Long-time Microsoft Press author and Scripting Guy! Ed Wilson , whose latest book on PowerShell— Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step —was just published, recently chatted with myself on TechNet Radio about the role of Microsoft certification in his career. Ed, who recently passed Exam 70-410, also describes...

Does your datacenter go bump in the night? Are you haunted by the thought of managing thousands of processes that could be automated? Well boys and girls Dr. Scripto and his faithful sidekick are here to help combat Scripto-Nite and provide us with their Top 10 Reasons NOT to Fear PowerShell 3.0 for...

Blain Barton and The Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson are back for today’s show as they discuss PowerShell Saturday events. Tune in as they chat about what topics will be covered, how you can register as well as how you can start one in your own area. After watching this video, follow these next steps: Step...

It’s IT Time and in today’s episode Blain Barton welcomes Ed Wilson to the show as he introduces his new book, PowerShell 3.0 Step-by-Step . Tune in as they discuss the process for writing this latest edition as well as what topics will be covered in the book and where you can find it. After watching...

Today I met with Ed Wilson and covered  his “TOP 5 Tips and Tricks for PowerShell 3.0” and here’s his latest blog post on the TOP 5 - http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/08/20/my-five-favorite-powershell-3-0-tips-and-tricks.aspx 1. His Favorite “Windows PowerShell trick is the...

I just got done doing an IT Time Radio episode with Ed Wilson “The Scripting Guy” around his new book “PowerShell 3.0 Step-By-Step”.  After writing 14 books and 18 months later the book is coming out, pretty exciting after reading his last one. You’ll also get a discount if you pre-order this magnificent...

PowerShell Essentials for the Busy Admin (Part 1 of 5): PowerShell 'SmowerShell'—Why You Should Learn Windows PowerShell Download: WMV | WMA In this session, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses the fact that in addition to being the management future for Microsoft products, Windows PowerShell...

In Part 2 of this Creating and Configuring a profile in Windows PowerShell episode, Ed Wilson shows us how to how to edit your profile using Microsoft Notepad as well as previews the upcoming online live webcast series – “PowerShell Essentials for the Busy Admin” and the 2012 Scripting Games. Click here...

“The Scripting Guy” Ed Wilson is back for his PowerShell Best Practices series and in the today’s episode he demos for us how to create and configure your profile in Windows PowerShell. Tune in as he shows us how to customize, back-up, delete, create and edit your profile as well as explains some reasons...

Ready, Set, Go “Scriptomaniacs” the 2012 Scripting Games are upon us! In today’s show the Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson is back as he announces the big date for the 2012 Scripting Games. Tune in as he covers what the games are, how they got started, what you should expect to see both before and during the...

In today’s episode, The Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson returns as he discusses the importance of tracking your scripting opportunities. Tune in as he gives us reasons why this is important as well as some best practices and tools like SharePoint or Live Mesh that can help make tracking, versioning and...

The Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson is back and in Episode 3 of his PowerShell Best Practices series, Ed guides us through the minefield that is avoiding scripting pitfalls, from how to combat against a lack of cmdlet support to how to properly plan for and test each of your separate functionality components...