Mick Pletcher
Senior System Administrator at Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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Mick Pletcher is a nationally respected technology expert specializing in System Center Configuration Manager, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Active Directory, PowerShell Scripting, Visual Basic Scripting and Automation. In 2017, Mick was honored as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for his work in Cloud and Data Center. Also in 2017, he was one of seven IT professionals worldwide to be recognized as a technical star with the 2017 SAPIEN MVP Award. Mick is an avid blogger on information technology tips and topics at http://mickitblog.blogspot.com/. His blog, which topped a million hits in less than four years, was highlighted in Adaptiva’s 2016 round-up of Top 16 SCCM Tips for 2016.
A SCCM Administrator with Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, a Nashville-based law firm with more than 230 attorneys in four offices, Mick deploys software to more than 500 users across the Southeast and is responsible for automating tasks via the use of PowerShell, administering group policies, deploying Windows updates, and the PC build process. Prior to joining Waller, Mick implemented alternate system design approaches and managed software and Operating Systems using SCCM 2012, along with SMS Installer, Powershell, and VBScript at one of the nation’s largest architecture and engineering design firms. In 2013, Mick co-founded the Nashville Powershell User Group. He is a relentless world traveler who has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Other hobbies include astronomy, welding and fabrication, river boarding, sport bikes, cycling and mountaineering.
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Teaching PowerShell
In this session, we will review what it takes to teach PowerShell. It is in demand to learn the language, but few know how to teach it.
Starting and Managing a User Group
Presentation on how to start and manage a user group
University of Tampa PowerShell Presentation
PowerShell presentation to the computer science department at the University of Tampa discussing the importance of learning PowerShell
Microsoft Ignite PowerShell Meetup
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#1EMVPchat Twitter Party
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Microsoft MVP Community Connection Conference
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Learning PowerShell
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Open Source PowerShell
In this session, we discuss the evolution from "Windows PowerShell" to "Cross-Platform PowerShell." We'll inspect the PowerShell source code repository and we'll spend time working with PowerShell 6.0 in Linux."
MVPDays Orlando - Learning the Basics of PowerShell
The basics of PowerShell will be taught in this session. It is intended for audiences who have little to no knowledge of PowerShell. We will cover the following:
Why you need to learn PowerShell and why it is important
What can I do with PowerShell
How to get into PowerShell
How to configure your PowerShell settings
Learning the basic command structure of PowerShell
Learning basic commandlets to get you started
Comparing PowerShell with command line
Using PowerShell editors
MVPDays Orlando - Working with MSI and MSP files using ORCA and PowerShell
This session teaches the basics of understanding what an MSI file is. We will cover how to use ORCA and PowerShell to query and edit an MSI. We will also touch on editing and querying MSP files.
Mick Pletcher
Senior System Administrator at Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis, LLP.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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