Automation & Windows PowerShell
Automation & Windows PowerShell sessions relate to the automation of administrative tasks, including Windows PowerShell.
Monday, September 8
TM2Using Windows PowerShell
Don Jones
Monday, September 8, 9:00 a.m.
Get a crash course in Windows PowerShell, Microsoft’s new interactive shell for Windows and server administration. No experience is necessary, and you’ll see real-world uses for PowerShell, including AD management, service management, WMI, and more. This is a fast introduction to PowerShell intended to get you up and running quickly, and is extremely demo-intensive so that you can see this great new technology in action.
TM7Managing Active Directory Using Windows Powershell
Jeff Hicks
Monday, September 8, 12:45 p.m.
If you have more than 10 user accounts and still use Active Directory Users and Computers to manage them, you're wasting your time. You can increase your management efficiency in administering AD with Windows PowerShell. MVP Jeffery Hicks will show you how to manage user accounts with ADSI and PowerShell, as well as third party extensions such as the Quest Active Roles Management Shell and the PowerShell Community Extensions. You'll take home fully functional tools for creating, deleting, modifying, importing, exporting user objects and more! Some PowerShell experience is preferable but not required.
TM10Mr. Roboto's Automation Toolkit
Jeff Hicks
Monday, September 8, 2:15 p.m.
Not just any run-of-the-mill conference session, Redmond Magazine's Mr. Roboto, Jeffery Hicks, will open up his bag of tricks and tools for managing your Windows network. Mr. Roboto will show how to keep on top of your environment with free or low-cost solutions for typical management tasks. You'll leave with plenty of tools you can begin using immediately to make your job easier and maybe even a little fun.
TM14Monitoring Performance, Events, & Alerts with Windows PowerShell
Jeff Hicks
Monday, September 8, 3:45 p.m.
No doubt about it, if you have a Windows network, stuff happens. But how do you deal with it? There are plenty of big ticket solutions, but there's also PowerShell. With a little work you can use PowerShell to monitor your servers' performance and catch critical events or alerts. In this session, PowerShell MVP and author Jeffery Hicks will show you the ins and outs of Performance, Event and Alert Management with PowerShell. There will be plenty of practical demonstrations with code you can take home. Some PowerShell experience is preferable but not required.
Tuesday, September 9
TT3Understanding Scripting with Windows PowerShell
Don Jones
Tuesday, September 9, 9:00 a.m.
Take PowerShell further by learning how to use its simplified, 14-keyword scripting language to automate businesses processes and complex tasks. PowerShell author and MVP Don Jones introduces you to the entire PowerShell scripting language in just 75 minutes, and shows you practical examples of performing repetitive tasks, making decisions in a script, and modularizing your script code to work “the PowerShell way.” You’ll even learn when a script is not the right answer, so that you have everything you need to work faster and smarter.
TT6 Securing Windows PowerShell - Jeff Hicks & Don Jones
Jeff Hicks and Don Jones
Tuesday, September 9, 10:30 a.m.
Worried about PowerShell’s impact on your environment’s security? This double-team session with two Windows PowerShell authors and MVPs will tell you exactly how Windows PowerShell’s security systems work, reveal all the “back doors” that most security talks miss, and explain precisely how PowerShell can be used to compromise security – and what you can do to stop it.
Wednesday, September 10
TW7
*The Very Best Ways to Use Windows PowerShell - INTERACTIVE
Don Jones
Wednesday, September 10, 12:45 p.m.
Enough lecture – it’s time for you to get involved! Join this unique INTERACTIVE session and discuss the best ways to get the most from Windows PowerShell in any environment. Share your thoughts and questions with your colleagues, and take advantage of expert advice and insider insight from Don Jones, one of the world’s foremost independent authorities on Windows PowerShell. How should PowerShell be deployed? What tasks is it suitable for – and which ones aren’t so hot? What’s coming in future versions that may affect today’s plans? Ask – and answer – these questions and more in this rare opportunity to INTERACT with world-class PowerShell expertise and the broad experience of your peers.
*Introducing TechMentor’s new INTERACTIVE sessions
After hearing the lecture and working through the new Hands-On Labs, where do you go if you still have questions? With TechMentor we’ve heard your requests and designed a few new special sessions we call INTERACTIVE. More than just group discussion, TechMentor’s INTERACTIVE sessions focus on a topic-specific, two-way conversation between attendees and instructor. You’ll get the opportunity to ask questions you need to know while learning from your fellow attendee. These special INTERACTIVE sessions are unique to TechMentor and something you won’t want to miss. Come to TechMentor, learn about new and existing technologies, get your hands on them, and your questions answered.
