I attended Gert Drapers’ session on PowerShell for SQL Server. I used to be a Linux sys admin – where everything I did involved either Perl or Bash scripting – so the idea of PowerShell piqued my interest.
Apparently PowerShell is built on top of .NET objects, and will come as a standard tool in Windows Server 2008. Something to look forward to… (btw, Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 looked pretty kewl. They demonstrated how to add a WFE to a farm, and it took a few minutes to do so. Yeah, yeah. Might be too good to be true.. We’ll see when it gets out.
Download PowerShell here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx
Good PowerShell Book: Windows PowerShell in Action by Bruce Payette
And here’s to blogging more PowerShell Tips and Tricks for SQL Server and Sharepoint! (Kampai!)
Update:
Neil Iversen posted his Powershell for Sharepoint files at: http://www.justaddcode.com/blog/2007/11/12/devconnections-powershell-for-sharepoint-developers/