented on Real Life SMA this month. Boe Prox was able to get this presentation recorded and it is now on YouTube. The slides Trond used in his presentation are here. The YouTube video is here.
Charlotte hackers, our regularly scheduled meeting on April 2nd will not be occurring. Instead we will have our monthly meeting on April 22nd. Can you hear the drum roll in the distance? It will continue to build to a crescendo as April 22nd approaches. Lee Holmes will be speaking at the meeting. In …
Every IT pro needs a lab. It’s not just the fact that we all have a little mad scientist in us, it’s a playground for experimentation and learning. By “lab” I do not mean a formal test or dev environment, but a much more informal setting that typically goes before the “dev” part gets started. This …
This month we have several exciting things going on! First, Trond Hindenes will be joining us via Lync from the great country of Norway for a presentation on Service Management Automation (SMA). Trond is a Senior Consultant at Crayon who spends most of his non-snowboarding time working on Microsoft …
Derek Murawsky gave an excellent presentation entitled “Introducing Chocolatey”. A copy of his demo script and presentation are available here at our GitHub site. A recording of this meeting has been posted to our YouTube channel.
Updated : October 01, 2015 ** Question **: What is the fastest solution to count all the users in Active Directory domain? ** Answer **: To answer this question, I will compare 17 different commands in a domain with 75 000 users. `[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers() [System.GC]::Collect() …
