Windows PowerShell TechNet Webcasts
Looks like a weeks worth of Windows PowerShell Webcasts. The times for the rest of the world are a bit pants - 1930 - 2100 UK time!
They are only level 200, but a good place to start
6 Nov 2006
TechNet Webcast: And Now for Something Completely Different: Introducing Windows PowerShell (Level 200)
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You have probably heard by now about this new technology from Microsoft, first code-named “Monad” and now officially named Windows PowerShell. What is this? Do I want to learn this? Do I have to learn this? Where do I get it? How does it work? Not to worry, the Scripting Guys are here to answer your questions. In this first of five Webcasts, the Scripting Guys introduce you to Windows PowerShell and give you an overview of how it works and what it is all about.
7 Nov 2006
TechNet Webcast: One Cmdlet, Two Cmdlet, Three Cmdlet, Four: An Introduction to Windows PowerShell Commands (Level 200)
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Doeth the Eagle mount up at thy commaund and make her nest on high?" No, that is not a typo; apparently, that is how the word 'command' was spelled back in the 1600s. Boy, how things have changed: the word is now spelled 'cmdlet', or at least it is if you are a Windows PowerShell developer. In this webcast, the Scripting Guys explore these new beasts known as cmdlets, the heart and sound of the new Windows PowerShell command shell and scripting technology from Microsoft.
8 Nov 2006
TechNet Webcast: Objects, Objects everywhere: Working With Objects in Windows PowerShell (Level 200)
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One of the most interesting new features introduced by Windows PowerShell is the ability to work with objects directly from the command line. Although you might be familiar with the concept of objects as a Windows Script Host (WSH) user, as a Windows PowerShell user, you need to live and breathe objects. In this webcast, the Scripting Guys explore all things related to objects in Windows PowerShell. During the presentation, the Scripting Guys help you instantiate a small Microsoft .NET object for you to call your own
9 Nov 2006
TechNet Webcast: New Kid on the Scriptblock: Writing Scripts with Windows PowerShell (Level 200)
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Yes, Windows PowerShell is a great tool for working at the command line; however, it also happens to be an equally good tool for writing scripts. On day four of our Windows PowerShell week of webcasts, the Scripting Guys introduce you to the fine art of writing scripts with Windows PowerShell.
10 Nov 2006
TechNet Webcast: Amazing but True: Things You Never Dreamed You Could Do with Windows PowerShell (Level 200)
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In this fifth and final Windows PowerShell week webcast, witness definitive proof that the Loch Ness monster exists; meet a man who was abducted by aliens; and hear from a real, live ghost. But that is nothing! Just wait until the Scripting Guys show you some of the incredible things that you can do with Windows PowerShell. Do not miss it!