I just created my first PowerGUI PowerPack which you can use together with the MP Authoring Console. Just like I blogged previously in my MP Authoring Helper PowerShell script here. Here a teaser screenshot of the PowerGUI PowerPack.   It’s just a first version I created and I would like to have it tested a little more before posting it on the PowerGUI PowerPack library. So if anybody is creating MP’s using the MP Authoring Console and wants to try to use the MP Authoring PowerPack within PowerGUI to help creating MP’s let me know via Twitter via a DM or use the contact form on my weblog and I’ll email my PowerPack for testing.

Source: Internal A couple of weeks ago I received some information about the new Microsoft Partner Network Community which is designed to facilitate real-time networking opportunities between people selling or building Microsoft solutions, Microsoft partners and Microsoft. And maybe this is also interesting for you. The community offers a number of ways for you to engage with your peers and Microsoft globally or directly within your region. You can: See what’s happening in your local community and region, attend partner events and engage in social media with people in your community. Get involved in Microsoft communities focused on student talent for hire, public policy affecting the technology industry, technology training and education and much more. Join the conversation with Microsoft and other partners through online social media like twitter, facebook and Microsoft and partner blogs. Keep up to date with the latest partner relevant news, webcasts and videos, and find product specific information and training within the broader Microsoft partner network. I’d like to direct you to a few partner network community resources that may be of interest to you and help you start the conversation with other partners and Microsoft. Join the community twitter feed and the partner network facebook page Watch short video series on SMB, Windows 7, and Azure. And here you can find new Opportunities with Microsoft System Center Take a sneak peek at what is being planned for the 2010 Worldwide Partner Conference Have fun connecting!

Source: Nexus SC: The System Center Team Blog Sacha Dawes: “One of the more common requests we receive from you regarding management pack availability is to communicate when new and updated releases become available.  While we are looking to improve such an announcement capability in Pinpoint (the site of our new System Center Catalog – see my earlier blog for more information) the product team recently created a Twitter hashtag, #mpreleases, to help communicate of new and updated management packs.  Of course, given the open nature of Twitter it’s not just for Microsoft to leverage.  Our partners, such as members of the System Center Alliance, MVPs, and more, can also leverage Twitter to announce and post links to more information about their management pack releases. For more information on Twitter, check out http://www.twitter.com.  Details on hashtags can be found here.” I checked the #hashtag but no releases yet via the #mpreleases hashtag. Only the announcement :-)

MMS 2009 is very close now and I’m getting ready to leave on Sunday for Las Vegas. More and more people are getting exited including me for this great event to learn about the latest IT Management Solutions from Microsoft. As you may know there is something new that’s called Twitter. If you still not know what Twitter is you are working too much ;-) Ok, I’ll explain once more. Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. People write short updates, often called "tweets"  of 140 characters or fewer.  These messages are posted to your profile or your blog, sent to your followers, and are searchable on Twitter search. Quite some people in working in IT Management are already using Twitter and some of them will also go to MMS 2009. To name some: Rod Trent (http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/default.aspx) Rikard Ronnkvist (http://www.snowland.se/) Pontus Blomqvist (http://blopon.blogspot.com/) Michael Niehaus (http://blogs.technet.com/mniehaus/) MMS 2009 Team (http://www.mms-2009.com/) Ed Aldrich (http://www.1e.com) SC Service Manager (http://blogs.technet.com/umeno/) ramseygAtDell Jalasoft (http://www.jalasoft.com) [your name here?] just contact me at Twitter I also created a Twibe for MMS09. What is a Twibe? A Twibe is a group of Twitter users interested in a common topic who would like to be able to communicate with each other.  On each twibe's page, there is a list of twibe members.  There is also a tweet stream that lists tweets from Twibe members which contain key word tags. Tags are set by the Twibe founder and are listed just above the tweet stream. So if you are going to MMS 2009 join the Twibe and use the hashtag #mms209 for all tweets about MMS 2009. Hope to see you all at MMS 2009 in Las Vegas.

The last couple of weeks I’m trying to be the fastest on @twitbrain. Twitbrain is a challenge to answer calculation questions like How much is? 713 – 63 * 3 Example:

But the more people following @twitbrain on Twitter the more difficult it becomes to be the first who answers the question correct. So I thought of a way to cheat on Twitbrain. Call me evil, but I only cheated 3 times, and it was just for the PowerShell learning experience. I won’t do it again. I hope you all can forgive me ;-) So how did I cheat? I used PowerShell to do the math for me and post the result on Twitter as soon as there was a new challenge on the Twitbrain website. For those interested you can find the PowerShell script on Poshcode. But please don’t use it anymore because that would spoil Twitbrain for all those who want to play it fair! You could easily use the example for other websites where you want to find info and post it on Twitter.

Just back from snowboarding in Austria and before starting to work again I needed to train my brains again. And instead of using my girlfriends Nintendo DS lite with Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training I found @twitbrain on Twitter ;-) So back to those old days where your teaser was asking the next question? How much is 75 +plus+ (7 times 45) +plus+ (4 times 73)? Me!Me!Me!

Source: Adam Kinney Adam Kinney has tried to answer the next question: Which product teams or groups have Twitter accounts? Go and read more on his weblog.