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April 15th is often a sad day, at least in America. It is the day we have to finally stop delaying and actually pay the US Government the money we owe them from the previous year. This year, I'm hoping to make April 15th a little bit better for everyone by announcing the public availability of a new freeware product Virtualization EcoShell™. I'm not talking "Free for 30 days and then we're going to rip 80% of the features away". I'm not talking "Free....for only a few ESX Servers". I'm talking 100% completely free of charge regardless of the size of your environment. How's that for an April 15th surprise?
While at the VMworld 2009 show, I unveiled my newest project, "The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative", or theVESI for short. The guys over at VMGuru.nl (No relation) were able to capture a bootleg video of my 10 minute product pitch and demonstration. The audio quality is a little rough due to the amount of ambient noise at the show, but there are no surprise screams into the camera mic if you want to crank up your speakers a little.
I was able to organize a roundtable discussion with some of the top people in the virtualization community that have adopted and are extending PowerShell based virtualization management. Â We had members of the VMware VITK and Quest PowerGUI teams along with key community members Eric Sloof, Alan Renouf, Luc Deekens, Stu Radnidge, and Hugo Peeters. Â Eric Sloof (who has a camcorder for a right hand) was able to record the introductions of the participants and was able to capture the ambience of our 3 hour conversation.
I've been talking for some time about some new and exciting things that I have been working on over the last few months, and am proud to finally be able to announce my project to everyone. Â The official press release doesn't hit the newswire until tonight, but I figure that since I'm in charge, I can generate a little noise before it goes official.
I have finally gotten around to creating some videos of PowerGUI in action when managing a VMware infrastructure. This extends my primer on getting started with PowerShell and PowerGUI. I have created 5 new videos that are best viewed in the following order:
Establishing Connections to your VMware Infrastructure using the PowerGUI Console
Navigate your VMware Infrastructure using the PowerGUI Console
Execute Links and Actions in the PowerGUI Console
Create and Save Filters using the PowerGUI Console
April 15th is often a sad day, at least in America. It is the day we have to finally stop delaying and actually pay the US Government the money we owe them from the previous year. This year, I'm hoping to make April 15th a little bit better for everyone by announcing the public availability of a new freeware product 
 