Episode Summary: In this episode, we learn about taking the next step from being able to run and write PowerShell to implementing automation solutions in your environment. Matthew shares advice on how to approach automating tasks and shares what he’s learned in his career as an automation consultant, leveraging PowerShell to automate tasks large and small. This episode is all about taking your PowerShell to the next level.    Guest Bio and links: Matthew Dowst is a Managing Consultant for Quisitive (formerly Catapult Systems) and the lead architect for their managed automation team. He has spent the last ten 10 years working extensively with PowerShell to help clients of all sizes automate their production workloads. He is the author of Practical Automation with PowerShell. In addition, Matthew is very involved in the PowerShell community, writing blogs, authoring modules, and participating in online forums. He is also the creator of the PowerShell Weekly newsletter, a weekly roundup of that week’s PowerShell news.  https://twitter.com/MDowst  https://github.com/mdowst  https://www.dowst.dev/automation-authoring/  https://psweekly.dowst.dev/  https://www.manning.com/books/practical-automation-with-powershell    See the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5H83eZ4UH0

Episode Summary: In this episode, Phil shares his favorite thing about PowerShell: the community. As a leader of the RTPSUG, Phil encourages Andrew and Jordan to submit for Summit while not committing himself fully. Phil loves the PowerShell community and troubleshooting. He doesn’t define Yak Shaving but says other stuff worth listening to.    Guest Bio and links: Phil is a Systems Architect with less than 75 years of experience. He has been helping run and organize the RTPSUG for over 6 years and can be heard asking questions during RTPSUG meetings. Phil is an author, speaker, community leader, and more!     https://twitter.com/schlauge  https://github.com/pbossman  https://rtpsug.com/  https://rtpsugmembers.github.io/  http://schlauge.com/  https://www.youtube.com/c/RTPSUG/featured  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Zl7mUGR3U  See the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEUGEVpIFPI

In this podcast, Cláudio shares his journey as a DBA and the massive role of PowerShell in that journey. He shares advice for DBAs who are just getting started with PowerShell and automation as well as some of the easiest ways to start taking advantage of dbatools. We learned about different methods for learning and how the book Learn dbatools in a Month of Lunches can be a great fit for those trying to get started with dbatools.  Guest Bio and links: Cláudio works as Data Platform Architect and is a PowerShell lover who automates any process that needs to be done more than a couple of times. He is an active member of the SQL Server and PowerShell communities. He contributes to open-source projects such as dbatools  and dbachecks.  https://claudioessilva.eu/  https://dbatools.io/author/csilva/  https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/5002259  https://github.com/claudioessilva  https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Claudio-Silva/190623445  https://twitter.com/claudioessilva  Check out the YouTube version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6iB9MqSaHY

In this episode, Daniel shares his experience with PowerShell. We discussed his experiences with Raspberry Pi’s, IOT, and how that played a role with his getting involved in the PowerShell community. Daniel shares his thoughts on learning, teaching, and accidentally defines Yak Shaving for us.    Guest Bio and links: Daniel Silva is a DevOps Engineer with a passion for automation and helping others. He loves automating processes and advocating for PowerShell, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. From time to time, he also spends time inventing new projects to work on.  https://github.com/DanielSSilva  https://twitter.com/DanielSilv9  https://danielssilva.gumroad.com/l/NotionGameLibraryIntegration  https://github.com/DanielSSilva/blog/tree/main/content/post  https://blog.danielssilva.dev/ 

In the episode, Mikey Lombardi explains how his involvement in the PowerShell community has opened opportunities throughout his career. We discuss how imposter syndrome can prevent you from even trying for a fantastic opportunity and how much growth can come from being brave in those moments. We learned the reasons behind his PowerShell course, pwshop, and why he has made it free. We also cover, cross-domain learning, documentation, biggest mistakes, and more.    See the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uCzTuojMbY   Guest Bio and links: Mikey Lombardi is a Senior Content Developer at Microsoft, working on PowerShell Learn content. Always a gentleman, Mikey has been a positive force in the community for a long time. You like PowerShell? Awesome Documentation? Amazing tabletop campaigns? You found them, my friends. Follow him. FOLLOW HIM NOW!!!!!!  https://github.com/michaeltlombardi  https://twitter.com/BigFnMikey https://github.com/orgs/MicrosoftDocs/projects/15  https://leanpub.com/psconfbook2  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S0eAuGzjpI  https://hacktoberfest.com/  https://leanpub.com/c/pwshop  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlIBE7W4rvo  https://flagrant.garden/ 

In this episode, we learn more about how Christopher, a traditionally trained .NET developer, approaches PowerShell patterns and projects. He shares with us a wealth of wisdom that he’s learned throughout his career. From discussing the learning opportunities that a Pull Request gives, all the way to getting started with open source and the role it played in getting his Microsoft MVP status. Chris also shared with us the meaning and importance of KISS.    Guest Bio and links: Christopher Bergmeister is a Microsoft MVP, open-source aficionado, ScriptAnalyzer maintainer, and more. You can find him speaking at conferences/user groups, contributing code online, and being a positive force in the community.     https://twitter.com/cbergmeister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vra6G-qsKNs https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer https://github.com/bergmeister https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/psscriptanalyzer/?view=ps-modules https://github.com/bergmeister/lazy-posh-git See it on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJr4kJFam8c  

In this episode, we discuss Brett’s unusual path to IT. He discusses how his contributions to the community have changed over the years. We discuss the similarities in problem-solving between daily tasks and coding. Jordan learns that listing yak shaving in Twitter bios is not a secret language between the PowerShell community but is a common expression. Last, we discussed his trip to South Hampton to attend a PowerShell user group, where he was able to catch up with several people from the PowerShell community.    Guest Bio and links: Brett Miller is a cloud platform engineer and Microsoft MVP, using PowerShell and related technologies on the regular. You can find him regularly speaking at user groups like the Southampton PowerShell User Group, blogging on his website, on Twitter, and more.  https://millerb.co.uk/  https://github.com/brettmillerb  https://twitter.com/BrettMiller_IT  https://github.com/brettmillerb/PSTwitch  https://github.com/indented-automation/Indented.Net.IP  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsESEh9M1eY  https://github.com/SeeminglyScience/EditorServicesCommandSuite  See the podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaErbstVKAQ

In this episode, we revisit AutomatedLab with the other primary maintainer, Raimund Andrée. Raimund teaches us about DSC and shares details of the DSCWorkshop project, which is a great way to go about learning more about DSC in a hands-on manner. We also learned about Cattle vs. Pets and how that applies to your servers. You can hear all of this, plus more in this companion episode to our first AutomatedLab episode.    Guest Bio and links: Raimund Andrée is a Cloud Solution Architect and Microsoft with over 20 years of experience. Raimund has been involved in Open Source and the PowerShell community for a long time. Raimund works on several projects that have a large reach and has helped thousands of PowerShell users. You can find him tweeting on Twitter, contributing to projects on GitHub, speaking at conferences, and more.     https://twitter.com/raimundandree  https://github.com/raandree  https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/NTFSSecurity/4.2.6  The PowerShell module toolbox and templates for Continuous Delivery - Raimund Andrée - PSConfE...  The DSC project blueprint or how to start a DSC project the right way by Raimund Andrée  https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/tag/raimund-andree/  https://download.microsoft.com/download/C/4/A/C4A14099-FEA4-4CB3-8A8F-A0C2BE5A1219/The%20Release%20Pipeline%20Model.pdf  https://automatedlab.org/en/latest/    View the Podcast on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMALY186tdk

Episode Summary: In this episode, we get an initial introduction to AutomatedLab by one of the primary maintainers, Jan-Hendrik Peters. We learned about what AutomatedLab is used for and how you can benefit from it. We also got to hear about his observations from teaching PowerShell over the years. All this, plus our usual foolishness, is included. We also talk about how tech is always changing. See it on YouTube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sPqoxqFgaY   Guest Bio and links: Jan-Hendrik Peters is a Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. Jan-Hendrik has been helping others take advantage of PowerShell and Microsoft technologies for a long time. He enjoys brewery, blacksmithing, and closing issues on AutomatedLab.   https://www.janhendrikpeters.de/ https://github.com/nyanhp https://twitter.com/NyanHP http://github.com/automatedlab https://automatedlab.org/en/latest/ https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=don+jones+writing+workshop

In this episode, we chat with Cory Knox. We talked all about the PowerShell discord and how it’s grown over the years and is a great resource to connect with the community and have your questions answered. Cory and Jordan find common ground in their experiences with Toastmasters. Cory also talks to us about Git, how to get started using Git for PowerShell projects, an awesome PowerShell module to enhance your Git console experience, and more.    Guest Bio and links: Cory is a Chocolatey Software Engineer with a background in End User Computing who enjoys working with PowerShell and C# while dabbling in whatever language a project that needs a fix might be using. Constantly looking for ways to streamline processes and improve developer experiences. You can see Cory in the PowerShell community Discord, on Twitter, speaking at conferences, active on GitHub, and occasionally streams on twitch.    https://twitter.com/coryknox  https://github.com/corbob  https://coryknox.dev/  https://www.twitch.tv/corbob/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77StDvV_aOM  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZY4QACsvJE  https://aka.ms/psdiscord  https://aka.ms/psslack  https://dangitgit.com/    View the webcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjjFbTa_ffs