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Book: "Shell of an Idea," the Untold History of PowerShell

I’ve launched a new book project, which I’m hoping you’ll support: Shell of an Idea, the Untold History of PowerShell is now available for pre-purchase at a $10 discount on Leanpub. You’ll get the initial introductory chapters right now, and when I start pumping out the main …

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“The DSC Book” now Open Source!

“The DSC Book” is now open source! It remains available at Leanpub, but the source is now at https://github.com/dsccommunity/TheDSCBook. Everyone is invited to contribute corrections and expansions, and the results will publish roughly monthly on Leanpub. In addition, the book is now $0 on Leanpub, …

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A Farewell, and a Bunch of Hellos

As many of you know, The DevOps Collective recently concluded its 7th US event, PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2019 in Bellevue, WA. Head to the organization’s YouTube page for the breakout session recordings, which are live. I mentioned going into it that this Summit would be bittersweet …

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IRON SCRIPTER 2019 BEGINS!

Go to https://ironscripter.us/iron-scripter-2019-is-coming/ right away! Even if you’re not attending Summit, these challenges are a great thing to jump into. They’re a fun chance to flex your PowerShell sk1llz, and the official Iron Scripter competition permits remote assistance to each …

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Welcome, New and Returning @PSHSummit Summiteers!

The following was recently posted in the Slack team for PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018. Yesterday, we invited all current registered Summiteers into the Slack team; if you missed your invitation, please email summit@ (this website’s domain name) with your email address (ideally a …

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The New PowerShell.org Logo (and eBooks! and Swag!)

If you check out our free eBook, PowerShell.org: History of a Community, you’ll see both the original PowerShell.org logo and our second, “Metro-fied” take on it. The first one is probably easy to make sense of, with the PowerShell logo superimposed over the Earth, suggesting a …

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PowerShell.org Site Status Update

This post will be periodically updated as needed, so feel free to check back. Our site upgrade and re-theme is going well, and I wanted to outline some of the major changes and current issues. If you’re encountering any lingering issues, please drop a comment; rather than replying, I’ll …

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PowerShell.org Site Maintenance Today

PowerShell.org will be undergoing upgrading and maintenance on Friday and Saturday. We’ll leave the site open, as Articles and Forums should remain accessible, but the site may look a little rough around the edges at times. The site does use some pretty aggressive caching, so if you’re …