Starting with an innocent conversation a little over 15 months ago, I agreed to co-author a book on Windows PowerShell. I had no 
idea what I was getting into nor the amount of work it was going to entail. It was a very long and detailed process, but I can finally say it was all absolutely worth it.
The book is in its final stages and we are looking at a September or October release date. As you can see from the image to the left we have our book cover. This is the part I was most looking forward to.
I am especially proud to have been able to use my experience and knowledge to dedicate individual chapters to Citrix XenApp 6 and to Citrix XenDesktop 5. My goal from the beginning of this project was to include these topics because I felt they hadn’t been addressed in any other resource appropriately. These chapters are only a beginning and I look forward to expanding on the information contained.
If you haven’t yet seen the new PowerShellGroup.org site I would recommend that you take a look. Joel Bennett and I have been working very hard to migrate the system from the old site to the new one. It wasn’t an easy process, but I can honestly say that I am proud of the new site. With the new host I haven’t seen a single “Page Not Found”.
The new User Group map is the feature that I am most proud of. When I was preparing my proposal for taking over the site it was the feature that I wanted the most. The were two questions that were prevalent at the Scripting Guys booth during MSTechEd here in Atlanta:
- Is there a PowerShell user group where I live?
- How can I start my own PowerShell user group.
The User Group map answers that first question. As to the second question: stay tuned. I will be starting work on a ‘New User Group’ welcome packet that provides all of the resources you need to start your very own user group.
With the book completed and more free time, I am working hard to complete everything I have postponed and become an active member of the PowerShell community once again.
