Charlotte PowerShell User Group No meeting in July, enjoy your holiday!
There will not be a meeting in July in Charlotte, please enjoy the 4th of July holiday. We will be back on schedule in August.
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Free Online Access to TechLetter Back Issues
Did you know that PowerShell.org has, for more than a year now, offered a mostly-monthly TechLetter e-mail newsletter? It’s stuffed with community news, announcements (like our free webinar schedule), feature articles on PowerShell, and much more. It’s a great way to learn a little bit …
PhillyPoSH 06/05/2014 meeting summary and presentation materials
Jeff Hicks gave a presentation entitled “Getting Started with Desired State Configuration (DSC)”. During his talked Jeff gave an overview of DSC and walked through an example of a push mode configuration. A copy of his presentation materials are available here . A recording of this meeting has been …
Wish List: Better Code Formatting in the Forums (Can You Help?)
I know it’s been a “wish” of many folks for our forums to have better code formatting. Well, if you know some PHP and a little about WordPress, you can make it happen. What we need is a WordPress plugin that hooks the action for post displays. The plugin needs to take the post …
Omaha PowerShell User Group is Open!
The Omaha PowerShell User Group is now open for business! If you are in the Omaha-Council Bluffs-Lincoln area and are interested in being a part of it, either let myself, Jacob Benson (@vhusker) or Boe Prox (@proxb) know. We are currently looking for a meeting place and are shooting for having our …
PowerShell for Admins
Quick Tip: WMI vs. CIM Syntax
# List all classes in a namespace Get-CimClass -Namespace root\CIMv2 Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\CIMv2 -List # list all classes containing “service” in their name Get-CimClass -Namespace root\CIMv2 | Where CimClassName -like ‘*service*’ | Sort CimClassName (or) Get-CimClass …
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PowerShell.org Annual Operating Budget
As we approach our annual shareholder meeting for PowerShell.org, Inc., I wanted to take a moment and share some details about our 2014-2015 operating budget. First, you can always review the budget spreadsheet in our OneDrive account. This is updated as our plans change, prices rise, and so on; …
PowerShell for Admins
Analyzing the "Black Magic" PowerShell "Exploit" and Appropriate Actions
Trend Micro released a report on a new PowerShell-vectored exploit named Black Magic. I had a lovely Twitter conversation about what this means in terms of PowerShell’s vulnerability to attack, and what admins should do. Unfortunately Twitter sucks for carrying on that kind of conversation, so …
YASG! (Yet Another Scripting Game)
The monthly Charlotte PowerShell Users Group meeting is coming up quickly. Mark Thursday, June 5th on your calendars. All of our MIA leaders should be at this one. Hopefully we will be able to personally congratulate the Teresa, aka ScriptingWife, on her recent MVP Award. Jump on over to the MeetUp …
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[UPDATED] Verified Effective Exams will Begin Soon
Check it out… Wave 1 We’ll be going live with the PowerShell Toolmaker program very soon. Wave 1 will permit our PowerShell Summit N.A. 2014 alumni who registered early and were given a free exam. If you’re one of those folks, and if you would like to be an early registrant, …