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About Me
I am certified Microsoft professional, a Microsoft MVP and an IT veteran with almost 20 years of experience, much of it spent as an IT consultant specializing in Windows server technologies. I work today as an independent author, trainer and consultant. I've co-authored or authored several books, courseware, and training videos on administrative scripting and automation. My latest book is Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShel: TFM 2nd Ed.(SAPIEN Press 2011).
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Category Archives: Mr. Roboto
TechMentor Orlando 2010 Decks and Demos
I had a great time in Orlando at the TechMentor conference. The crowd was enthusiastic and asked good questions. As promised, here are my slide decks and demos. My sessions tend to be heavy on demonstration so I can’t promise … Continue reading
Posted in CommandLine, Conferences, Mr. Roboto, PowerShell v2.0, Registry, Scripting, Techmentor, Windows 7, Windows Server
Tagged CommandLine, FCI, FSRM, Netdom, PowerShell, Registry, schtasks, Server 2008 R2, Subinacl, taskkill, tasklist, Techmentor
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What’s on Your 2010 Agenda?
I can’t figure out what happened to 2009. Now I have to start looking at 2010 and make plans for what I will be working on. Hopefully some of my projects will be things you are interested in and might … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, Professional, Techmentor, Training
Tagged MCT, PowerShell, Training
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Putting the Squeeze on Files with PowerShell
My December Mr. Roboto column is now online This month’s tool is a PowerShell WinForm script that uses WMI to compress files. I used PrimalForms 2009 to build the graphical interface. The interface is essentially a wizard that lets you … Continue reading
Posted in Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PrimalForms, SAPIEN
Tagged Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PrimalForms, Scripting, WMI
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5 Minute PowerShell
My October Mr. Roboto column is now available online. The article contains my suggestions for how someone completely new to PowerShell might spend their first 5 minutes. Perhaps not literally, since I expect most people will want to spend more … Continue reading
Posted in CommandLine, Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Scripting
Tagged Mr. Roboto, PowerShell
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Absolute Beginning PowerShell
I was looking at my current Mr. Roboto column “Polish Your Shell” on learning PowerShell by starting with 3 basic commands and noticed a lengthy and serious comment. I’ve 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.
I’m afraid the comment is representative of how PowerShell is perceived by many IT admins. They don’t 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 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. Continue reading
Posted in CommandLine, Mr. Roboto, PowerShell, Scripting, Training
Tagged Best Practices, MrRoboto, PowerShell, Training
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