Shared User Group Material

ECC Product Overview PPT

rodtrent — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:08:45 GMT

Example of eSCOP Use

¨Large System Integrator –Security/Compliance Manager

Sarbanes Oxley audit required immediate identification of all event activity for randomly selected group of users

¨Government Agency – Archive Manager

Generated 3-5GB of sensitive event data daily, needed to archive terabytes over multiple secure data stores for rolling 18 month period

¨Restaurant Chain – Data Warehouse Manager

Needs to track system and service event trends associated with equipment use and reliability to measure

Software Update Management with System Center Configuration Manager 2007

rodtrent — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:20:59 GMT

Joeie Oon

Senior Product Technology Specialist

Microsoft Singapore

An Introduction to PowerShell

rodtrent — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:57:04 GMT

Thank you to those of you who attended the Powershell session at the December 2007 Premier Briefing event in Melbourne Australia. I hope you found the sesion informative. I have attached the presentation slides and the demo script I used on the day. It is actually an updated version of the presentation I delivered at TechEd 2007. I ran the demo script using Jeffry Snover's "start-demo" script which you can find here http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2007/06/03/new-and-improved-start-demo.aspx, although it's not needed if you just want to see the commands that we ran on the day. Please contact me if you would like more information.

Thanks.
Chris.

# Demo #1 - Online HELP #
##########################
help
help help
help -full help
dir
pwd
ipconfig /all
get-command *process*
get-process
get-process | where { $_.name -like "*ss" }
get-process|gm
get-service
get-service | where { $_.status -eq "Stopped" }
# Demo #2 - Getting available commands (cmd #7) #
#################################################
help get-command
get-command help
dir function:help
type function:help
man
type function:man
get-command
get-command -type function
(get-command).count
(get-command -type function).count
# get-command -type all
(get-command -type all).count
(get-command *).count
# Demo #3 - Common Paramemters (cmd #23) #
###########################################
get-content profile.ps1
get-content profile.ps1 ; dir
get-content profile.notexist ; dir
get-content profile.notexist -erroraction continue ; dir
get-content profile.notexist -erroraction stop ; dir
get-content profile.notexist -erroraction inquire ; dir
get-content profile.notexist -erroraction silentlycontinue ; dir
$error.gettype()
$error.count
$error[0]
get-content profile.notexist -errorvariable myerrvar
$error
$myerrvar
get-process -name "*ss" -outvariable myoutvar
$myoutvar
stop-process -name "*ss" -whatif
stop-process -name "*ss" -confirm
# Demo #4 - PS Providers (cmd #43) #
#####################################
get-psdrive
help *provider*
get-psprovider
new-psdrive -name psdocs -psprovider filesystem -root C:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\documents\en-us
cd $home
dir
cd psdocs:
dir
cd $home
# Exploring the registry
cd hklm:\
dir
cd hardware\description\system\centralprocessor
dir
$p = get-childitem
$p
$p|gm
$p[0].getvaluenames()
$p[0].getvalue("processornamestring")
foreach ( $name in $p[0].getvaluenames() ) { write-host "$name = " + $p[0].getvalue($name) }
# Demo #5 - Results as Objects (cmd #67) #
###########################################
$s = "a,b,c,def "
$s
$s.gettype()
$s.split(",")
$s.split(",")|where { $_ -like "*[d-f]" }
$s.length
$s = $s.trim()
$s.length
calc
gps -name calc
$calc = gps -name calc
$calc|gm
$calc|select *
# Exit the Calc program
gps -name calc
$calc |select *
# Demo #6 - COM Objects (cmd #77) #
####################################
$ie = new-object -com internetexplorer.application
$ie|gm
$ie|select *
$ie.visible=$true
$ie.navigate2("www.microsoft.com/powershell")
$voice = new-object -com sapi.spvoice
$voice.speak("Powershell is so good, it speaks for itself.")
# Demo #7 - Debugging (cmd #83) #
####################################
set-psdebug -trace 2
set-psdebug -trace 0
set-psdebug -trace 0
$host
$host|gm
write-host "CONDITION=true Entering Nested prompt. Type 'exit' to return"
$host.enternestedprompt()
# Demo #8 - WMI Objects (cmd #83) #
####################################
get-wmiobject win32_bios
get-wmiobject win32_bios|gm
man gwmi
gwmi -list
gwmi -list | where { $_.name -like "*eventlog*" }
gwmi win32_eventlogfile
get-eventlog -list
get-eventlog -newest 5 system
# Demo #9 - ADSI Objects (cmd #91) #
#####################################
[adsi]""

Webcast - Software Update Management with SCCM Q & A

rodtrent — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:57:51 GMT

View the Q&A from the TechNet WebCast - Software Update Management with System Center Configuration Manager.

MGT308 Managing Systems with PowerShell from TechEd ITForum 2007

rodtrent — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:40 GMT

Contains the presentation, PDF, and demo files for the MGT308 Managing Systems with PowerShell session.

What's New in Windows PowerShell V2 - PPT Version

rodtrent — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:08:05 GMT

•CTP downloadable NOW

•CTP is NOT Beta

•Full regression tests against V1.0 functions

•Good coverage against new functions

•Catch-as-catch-can documentation

•Things WILL change

•Works on XP SP2 and Above

•Must download WS-Management V1.1 first

•On VISTA – SP1 is required (for remoting)

•Replaces V1.0

•V1 compatible except for additions

•New variable names

•New Language/cmdlet features

What's New in Windows PowerShell V2 - PDF Version

rodtrent — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:04:04 GMT

•CTP downloadable NOW

•CTP is NOT Beta

•Full regression tests against V1.0 functions

•Good coverage against new functions

•Catch-as-catch-can documentation

•Things WILL change

•Works on XP SP2 and Above

•Must download WS-Management V1.1 first

•On VISTA – SP1 is required (for remoting)

•Replaces V1.0

•V1 compatible except for additions

•New variable names

New Language/cmdlet features

Current OPML for System Center blogs

rodtrent — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:55:01 GMT

This OPML file can be imported into your favorite RSS reader to automatically receive information about System Center from a wide variety of sources. The OPML file will be updated periodically.

Introducing System Center Certifications

rodtrent — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:39:08 GMT

Introducing System Center Certifications

SMS 2003 and MOM 2005

rodtrent — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:54:54 GMT

SMS 2003 and MOM overview

October 2007 Commonwealth SMUG Meeting

rodtrent — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:26:30 GMT

Presented by Tev Sanders (Microsoft).

In the PowerPoint Presentation:

SMS 2003 SP3 Status
Enterprise Health Checks
SCCM 2007

Public SoftGrid Training November 5-9 Calgary, Alberta, Canada

rodtrent — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:49:33 GMT

Big Hat Group is excited to offer their first public advanced SoftGrid training session based on the GridMasterTraining.com system! GridMasterTraining.com is a joint venture between founders, Tim Mangan, and Kevin Kaminski of Big Hat Group. GridMasterTraining.com is the leading Independent training system for Microsoft’s SoftGrid application virtualization solution. The development of this course material combines the expertise of knowing the platform from the inside out with the practical experience of working with numerous customers in implementing the entire solution.

This first public session will be offered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from November 5 to November 9 2007. The focus of this session is to quickly cover the basic elements of SoftGrid architecture and application sequencing then dive deep into the technology. This five full day course offers plenty of hands on labs focusing on the art of application sequencing as well as plenty of advice from running SoftGrid in real world scenarios.

IT Ops Research Report: Downtime and Other Concerns

rodtrent — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:56:32 GMT

Executive summary of StackSafe's latest report: IT Ops Research Report: Downtime and Other Concerns. For the full report, visit the following page:

http://www.stacksafe.com/research.htm

SMS 2003 Update Management

rodtrent — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:22:27 GMT

This PowerPoint presentation may be useful to you when presenting how SMS 2003 provides software update management. Authorized by Microsoft for posting to myITforum.com.

Powerpoint slide decks from the SMS 2003 Road show

rodtrent — Thu, 31 May 2007 12:17:43 GMT

Powerpoint slide decks from the SMS 2003 Road show.