Comments on: SQL University – Powershell Week https://thomaslarock.com/2010/05/sql-university-powershell-week/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:03:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Merrilll Aldrich https://thomaslarock.com/2010/05/sql-university-powershell-week/#comment-1504 Sat, 22 May 2010 05:43:39 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4243#comment-1504 Great summary intro to PowerShell. I LOVE PowerShell for all kinds of administrative stuff, and while I am no POSH ninja, it’s so useful that I even have other sys admins and ops people asking me to write scripts for them at the office. It’s one of the best things to come out of MS since dot net framework itself. No joke!

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2010/05/sql-university-powershell-week/#comment-1503 Fri, 21 May 2010 20:50:02 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4243#comment-1503 In reply to Chad Miller.

Chad,

Thank you for taking the time to post your comment. I cannot believe I forgot to include the Powershell Community as a resource! And the point about how POSH allows for different admins to speak the same language is spot on.

thanks again for taking the time to leave your thoughts here.

tom

]]> By: Chad Miller https://thomaslarock.com/2010/05/sql-university-powershell-week/#comment-1502 Fri, 21 May 2010 15:24:46 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4243#comment-1502 Good tips, I would also suggest looking outside your SQL Server network to the PowerShell community. The basic concepts of PowerShell cross system administration disciplines. PowerShell allows a server, Exchange, SharePoint, or DBA to speak the same language albeit in different dialects. There is even some overlap in technologies like WMI i.e. every admin needs to get disk space information. I’ve learned more about PowerShell from the PowerShell community than the SQL Server community. This revelation is not that surprising–If you want to learn SQL Server you probably wouldn’t look to the Exchange community.
If you’re looking for resources in PowerShell community, one of most extensive lists is maintained by PowerShell MVP, Shay Levy through his PowerShell toolbar http://powershell.ourtoolbar.com/. As far as user groups there’s a small but growing number of PowerShell user groups http://powershellgroup.org/. These user groups have an interesting mix of members including Windows admins, SharePoint admins, Exchange admins, DBAs and developers, check out their unofficial rules 🙂
http://get-powershell.com/2009/04/04/powershell-script-club-in-seattle/

]]> By: Mark Broadbent https://thomaslarock.com/2010/05/sql-university-powershell-week/#comment-1501 Fri, 21 May 2010 10:55:20 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4243#comment-1501 I have to confess I’ve been resisting PowerShell even since I trialled it as Monad (it was so SLOOOOOWww). Secondly there was nothing that I couldnt knock up in a C# console app pretty quickly and usually richer so I’ve yet to be utterly convinced whether I really needed it. You do make it look useful and I will give it another go because it seems to be much more mature than when I first encountered it.

]]> By: Andy https://thomaslarock.com/2010/05/sql-university-powershell-week/#comment-1500 Fri, 21 May 2010 00:15:25 +0000 http://thomaslarock.com/?p=4243#comment-1500 Excellent ! Thanx.

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