How to report a bug or give a suggestion to the #powershell team ?

Just a reminder to myself..., if you find a bug on #PowerShell or if you have a suggestion, here is the link

https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/SearchResults.aspx?FeedbackType=0&Scope=0&SortOrder=5

PowerShell Resources - From Noob to Ninja

Videos
Windows PowerShell for Beginners
Technet ScriptCenter - Windows PowerShell: Learn It Now Before It's an Emergency

Build2011 - Windows networking with PowerShell: A foundation for data center management
TechEd 2011 - Advanced Automation Using Windows PowerShell 2.0
TechEd 2011 - Windows PowerShell Remoting: Definitely NOT Just for Servers
TechEd 2012 - Windows PowerShell Crash Course
TechEd 2012 - Advanced Automation Using Windows PowerShell 3.0
TechEd 2012 - The Dirty Dozen: Windows PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA
TechEd 2012 - Inside Windows Server 2012 Multi-Server Management Capabilities
TechEd 2012 - Group Policy Reporting and Analysis with Windows PowerShell
Technet Radio - The Scripting Guy’s Top 5 PowerShell 3.0 Tips and Tricks
More videos on http://channel9.msdn.com

Guides
Windows PowerShell Survival Guide (en-US) Extensive list of resources on PowerShell
Windows PowerShell 3.0 and Server Manager Quick Reference Guides
Ravikanth Chaganti - WMI Query Language via PowerShell
Don Jones - Secrets of PowerShell Remoting
Windows PowerShell Core About Topics



Code repository
PoshCode
Technet Gallery - Script Repository

Powershell sites
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/powershell.aspx
http://www.powershell.org
http://powershell.com/cs/
http://www.powershellmagazine.com
http://www.powershellpro.com
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/powershell.aspx

I'm Going to PowerShellSummit !!! @pshsummit

Seattle here I come !!!

I cannot wait to meet all my fellow PowerShell enthousiasts !

The PowerShell Summit will be held at Microsoft in Redmond April 22-24, 2013. Check here for details.

PowerShell Module included in System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 BETA

Source

Microsoft just released the Service Pack 1 for System Center Configuration Manager 2012.

AND!! FINALLY comes with its own PowerShell Module !!! Woot Woot :-) 

Once the SP1 installed, all you need is PowerShell 3.0.

Already included in Windows Server 2012 or can be installed on Windows Server 2008

Windows Management Framework 3.0

IMPORT THE MODULE

Import-Module "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\AdminConsole\bin\ConfigurationManager.psd1"

CMDLETS

Add-CMBoundaryToGroup
Add-CMDeviceAffinityToUser
Add-CMDeviceCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Add-CMDeviceCollectionToDistributionPointGroup
Add-CMDistributionPointToGroup
Add-CMSoftwareUpdateToGroup
Add-CMUserAffinityToDevice
Add-CMUserCollectionDirectMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionExcludeMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionIncludeMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionQueryMembershipRule
Add-CMUserCollectionToDistributionPointGroup
Approve-CMApprovalRequest
Approve-CMDevice
Approve-CMUserDeviceAffinityRequest
Block-CMCertificate

Introduction to CIM Cmdlets

Great article from the Powershell team blog:

Introduction to CIM Cmdlets

PowerShell 3.0 shipping with Windows server 2012 and Windows 8 brings a new set of Cmdlets to manage any server or device that complies with CIM and WS-Man standards defined by DMTF. In this blog post we will explore these new Cmdlets and how can they help IT Pros in managing a datacenter.
The list of new Cmdlets is given in the table below:

Cmdlet	Purpose
Get-CimInstance	Gets instances of a class.
New-CimInstance	Creates a new instance of a class.
Remove-CimInstance	Removes one of more instances of a class.
Set-CimInstance	Modifies one or more instances of a class.
Get-CimAssociatedInstance	Gets all the associated instances for a particular instance.
Invoke-CimMethod	Invokes instance or static method of a class.
Get-CimClass	Gets class schema of a CIM class.
Register-CimIndicationEvent	Helps subscribe to events.
New-CimSession	Creates a CIM Session with local or a remote machine
Get-CimSession	Gets a list of CIM Sessions that have been made.
Remove-CimSession	Removes CimSessions that are there on a machine.
New-CimSessionOption	Creates a set of options that can be used while creating a CIM session.

Basic terminology

If you are already familiar with terms like WMI, CIM, WinRM and WS-Man, you can skip this section.
CIM: Common Information Model (CIM) is the DMTF standard [DSP0004] for describing the structure and behavior of managed resources such as storage, network, or software components.
WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a CIM server that implements the CIM standard on Windows.
WS-Man: WS-Management (WS-Man) protocol is a SOAP-based, firewall-friendly protocol for management clients to communicate with CIM servers.
WinRM: Windows Remote Management (WinRM) is the Microsoft implementation of the WS-Man protocol on Windows.

Introduction to CIM Cmdlets

LazyWinAdmin v0.4 released

UPDATE 2016/04/26: Lazywinadmin is now open source, see here: https://github.com/lazywinadmin/LazyWinAdmin_GUI

LazyWinAdmin is a PowerShell Script that generates a GUI/WinForms loaded with a tons of tools

The Form was created using Sapien Powershell Studio 2012.

LazyWinAdmin v0.4 - Sneak Peek

Sneak peek : LazyWinAdmin v0.4

LazyWinAdmin is a PowerShell Script
This script generate a GUI/WinForm that was created using Sapien Powershell Studio.

I've been working in LWA for a while now.
This project of mine is mostly to help myself in my day to day Windows System Administrator tasks.

The goal of this tool is to centralize a lot of commands I use everyday inside a GUI and waist less time doing some tasks...
It also taking advantage of a couple of other tools Built-in in Windows: Computer Manager, Services.msc,...
And some non-built-in: Psexec, ADExplorer, SYDI-Server.vbs etc...

"General" tab contain my Top Used tools.

The "Check" button allow you to check the following connectivity item:

Ping (test-connection), Permission (test-path \\Computer\c$), RDP (Test of the port 3389), PsRemoting (PowerShell Remoting Enabled), OS (WMI), Uptime (WMI)

Autocomplete of the ComputerName. 
The script run a Get-Content on a Computers.txt when the form is loading.

VMware - Direct Download to VMtools

Pretty useful link to direct download the VMtools for your VMware Environment.

http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html