PowerShell: The windows administrator's swiss army knife

Presented at PhreakNIC 22 (2018), Oct. 19, 2018, 4 p.m. (45 minutes)

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language. We can finally access all those WMI and COM components with a few key strokes. Come hear a Microsoft powershell mvp talk about his continuing experience with it and how he uses it to be more effective and efficient as a system administrator.


Presenters:

  • Mick Pletcher - Senior System Administrator
    Mick Pletcher is a SCCM Administrator with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, a Nashville-based law firm with more than 200 attorneys in four offices. In this role he deploys software to more than 500 users across the Southeast and is responsible for automating tasks via the use of PowerShell, administering group policies, deploying Windows updates, and the PC build process. Prior to joining Waller, Mick implemented alternate system design approaches and managed software and Operating Systems using SCCM 2012, along with SMS Installer, PowerShell, and VBScript at one of the nation.s largest architecture and engineering design firms. In 2013, Mick co-founded the Nashville PowerShell User Group. Mick is a relentless world traveler who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Other hobbies include astronomy, welding and fabrication, river boarding, sport bikes, cycling and mountaineering. Mick.s IT blogs are available at http://mickitblog.blogspot.com/.

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