SkyDrive and Windows 8: A Match Made In Limbo

Saturday, 09 February 2013
  • By
  • Jeff Ammons

SkyDrive and I have had an on-again-off-again relationship for several years.

My very first cloud syncing app was Windows Live Mesh back in aught-something. It was great. Install the app, point it at directories and bam.

Then Microsoft introduced SkyDrive. You installed an app, pointed it at directories and bam.

But they weren’t the same. Two apps, two cloud syncing options from the same company and conflicting reports about what was going to happen to them.

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Resources For Learning PowerShell

Tuesday, 05 February 2013
  • By
  • Jeff Ammons

Here are some of the resources I am finding helpful as I learn PowerShell. I hope this list is helpful to anyone who stumbles upon it in their quest to learn PowerShell.

Videos

Pluralsight has a number of great courses on PowerShell. That number is growing.

As of this posting the PowerShell specific courses are:

  • Introduction to PowerShell
  • Creating PowerShell Modules
  • Everyday PowerShell for Developers
  • Formatting With PowerShell
  • PowerShell and SQL Server
  • Top 10 Cool PowerShell v3 Features with Windows Server 2012
  • What’s New In PowerShell Version 3
  • WMI and PowerShell
I have viewed a few of them and they were all of high quality. I particularly enjoyed the Everyday PowerShell for Developers by Jim Christopher since it was geared exactly towards what I want to do with PowerShell.

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