Jeffrey Snover: Retired/ Philosopher-Errant / PowerShell Inventor / Science geek.
Needham, Mass
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After 22+ awesome years at Microsoft (18+ of which were awesome in a good way 😂 ), it is time for me to try something new.
I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to work with such incredible people and to work on things that matter.
My last day will be Friday, July 1st.
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Today I start my new role as CTO of Microsoft's Modern Workforce Transformation efforts.
Details later. 😃
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Super excited to announce that I'm joining the Google Site Reliability Engineering Team! #google
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Lex - are you reading the same thread I’m reading?
What I see is people inside a company taking different sides about how to handle a super sensitive topic after someone made an initial call.
This all looks super normal.
What are you seeing?
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I clocked 20 years at MSFT in Dec and just got my service award.
I was convinced I was going to get fired every week for the first year (seriously!)
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News: I’ve started my new role as Architect for the Office 365 Intelligent Substrate Platform.
This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to apply the most important new technology (AI) to one of most important assets (everything in O365).
Wish me luck!
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I started working for Microsoft 20 years ago today.
I didn't like the company or its software.
I joined with the idea that because it was so ubiquitous, if I could improve things a little bit, it could have a positive impact on the world.
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I’m also glad this kid and his love of dogs is in my Twitter feed!
I pet Cocoa. He is a 16 year old Chihuahua. He can’t see or hear very well. If you speak loudly, he’ll hear you. He has only lived in IA for 4 years. He doesn’t like the snow. Cocoa acts tough around other dogs. The bigger the dog, the tougher he acts.
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Left college numerous times because I ran out of $.
Caught a break with someone willing to take a chance on me.
No degree.
1 of ~10 IC Technical Fellows at Microsoft.
Don't assume no degree == no opportunity.
I have a GED, but I spent 10 years in Helpdesk+SysEng first. I was scared away too until the last few years. And you may not want to do pure Security first, there’s a lot of Ops stuff to learn for context that seems irrelevant but comes in handy much later.
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Technology is easy.
People are hard.
If you want to become a high impact, senior contributor, spend time on people skills.
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One of the challenges organizations/leaders face is that innovation is rebellion that succeeds.
Until it succeeds, it is just rebellion.
That is why the exec yelled at me, "Jeffrey, what part of F***KING 'WINDOWS' is confusing you?"
The CLI was a rebellion.
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I spent 9th/10th grade in Mississippi & LOVED it!
Got “educated” on southern pride & the “war of northern aggression” & thought people against the confederate flag didn’t understand.
That was wrong.
I love the South but it is time to shun these symbols of hatred and division.
BREAKING: The Navy's top officer has directed his staff to begin crafting an order that would prohibit the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy installations, ships, aircraft and submarines.
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My Dad passed this week.
He was one of the world's kind souls and will be greatly missed.
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Co-worker just had his teenager burst into his room saying, "I don't care about your boss' meeting!"
🤣🤣🤣
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PowerShell has its own serializer.
Why?
Because I never trusted the .Net serializers.
After 10+ years, our first major security bug (found with via a Red Team) was a serialization problem.
Someone didn’t get the memo and used a .Net serializer - exactly once.
Don't write your own serializer. Actually, writing one is much simpler if your type system is simple, but just don't.
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PowerShell is now available on macOS & Linux and is open sourced!
My blog: aka.ms/hosoyc
Mic drop!
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If I could pick one super power to have it would be the ability to read all the books I’ve purchased.
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This is the biggest and most important change we've every made to PowerShell!
PowerShell Core 6.0: Generally Available (GA) and Supported! blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pow…
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I hope we are buying the company and not an NFT of the company. 🤣
Breaking News: Microsoft agreed to buy the video game maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, its largest takeover ever and a big bet on the metaverse.
nyti.ms/3GFQI5s
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Microsoft ships Linux!
#MicDrop
amp.businessinsider.com/micr…
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I'm really glad the PowerShell haters decided to take the day off today.
I'm glowing with all the nice comments coming in today.
I'm going to go find and read some hate mail so I keep my ego in check 🤣
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I'm creating a talk about having a career as an Individual Contributor (vs a manager) and I just keep thinking, "I wish I had heard this information when I was starting out".
That said, I might have.
The reality is that you can't hear things that you aren't ready to hear.
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"How is the new gig going?"
The technology and people are awesome.
That said...
At MSFT I was one of the people with all the context, the connections, and the knowledge for how to get things done.
At Google, I get lost trying to find the bathroom.
Change is hard.
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This is my 22 year anniversary with MSFT.
"Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me
Other times, I can barely see
Lately, it occurs to me
What a long, strange trip it's been"
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The South is so wonderful and it has PLENTY to be proud of but slavery and the confederacy are not on that list.
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It was profoundly embarrassing.
I had to tell my wife but I kept it from my family and friends.
I never mentioned it to anyone for over a decade until I got promoted to Distinguished Engineer.
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News: I’ve started my new role as Architect for the Office 365 Intelligent Substrate Platform.
This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to apply the most important new technology (AI) to one of our most important assets (everything in O365).
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Little known facts:
I moved to NH, then Mark moved there.
I moved to Austin, then Mark moved there.
I moved to Seattle, then Mark moved there.
Mark "says" he isn't trying to catch up to me.
I'm moving to Mass .. so we'll find out. 🤣🤣
@markrussinovich
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You don't see headlines like this in the @TheRegister very often!
theregister.co.uk/2019/05/31…
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The thing I love most about Microsoft is that we have the institutional courage to admit when we are wrong and turn our great weakness into great strengths.
Microsoft: we were wrong about open source theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262…
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PowerShell is shipping in Kali Linux!
Is this a strange and wonderful world or what?
Came back to this tweet to say that PowerShell is now shipping in a Linux distro:
@kalilinux freezing hell once more with Microsoft 😊
kali.org/news/kali-linux-201…
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Grosse Pointe Blank is a fantastic movie and has one of the all time best sound tracks.
That is all.
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PowerShell V7 is GA!
This is most important (and best) release ever.
You can xcopy deploy it so you don't need to be admin so everyone can try it right away!
Read all the details here.
devblogs.microsoft.com/power…
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A number of people at #psconfeu asked about my weight loss.
I've lost 70lbs (32kilos) by eliminating beer, minimizing processed foods, sugar, carbs, doing (16:8) intermittent fasting, and getting good sleep.
It's all good!
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It is amazing how having a good conversation with a co-worker can dramatically improve your mood.
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What I heard was that the FBI gave them the heads up and asked them to be vigilant.
I didn't hear them ask for any specific actions or identify any specific issues.
I could be wrong but it seems like a nothing-burger.
What am I missing?
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If you skip vacation because of work responsibilities.
Read this & stop it.
Being good to yourself also helps your career.
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Dad was an engineer and worked on the antenna on the lunar Rover which remains on the moon today.
He knew and worked with many of original astronauts.
(Oh the stories!)
#Proud
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People leave bosses far more than they leave organizations.
If you aren't passionate about serving and helping your people succeed, you should leave thr management to someone else.
Your manager really can make or break your experience in an organization. I've been very fortunate at Microsoft to have had @DonovanBrown and @mbellinasoUS as my managers. I hope I can be as impactful to my directs as they have been (and still are) to me.
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Courage is a key characteristic of future leaders and previous employees.
🤣
Courage is not always rewarded in business: it can have its own consequences, particularly when it calls out the status quo and you don’t have air cover and strong foundational support apta.com/wp-content/uploads/…
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PowerShell V2 is being deprecated (and that is a very good thing).
If you still use V2, upgrade now to avoid drama.
support.microsoft.com/en-us/…
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Next time you hear someone praying for a miracle to save someone from some disease, remember this:
We already have miracles - they are called vaccines.
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<Pay attention to this one>
PowerShell.exe is being renamed to pwsh.exe (for PSCore)
Want to give a heads up that the exe will be renamed to `pwsh` for beta.9. github.com/PowerShell/PowerS…
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Our commitment to privacy in Microsoft Productivity Score .
The thing I love most about MSFT is that when we screw up, we acknowledge the error and fix it.
10,000 thanks to @WolfieChristl and others for the feedback which led to this change!
microsoft.com/en-us/microsof…
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Talk about a PROFOUND misunderstanding today!
Me: Hey boss - I'm having that meeting about gaze today.
Boss: ???
Me: We're looking into how we can track gaze.
Boss: You're doing WHAT??
Me: Tracking gaze.
Boss: WTF ????!!!!!!
Turns out that "gaze" and "gays" are homonyms!!!
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One of my dreams has finally come true!
Superstar @theJasonHelmick has joined Microsoft as a PowerShell PM!
WHOOOT!!!!!
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In my original PowerShell prototype, cmdlets were called Functional Units which I abbreviated to FUs.
Sadly, Microsoft Documentation insisted on changing that. :-(
JavaScript: “function”
Swift: “func”
Kotlin: “fun”
Rust: “fn”
If you’re writing a new programming language, you know what you have to do
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"Why invent PowerShell, why not just use ksh or bash? I’m a long time Unix dev so that was my first instinct. There is a core architectural difference between Unix and Windows. Linux is a file-oriented OS and Windows is an API-oriented OS."
evrone.com/jeffrey-snover-in…
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I'm finally qualified to get an entry level job at MSFT!
🤣🤣🤣
Microsoft execs explain why they don't require a college degree for entry-level positions a.msn.com/01/en-in/BB10cq26?…
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This is one of the reasons why the Windows experience is not as good as it could be.
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PSA: unfortunately they scheduled our PowerShell Unplugged session next at the same time as @markrussinovich talk.
You can find my talk by going to the LARGEST room - 415 Valencia.
If you wanted to go to Mark's talk (go figure!) look for the little room next to my BIG room.
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I'm a Tech Fellow
I once typed a bad cmd deleting most of the OS sources @ Apollo
I added -WHATIF & -CONFIRM in PS to help others
USE THEM!
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Here is some code I sent someone showing them how to run multiple scripts in-process without having them interfere with one another.
SOOO powerful.
SOOO cool!
I freaking love PowerShell!
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"If you want to be cool, look elsewhere.
But if you want to make other people cool, join Microsoft" @satyanadella
Empowering people to achieve more.
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Microsoft Word will change your words to be 'gender inclusive'.
I’ve got a lot of years and muscle memory of using outdated language and greatly appreciate the help.
AI for a better world. telegraph.co.uk/technology/2…
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I hate when I connect with someone on LinkedIn and then a minute later, get a DM like this:
Ugh!
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If you know PowerShell, you just became more valuble!
We're excited to announce AWS Lambda Tools for PowerShell. With this release you can create #serverless applications from a #PowerShell script. amzn.to/2CLIU5G #aws #lambda
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I hearby coin a new term:
Big Hair IT : IT using outdated approaches such as RDP-only remote management, no automation, GUIs GUIs GUIs.
In the 90’s, IT Pros could be successful using local admin GUIs in the same way that hairdressers could be successful using rat tail combs and hair spray.
Neither serve professionals well today.
Professionals adapt and learn.
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When you hear people talk about Bitcoin remember this:
If someone is invested in Bitcoin the only way they can get OUT without losing their shirt is to get someone else invested in Bitcoin.
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This is where I took a few of my meetings last week.
I don't think I'm ever going back to the office.
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I can't tell you how many tweets I've started and then deleted today.
Time for a few deep breaths.
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My neighbors seem to know whenever I'm going to be on a call with @satyanadella and decide to do synchronous lawn care in celebration.
So ready to ban leaf blowers!
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Priorities are not what you say, they are what you fund.
Culture is not what you say, it's what you reward.
Action is a lie detector.
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TFW the guy parking your car looks at your license plate and asks, "Is that about PowerShell?"
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I give a lot of talks where I say, “uncomfortable is the new normal”.
Meaning that you need to have courage to do new things where you aren’t the expert and that can be uncomfortable.
I’m taking that to 11 with my new role!
Ommmmmmmmm
(It’s going to be great)
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"I’ve consistently told people that Microsoft Teams is a joke.
I was wrong."
Teams is awesome and getting better and better, faster and faster.
forbes.com/sites/johnbbrando…
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About to deliver 3 hours of PowerShell training.
This NEVER gets old.
Every time I talk about PS, I rediscover how wonderful it is.
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My journey through an uncomfortable change.
"If you aren't uncomfortable, you aren't pushing the edge.
Our industry changes so fast that if you aren't pushing the edge, you are becoming obsolete.
As a leader, you need to be even more uncomfortable."
piped.video/watch?v=UYOl2dGN…
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Please make 2017 the year you up your security game.
Don't wait for the BIG change, make small improvements constantly.
Invest in skills!
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I got a flat tire on the way to a meeting with Bill Gates.
#drama!
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PowerShell in Visual Studio code is soooo good.
You can even make it look like PowerShellISE.
AND it is cross platform.
AND you can use it to explore/learn other languages.
YOU get more valuable using VSCode.
Make the switch.
How to use PowerShell ISE Mode in Visual Studio Code 💻
thomasmaurer.ch/2020/03/how-… #PS7Now #PowerShell #PowerShell7 #VSCode #VisualStudio #PowerShellISE
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Today seems like a good day to remind everyone that OneDrive provides ransomware protection. If you have important files that you haven’t copied to your OneDrive, maybe do that now.
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Dream delivered.
Mic drop.
.@jsnover, this is so cool! With a single cmdlet talk to both Windows Server and Linux machines and get cross-platform joined outputs. See more PowerShell Core updates here: piped.video/xMnp4IAGP_Q
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I harvested another good function (Save-ScreenCapture) from the malware posted by @JohnLaTwC
Thanks bad guys!
powershellgallery.com/packag…
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Now you can navigate Azure Resources just like a file system.
This is the code we are using in CloudShell. blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/pow…
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What a great PowerShell one-liner!
mstsc/console logon to a VM wasn't working so I made poor man's "top" for Windows using #PowerShell, run once PS remoted to VM via Enter-PSSession
while($true) { cls ; '' ; ps |sort cpu -Descending|select -first 20 |ft -auto; Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500 }
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