PowerShell v2 for Administrators Course now available!

Sometimes I have to do a shameless plug for co-worker.  Lu Patrick has been very busy over the last few months completing and updated PowerShell title.  This PowerShell v2 takes somebody through what PowerShell can do in the modern OS environment.  The course includes information about installation, navigation, formatting, remote sessions, security and general knowledge about PowerShell. 

The author wrote the Learning Lake PowerShell version 1 title that was also available on the Courseware Library.  She has also been asked to speak about PowerShell v2 at the MCTSummit in the United Kingdom the later half of the this year.

For those MCT’s that are out there, check out the Courseware Library for 50414 – Microsoft Windows PowerShell v2 for Administrators published by Learning Lake.  The training is currently available at Benchmark Learning with classes on August 2nd and 17th.  Check out the website for more details.

Please spread the word!

Creating a Site Collection with PowerShell (via SPPowerShell: PowerShell for SharePoint)

I came across this excellent post on how to create SharePoint 2010 Site Collections using SharePoint by Shannon Bray. This is an excellent way to help create multi-tenant site collections in SharePoint 2010. Enjoy!

Overview Once you have your web application provisioned, you will need to create a site collection with a top level site. The New-SPSite cmdlet allows you to create a new top level site with the URL and owner specified in the –URL and –OwnerAlias. You will also notice that we have the ability to configure our tenant administration. In fact, in order to configure multi-tenants, you must use PowerShell. The site templates available in SharePoint Fo … Read More

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