Mission Statement

PowerShellCommunity.org is a community-run and vendor-sponsored organization that provides evangelism for all things PowerShell through news, forums, user group outreach, script repository, and other resources.

Community Goals

This community has several specific goals:

• To collect and promote the best online PowerShell resources that are available.
• To provide an online space for the discussion of Windows PowerShell topics, and for the sharing of Windows PowerShell knowledge and information.
• To nurture and support local user groups and script clubs with aggregated news from PowerShellGroup.org, meeting incentives, presentation materials, expert speakers, and so forth.

We encourage all individuals, organizations, and companies with an interest in Windows PowerShell to contribute, participate, and engage in this community.

Becoming a Member

Anyone may join the community web site at no charge, and all users are encouraged to participate in its many offerings.  All members are expected to behave responsibly.  This community site is not to be used for unsolicited spam or marketing messages.  Any member caught posting spam to the community site will have the spam messages removed and their user account deleted without warning.

Sponsors

Financial support for this community is provided by its corporate sponsors.  Any company working with Windows PowerShell is welcome to become a sponsor of this community site.  For more information, email directors@powershellcommunity.org.

Platinum Sponsors

Provide the highest level of financial support, enabling not only the online community but also the support of local user groups who focus on Windows PowerShell.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting language that helps IT professionals achieve greater productivity and control system administration more easily.  Windows PowerShell accelerates automation of system administration tasks and can help improve your organization's ability to address the unique system-management problems of your server environment.
  
  Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn and use because it does not require a background in programming, and it works with  your existing IT infrastructure, existing scripts, and existing command-line tools.  Unlike most shells which accept and return text, Windows PowerShell is built on top of the .NET common language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework, accepting and returning .NET objects.  This fundamental change in the environment brings entirely new tools and methods to the management and configuration of Windows.

• Quest Software
  Quest Software, Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 50,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest's Windows Management solutions simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint and Windows, as well as integrate Unix, Linux and Java into the managed environment. Quest's PowerShell solutions help organizations more easily manage their PowerShell enabled platforms.  Quest Software can be found in offices around the globe and at www.quest.com.

• SAPIEN Technologies, Inc.
  SAPIEN Technologies helps you Learn, Create, and Share Windows PowerShell, VBScript, and other technologies related to scripting and Windows automation. Our award-winning PrimalScript visual development environment, ScriptingAnswers.com-branded training, SAPIEN Press books, and community involvement make SAPIEN a complete, fully-integrated solution set. Used by thousands of developers and IT professionals around the globe, SAPIEN's products and services set the standard for ease-of-use, power, and professionalism.

• Compellent
  Compellent is a leading provider of enterprise-class network storage solutions that are highly scalable, feature rich and designed to be easy to use and cost effective. Compellent's Storage Center is a Storage Area Network (SAN) that is designed to significantly lower storage and infrastructure capital expenditures, reduce the skill level and number of personnel required to manage information and enable continuous data availability and storage virtualization.

Gold Sponsors

Also provide financial support to the community, helping to ensure that the Web site remains available with the features the community requires.

• Idera
  Idera delivers a new generation of tools for managing, administering, and securing Microsoft Windows Servers. Idera's products help companies ensure server performance and availability and reduce administrative overhead and expense. Idera provides solutions for SQL Server, SharePoint, PowerShell and Microsoft Dynamics Servers. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Idera's products are sold and supported directly and via authorized resellers and distributors around the globe.

Silver Sponsors

• Pragma Systems

Community Directors

Our Community's direction is driven in part by a group of volunteer Directors, consisting of community members and employees of our sponsoring companies. They pick up suggestions from our "Suggestion Box" forum (under "Community Business"), propose community changes in the "Community Business" forum, and help manage various aspects of the community.

The current Directors of PowerShellCommunity.org are:

• Kirk Munro, MVP, PowerGUI Product Manager
• Hal Rottenberg, MVP, PowerScripting Podcast Co-Host
• Thomas Lee, MVP, Trainer
• Shay Levy, MVP, Trainer
• Aleksandar Nikolic, MVP
• Sean Kearney, MVP