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SAPIEN Press' Windows PowerShell 2.0:TFM eBook by Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks is ready for purchase and download on ScriptingOutpost.com. This book is a major update to the best selling Windows PowerShell 1.0:TFM, the first PowerShell book available. Don and Jeff have updated their opus to include every nook and cranny of PowerShell 2.0. Check out the book details at SAPIENPress. If you previously purchased the IPO version of this eBook, simply go to my.sapien.com, login, and then re-download the ebook. You will get the finished version downloaded to your machine.…   More »

Congratulations to the winners from our November survey: Jerry LaMonte Paul Rogers David Hoffman These gentlemen will receive a copy of our new SAPIEN Press PowerShell V2 book. Click here to find out more. Please keep your eyes peeled for the SAPIEN year-end survey with bigger and more prizes.…   More »

SAPIEN Press has once again joined forces with Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks to bring you the latest and greatest information on Windows PowerShell, version 2. Windows PowerShell: TFM, in its third edition, will be released shortly after the release of Windows 7 and Windows PowerShell v.2. The text and the sample code will be updated to reflect all the updates to the PowerShell language. Until the final text of the book is sent to print, you can purchase an "initial public offering" of the ebook at www.scriptingoutpost.com. Its great to have Don and Jeff on board this project once…   More »

Hal Rottenberg's Managing VMware Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell is now available as PDF eBook on ScriptingOutpost.com. It is also available as a print + eBook combo. Check out Hal's book and all of the other SAPIENPress books available on ScriptingOutpost.com.…   More »

Hal Rottenberg's Managing VMWare Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell: TFM if finally PRINTING!!! An initial order has been placed to fulfill all of the pre-orders so yours should be coming soon. The book is on sales at ScriptingOutpost.com. The page may still say pre-orders only but the book is being printed.  We'll also be offering an ebook version on ScriptingOutpost as well shortly. More on that when it becomes available. Even though you can buy the print version at other retailers like Amazon you'll only be able to the get the ebook, and most likely a print/ebook bundle, at ScriptingOutpost. We…   More »

Hal Rottenberg's new book Managing VMWare Infrastructure with Windows PowerShell: TFM is getting very close to hitting the shelves. We're in the very final stages of production. But in the mean time you can visit SAPIEN Press and download a sample chapter from the book. You'll also find a zip file with all of Hal's script samples. Although without the book the samples alone may not help you much. You can pre-order this title today at ScriptingOutpost.com. When the book is officially release, you'll hear about it here first!…   More »

SAPIEN Press has yet another book in the pipeline that is ready for technical reviews. Windows Hyper-V: TFM will be a complete reference and how-to-guide on Windows Hyper-V. Topics include planning, installation, configuration, troubleshooting, System Center Virtual Machine Manager, working with virtual machines and more. A solid technical reviewer will have a background in Windows servers, virtualization, SCVMM and Hyper-V.   More »

Once again SAPIEN Press is putting out the call for technical reviewers for a new book. The book, as yet untitled, is about enterprise telecommuting. It covers everything you might need to know about designing, installing, configuring and maintaining a corporate telecommuting or remote access environment. An ideal reviewer will have experience with Windows Server 2008, Active Directory, Exchange 2007, SharePoint, Office Communication Server, Terminal Services, Windows Mobile, and enterprise level networking. I hope you get the picture that this is will be a very complete book, written by Brien Posey so we're very excited about it. By the way, this is NOT a scripting book. These are Brien's goals for the book...   More »

I run a few Windows Server 2008 servers in VMWare for my test and demonstration environment. Honestly, I put them up very quickly not really knowing what I was doing, especially with Server Core. If I had the time, I would have looked at Greg Shield's book Windows Server 2008: What's New/What's Changed. Like you I don't have time to read an exhaustive door stop of a book (not that those titles don't have value). What I needed was to learn about only the new Server 2008 features. I've been around long enough to know what a server is. All I needed was information on what was new in Server 2008 and what things changed from Server 2003.   More »

I hope the interest in reviewing Hal's VMWare book is a sign of general interest.  Thanks to all who sent in requests. At this point I think we have all that we need.  If you made the cut you'll get an email with a logon id and additional instructions.  Also to clarify a requirement, reviewers will need EITHER ESX or VMWare Server.  Not both. The original post may have been a little confusing. UPDATE #1 Thanks to all the people who have requested a slot.  I wish I could use you all but I'll have to narrow down the list.…   More »