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The PowerShell Conference Book

“Imagine attending a PowerShell conference where over thirty speakers who are subject matter experts in the industry are each presenting one forty-five minute session. All of the sessions are at different times so there's no need to worry about choosing between them. You might be wondering how much a conference like this will cost by the time you pay for the conference, hotel, airfare, and meals? Well, there's no need to worry because this conference doesn't cost a fortune because it's actually a book that's designed to be like a conference.”
- From “The PowerShell Conference book”


 There is a new book in town and it is not a regular book. It is designed to be like a PowerShell conference where the topics are divided into sections ranging from “PowerShell Scripting” to “CloudOps/DevOps”. Each chapter in the book is written by industry experts, hence every chapter is unique and independent. I am very humble and proud of being able to announce that I have written a chapter in this book called “Increasing PowerShell Performance”.

 The book is not yet complete, however it is available on Leanpub and if you buy it now, you can download new content as it becomes available at no extra charge. All the royalties from the book are donated to the OnRamp scholarship program. You can checkout the progress of the book or by it at this link https://leanpub.com/powershell-conference-book.

 I want to thank Mike F Robbins for the opportunity and the other two editor Jeffery Hicks and Michael T Lombardi. Writing the chapter has been a smooth process and a pure pleasure. In addition it feels good to able to give something back to the community.

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