IT Forum 2007 Barcelona
IT Forum 2007 Europe is almost there and I will leave for Barcelona tomorrow.
With the release of the PowerShell V2 CTP this week and a lot of PowerShell content (See also summary Below) it promises to be a great conference if you are already into PowerShell or are looking for more information about PowerShell information.
Also I'm looking forward meeting other PoSHoholics , I already have a big list of people I want to meet at the Forum. But also it will be great meeting lots of new people, so if you are at the IT forum and would like to meet please drop by for a chat !
Ask the Experts PowerShell Booth
I will be at the ATE (Ask the experts) booth for PowerShell next week to talk about PowerShell and answer Questions , the booth number is 46 and during my shift and also between sessions you have a good chance spotting me there , it is in the corner of the ATE room see the floor plan below:
schedule for the Ask-the-Experts (ATE) booths
below the times I'm scheduled in for ATE and when you can be sure I will be there :
- Tuesday 13 Nov 10:00 - 13:00
- wednesday 14 Nov 10:00 - 13:00
- Thursday 15 Nov 10:00 - 13:00
You can see that I have the morning schedule and from 13:00 till 16:00 you can find Thomas Lee at the PowerShell Booth.
Other things on my IT Forum "PowerShell Grocery list" are :
The Scripting Guys
when you are at the ATE be also sure to visit the Scripting Guys at Booth 22 as they will also be at the IT Forum and there will be also a lot of PowerShell coverage see : TechEd IT Forum: The Journey Begins , I never met the scripting guys before so naturally they are also somewhere on top of my "to meet" list .
PowerShell Sessions
There are a lot of PowerShell sessions :
- MGT308 Managing Systems with PowerShell Jeffrey Snover
Tue Nov 13 13:30 - 14:45 Auditorium , Wed Nov 14 15:45 - 17:00 Room 121
- MGT16-IS PowerShell Basics – Come ask about the PowerShell Interactive Script and Language Kenneth Hansen
Tue Nov 13 15:15 - 16:30 Room 130 , Thu Nov 15 15:45 - 17:00 Room 128
- CLI307 Managing Windows Vista with PowerShell Kenneth Hansen
Thu Nov 15 09:00 - 10:15 Tent 1
- MGT301 Advanced Windows PowerShell Scripting Jeffrey Snover
Fri Nov 16 09:00 - 10:15 Room 117
- MGT01-IS PowerShell Advanced – Come ask about Advanced PowerShell Automation and Remoting Scenarios Jeffrey Snover , Kenneth Hansen
Fri Nov 16 13:30 - 14:45 Room 131
But there are much more sessions providing a lot of PowerShell content:
Other products and PowerShell
Exchange for example Evan Dodds has some PowerShell sessions :
- UCM07-IS Q&A: Microsoft Windows PowerShell Scripting for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
- UCM208 Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 with the New and Improved Exchange Management Console
- UCM309 Microsoft Windows PowerShell Scripting for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Other As more and more products are starting to adapt PowerShell for management much more sessions will contain PowerShell content for example :
- OFF402 PowerShell, Not Just for Exchange! Automating SharePoint using PowerShell
- SRV325 Managing Virtual Server using Scripts
- WSI310 Managing Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 Through Scripting
Hands on Lab's
Also if you are looking to get your hands dirty, you can find the following PowerShell labs :
- MGT12-HOL What’s new in Windows PowerShell v2
- MGT11-HOL Introduction to scripting with Windows PowerShell v1
- MGT13-HOL Advanced Windows PowerShell scripting
- OFF15-HOL Using Microsoft Windows PowerShell for Administration and Customization of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Exhibition Floor
Also on the Exhibition floor some interesting PowerShell information can be found a product I'm very exited about to combine Group Policy and PowerShell I recently attended a Demo of it very cool, so be sure to visit them for a Demo :
Special Operations Software
www.specopssoft.com
Stand: C1 & C2
Combine Group Policy and PowerShell and you get Specops Command. PowerShell Remoting through Group Policy. Deploy, schedule and execute PowerShell scripts and cmdlets on all your desktops and servers.
Quest Software
Ofcourse Quest featuring the AD CmdLets and PowerGUI and also PowerShell MVP Dmitry Sotnikov who is on my To Meet list might be found here
Some other stands that might be interesting from a PowerShell focus ( Sure I will miss some here )
Microsoft Deployment
Next to PowerShell as I work with BDD 2007 at work at the moment , the series about Microsoft Deployment ( the Next version of BDD now also supporting servers ) have my special interest :
- Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Deployment Overview ( series of 2 sessions )
- Windows Server 2008 Deployment ( Series of 4 Session )
And of course there will be a lot more that I have missed in this list !
I am looking forward to a great week in Barcelona and hope to See some of you next week!
Enjoy,
Greetings /\/\o\/\/