#vBrownBag Contest – Adventures in PowerShell

Cody blogged earlier regarding his Python solution to easily and fairly identifying #vBrownBag lottery winners. I chose to go the PowerShell route, but more as a fun little thing to do than anything. Ultimately it was Cody’s code that picked the winners. So here’s my solution using PoSH. $spreadsheet = Import-Csv c:\Users\damian\Desktop\vBrownBag_Giveaway.csv $prizes = @{“Trainsignal”
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EMEA #vBrownbag Presenter Slots Available

A very quick posting to invite all the VDI and vCloud guru’s out there to present on the EMEA #vBrownbag that is run every Tuesday at 7pm GMT. You can present on either the VCP5-DT or the VCP5-IaaS blueprint objectives and show the world your skills and give back to the community at large. We
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#vBrownBag VCDX Boot Camp with @vcdx001

Today marks the first day in what will be the start of the #VCDX BrownBag series with John Arrasjid (@vcdx001). For those of you who have been with us from the VCP to the VCAP-DCA & DCD series, having a VCDX specific series has always been a dream of ours, and having John on the
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#vBrownBag Call For Speakers – Barcelona

Will you be at VMworld Barcelona? Did you have a session rejected from the VMworld Call for Papers? Do you have something technical you want to share? Heck, did you just want to come and do a quick chat with other folks in the VMware community? Now is the time to get your voice heard
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#vBrownBag US: Call for presenters

One of the toughest challenges for any weekly podcast is having a steady line-up of guests. We’d like to widen our circle of regular presenters, and would love to have YOU present! The #vBrownBag US podcast airs from 7:30 to 8:30PM Central. Please visit for the #vBrownBag Presenter Guidelines more information. Please complete the form
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#vBrownBag – VMworld 2012 Materials

Couldn’t make it to the show, but still wanted the #vBrownBag USB Key of awesomeness? Click the Big Green Arrow to pull down the file. Warning: it’s nearly 4GB in size. It will take a while to download. In that file, is everything that was on the USB keys. Update: This needs an MD5 check
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VMworld Wrap-Up

There are going to be plenty of posts around all of the various parties and announcements that happened at the show. Rather than go down that typical path, I’ll just highlight a few of my personal favorite moments of the week: Everything related to the vBrownBags – Assembly, Distribution, #NotSupported, and Live Streaming, and most
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#vBrownBag – VCAP5-DCA Objective 1.2 & 1.3 (@herseyc)

UPDATE! EHERMAGERD I Broke the #vBrownBags. This show has been rescheduled for next week. Sorry for the inconvenience. Wednesday, we will have Hersey Cartwright back to round out the VCAP5-DCA objective 1 material. Details Date/Time: Wednesday 7/11 @ 7P CST Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/613559281 The #vBrownBags are also on iTunes/RSS: iTunes: http://t.co/07DGNQsT Feedburner: http://t.co/2Fic71ZW

#vBrownBag–Week Off, but Awesome Nonetheless

This week’s US #vBrownBag coincides with a US holiday of great importance, thus, we’ll be taking a pass this week in favor of celebrating the birthday of our great nation. That said, I do still have some awesome #vBrownBag related news. USB Keys! So, what’s so cool about these keys (besides the fact that they’re
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