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Today is my first day working in my new role as Technical Product Manager at Provance Technologies.  A little while back Provance approached me to talk about this position, and it seemed like a very natural fit.  Rarely have I felt such a positive vibe from a company through the interview process, so I was [...]

Since it was in pre-release I have been evangelizing Windows Server 2012.  I have gone from sea to shining sea talking about it at Launch events, at Partner showcases, in IT Camps, at user groups talking about how much better it is than Windows Server 2008, but more importantly I chiefly discuss the improvements to Hyper-V over previous ...

As mentioned in an earlier post, the tour of the Windows Server 2012 V1 #CANITPRO Camp has now completed and we are currently working on creating version 2 of the camp.  Further details regarding version 2 will be forthcoming, however I wanted to ensure that the labs that took place during the camp were shared with the ...

Looking to script your AD on Windows Server 2012? Here is the code you will need to create new forest on a new server. … Continue Reading

In my last post I hinted about more news coming soon for the 2013 PowerShell Summit.  In addition to the fantastic list of sessions that attendees will be able to attend, we also have a special event lined up for the last day of the event.  On Wednesday, April 24th, for the entire afternoon attendees [...]

After almost 100 people voted for the sessions they would like to see the most at the 2013 PowerShell Summit, the results are in!  These votes are for the sessions chosen by the community, and additional sessions from the PowerShell Team will be announced at a later date (as soon as I have them). Below [...]

Voting is now open! As of this morning you can vote for the sessions that you want to see at the 2013 PowerShell Summit!  We have 97 session proposals (see below), plus additional content from the PowerShell Team.  Your vote is really important, so please take some time to indicate what you would like to [...]

In Windows Server 2008 we were introduced to a revolutionary way to install Windows Server: Server Core. Server Core may look boring – there’s nothing to it except the command prompt – but to an IT Pro it is really exciting for several reasons: It requires fewer resources, so in a virtualization environment you can optimize your environment ...

In case you haven’t heard already, there is a great opportunity to learn a lot more about PowerShell coming up next year.  It’s the PowerShell Summit North America 2013 conference, and it is held on Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA from April 22 to 24, 2013.  This conference is run by the PowerShell.org community, and [...]

While I have loved working at Devfarm Software for the past 11 months, circumstances have unfortunately forced us to part ways and as a result I am a free agent now and looking for a new place to hang my hat.  Working with Ben Vierck and Brian Butler at Devfarm has been a fantastic experience, [...]