What I'd really like to see is an Advanced PowerShell for Administrators course. I think at this point a lot of people on this list have a fair amount of experience with PowerShell, and are dealing with advanced stuff on their own. So a course like 50025A would be too low level. If such a course was offered I'd be interested.
On that note a friend of mine at MS told me he was recently at a training session with Ed Wilson, and he said it was fantastic. YMMV Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerShell training - recommended! Yes it's official MS curriculum. It was PowerShell for Administrators MS-50025. Specifically I took: http://www.sqlsoft.com/coursedescriptions/S-550.html?c=1597 The "who should attend" is spot-on, but the prereq's aren't quite complete IMO: "Before attending this course, students should be an experienced IT Professional understanding network and systems administration of Microsoft Windows ennvironments (Winows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008)" In my opinion they should add "experience with programming or scripting is highly recommended". While I think most experienced admins have done some programming and/or scripting, I know many IT pro's (all but one of my fellow SE's here come to mind) would have a far harder time than I did. The instructor was also a programmer not an admin, which for this class is a programmer is the right person to teach it. This class covered programming in PowerShell far more than it covered actual administration. The labs covered actual examples that us admins would use, but the focus was programming, not administration. I would categorize it as 75% learning how to program with PowerShell, 25% doing actual administration with it. Put another way, it was everything I was hoping it would be. Dave From: Barsodi.John [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 11:09 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerShell training - recommended! Which course # did you take? Was it official MS curriculum? 2008 automation or PoSH for Administrators? Thanks, - JB From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerShell training - recommended! Short answer: Effectively none. Long answer: I knew what it was designed to do and I took an Exchange 2007 class which also covers PowerShell a *tiny* bit, but only along the lines of "typing this is how you create an account". There was enough to learn that I could probably take the EXACT same class again and still get my money's worth..but maybe that's just admitting I'm not too bright :-) Dave From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: PowerShell training - recommended! Just curious, what was your level of experience with PowerShell prior to the training? Chris Bodnar, MCSE Sr. Systems Engineer Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: PowerShell training - recommended! So...just had 3 days of PowerShell training. Being well versed (and still using on occasion!) DOS and also reasonably versed in other scripting (KiXtart, etc), I found the class HUGELY useful. Even with my experience there was certainly more than "just a few things learned in three days". In this case it was taught by a programmer, not a sysadmin and I think it worked out very well. My class was taught at SQLSoft+ in Washington, but I would think other places would be excellent as well. Anyone considering a PowerShell class I highly recommend it! David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 _____ This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. 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