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Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 98 – Steven Murawsk on PowerShellCommunity.org and Debugging

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Steven Murawski about PowerShellCommunity.org and debugging PowerShell

News * *

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge ““ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks”™ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. *

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 97 – Clint Huffman and His PAL Project

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Premier Field Engineer Clint Huffman

News * *

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge ““ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks”™ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. *

Podcast Episode 3 min

Episode 96 – Scripting Guy Ed Wilson on PowerShell Best Practices

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Ed Wilson, the Scripting Guy 

News * *

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge ““ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks”™ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. *

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 95-Josh Jones From the CS Techcast Talks PowerShell and SQL

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Josh Jones from the CS Techcast 

News **

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge ““ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks”™ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. *

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 94- Carter Shanklin from VMware on PowerCLI and Onyx

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Carter Shanklin with VMware about his new product release

News **

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge ““ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks”™ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. *

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 93 – Jeff Atwood tells us Rock Hard Awesome will create teleportation and we talk about ServerFault

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Jeff Atwood about technical communities, ServerFault, and StackOverflow

News

* *







  - 
    Don't miss the Seattle Script Club this Thursday the 19th. Watch the PowerShell team blog where the slide deck and maybe a video will be posted afterwards. Focus will be building graphs with Visifire and WPK.


  - 
    Project Onyx [finally has a public alpha](http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2009/11/project-onyx-is-here.html) (also see Al Renouf's [blog post](http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/11/16/the-onyx-has-landed/))


  - 
    PowerShell V2 is [supported for Exchange 2007 SP](http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2009/11/powershell-20-is-supported-for-exchange.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/msgoodies+(msgoodies+RSS))2


  - 
    [TechMentor 2010 is now open for registration](http://www.techmentorevents.com/Events/TechMentor-Spring-2010/Home.aspx), and they have a [PowerShell track](http://techmentorevents.com/events/techmentor-spring-2010/tracks/windows-powershell-focus-topic.aspx).


  - 
    PowerShell Help 2.0 Community Edition [has been released by SAPIEN](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2009/11/16/powershell-help-2-0-community-edition/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+SapienBlog+(SAPIEN+Technologies+Blog))

  Interview





  *This segment is brought to you by *[*SAPIEN Technologies*](http://sapien.com/)*.*

  Links







    - 
      [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/)


    - 
      [ServerFault](http://serverfault.com/)


    - 
      [CodingHorror](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog)

  Questions





  - 
    your background


  - 
    Why come up with a new type of Q&A site?


  - 
    what have you learned so far?


  - 
    tech challenges


  - 
    SO vs SF (and the rest). I expect to spend quite a bit of time here, to be sure that my listeners, the majority of which are admins, understand where PowerShell questions fit, given that it _is_ a computer language.


  - 
    Who is Rock Hard Awesome? 🙂

Resources

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 92 – The BSonPosh Module with MVP Brandon Shell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Brandon Shell about virtualization, VDI, and his new BSonPoshPowerShell module.

News

*Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge "“ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks"™ e-book, "Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell," learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. *





*Don"™t wait "“ visit [quest.com/powershellbook](http://www.quest.com/powershellbook) to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.*





* * 






    - 
      Go grab [PowerShellPlus 3.1 beta](http://powershell.com/cs/forums/p/2814/3756.aspx#3756)


    - 
      Brandon Shell's [PowerShell Module goes Beta](http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BsOnPosh+%28BS+on+Posh%29&utm_content=Google+Reader)


    - 
      [Seattle PowerShell Script Club "“ Thurs Nov 19th](http://get-powershell.com/2009/11/06/seattle-powershell-script-club-thurs-nov-19th/)


    - 
      Sapien Press is [taking pre-orders](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2009/11/pre-orders-for-windows-powershell-2-0-tfm/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed) for PowerShell 2.0: TFM


    - 
      CodePlex news: 


          [PSHBiztalk](http://psbiztalk.codeplex.com/)

    Interview





    *This segment is brought to you by *[*SAPIEN Technologies*](http://sapien.com/)*.*

    Links







      - 
        [http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070](http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070)


      - 
        [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bsonposh](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bsonposh)


      - 
        [Virtual Session Indexer](http://www.loginconsultants.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=231&Itemid=128)

    Questions







      - 
        AaronHoover: How does management with Hyper-V compare to that with VMware?


      - 
        jeffculb: ##memory overcomit does ok in vmware... vCPU density is the killer


      - 
        aerodevil: ##does hyperv thin provision?


      - 
        glnsize: ##have you used PCoIP


      - 
        sepeck: ## did I miss the difference between this and the activeroles cmdlets or Microsofts R2 release?


      - 
        aerodevil: ##get-RebootTime. What does that provide specifically.


      - 
        jtruman0917: ## so would this also push toward Mobile PoSH

Resources

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 91 – Oisin Grehan on Pmodem and Modules

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Oisin Grehan about Pmodem and PowerShell Modules

News

*

Do you have what it takes to be the ultimate script warrior?  Find out with

 Quest"™s 

PowerPack

 Challenge

.  *

  - 
    The guys at Devfarm are really pumping out the tutorials on their [new blog](http://blog.powerwf.com/). For example: 


        [What is a Workflow](http://blog.powerwf.com/post/212184431)


      - 
        [PowerWF Terminology](http://blog.powerwf.com/post/213802536)






  - 
    [Channel 9 has posted](http://blogs.msdn.com/mediaandmicrocode/archive/2009/10/30/new-wpk-video-online-multitouch-fingerpaint-in-30-lines-of-powershell-script.aspx) another one of James Brundage's WPK videos "How to Write a MultiTouch FingerPaint with WPK"


  - 
    Dmitry has a new video out as well, this one is about [how to create a PowerGUI powerpack](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/video-on-creating-a-powerpack/).

  Interview





  *This segment is brought to you by *[*SAPIEN Technologies*](http://sapien.com/)*.*

  Links







    - 
      [http://www.nivot.org/2009/11/02/PowerShell20IntroducingThePModemFileTransferProtocol.aspx](http://www.nivot.org/2009/11/02/PowerShell20IntroducingThePModemFileTransferProtocol.aspx)

  Questions







    - 
      ChadMiller: ##Any differences in way I would write a binary module in V2 vs V1 snappin


    - 
      PowershellJedi: ## is the green & yellow progress bar built into powershell v2 i've seen it used in other cmdlets


    - 
      glnsize: ## opinion on winrm and remoting in the realworld... after managing your sp farm.

Resources

Podcast Episode 2 min

Episode 90 – SCOM with Jeremy Pavleck and Scott Moss with special guest host Jonthan Medd

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to MVP Jeremy Pavleck and Scott Moss about System Center Operations Manager with guest host Jonathan Medd

News

  *

Do you have what it takes to be the ultimate script warrior?  Find out with

Quest"™s

PowerPack

Challenge

. * * Quest Software is sponsoring

a

PowerShell Scripting

contest where you can test your skills and get paid.

Podcast Episode 5 min

Episode 89 – PowerShell V2 Launch Party with Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover about V2 release!

  A Very Special Thanks to Our Sponsors





  - 
    [PowerShell v2.0 3rd Ed. TFM](http://www.sapienpress.com/powershell3.asp) e-book (Sponsored by [Quest Software](http://www.quest.com/), makers of [PowerGUI](http://powergui.org/))


  - 
    [SAPIEN PrimalForms 2009](http://www.primaltools.com/products/info.asp?p=PrimalForms)


  - 
    [Idera PowerShell Plus Professional Edition](http://powershellplus.com/)


  - 
    [Train Signal](http://www.trainsignal.com/)

News

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge ““ and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks”™ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You"™ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.