1. James O’Neill - Evangelist, Microsoft UK http://blogs.technet.com/JamesOne

4. Lower costs of upgrade, deployment and management through automation of server and resource management Optimize datacenter server infrastructure through unified physical and virtual management Increase simplicity through integrated, end-to-end Windows Server management

6. Security Auditing Compliance Management Server Configuration Auditing Remediation Reporting POLICIES Regulations and External Mandates Internal Objectives Best Practice

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13. If you learn one new skill... Make it PowerShell !

15. What is PowerShell ?

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17. Dir ¦ where {$_.length –gt 1MB} ¦ sort extension ¦ format-table Dir ¦ more >_>_

18. foreach ($VM in $VMs){ write-host "Name: " $VM.Name write-host "State: " $VM.State } $MyData = import-csv STUFF.CSV Get-EventLog -LogName system ¦ where {($_.source -eq "DHCP") -and ($_.entrytype -eq "Error")} $Vms ¦ Format-List Name, State >_>_

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22. Graphical PowerShell Integrated development environment Multi-tabbed interface Syntax coloring

24. Built on PowerShell Can be driven from PowerShell Trad. Cmdline automate with PowerShell Required for PowerShell Driven from PowerShell

32. Integrated Best Practice Analyzer Validates configuration information Enhances infrastructure reliability Improves compliance with service level agreements

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