Bonus Episode from Tech-Ed with Kirk Munro on PowerGUI 3.0

19 05 2011
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:
Here is a special bonus episode that Hal recorded at Tech-Ed 2011 with Kirk Munro about the new beta for PowerGUI 3.0




No Show Tonight!

12 05 2011

Sorry guys and gals, we have to reschedule tonight’s podcast because SOMEBODY didn’t buy a SOMETHING which caused THIS OTHER THING to not work during a UNSPECIFIED BAD THING which meant that Hal is stuck at work all evening cleaning up the mess.

Oh, and Jon’s busy too.

Don’t worry, we shall reschedule tonight’s guest from /n Software because I know we all want to see what cool PowerShelly stuff those guys are working on.

See you next Thursday @ 9:30pm EDT on Ustream!

-the management





Episode 147 – The 2011 Scripting Games Champions

11 05 2011
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to the winners of the 2011 Scripting Games as well as Ed Wilson and Jeffrey Snover!

News

This segment is brought to you by PowerGUI Pro with MobileShell, Version Control, and Easy Remote Script Execution.


At Quest we are passionate about Windows PowerShell. PowerGUI Pro enables organizations to harness the power of PowerShell without the expense of training and custom scripts and applications. PowerGUI Pro solves issues regardless of the time and place by using MobileShell to remotely manage your infrastructure. Ensure scripting best practices by leveraging integration with popular Version Control systems. Automate against thousands of computers using Easy Remote Script Execution. Get PowerGUI Pro at quest.com/powerguipro

 

Interview

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Links:

 

Chatroom Buzz:

[21:54] <+DanielCruz> I learned a TON from comments.

[21:58] <+brwilkinson-1> ## Thanks @Jaykul for Poshcode too. Was a good platform this year and stable enough.
[21:59] <+JHofferle-1> If Perl has “there’s more than one way to do it”….what’s PowerShell’s motto?
[22:01] <+DonJonesMVP> Given that the folks in the chat room are some of the net’s biggest voices on PowerShell (blog, Twitter, etc), it’d be nice to hear what some of the biggest BOOs were in the Games. What did people consistently just not get? Because those are the things we need to get the word out about.
[22:11] <+brwilkinson-1> ## @mjolinor yeah that is a good point. I am sure that may have been answered before, however will we ever see PS examples on MSDN?
[22:14] <+ChadMiller> I want a Ternary  operator

 

[22:16] <+DonJonesMVP> Microsoft Natural Wireless Bluetooth PowerShell Keyboard

[22:27] <+jasonmarcher> PowerShell with LINQ:  http://community.bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2008/06/07/linq-through-powershell.aspx

 

[22:32] <+JHofferle-1> ## Any chance we’ll be able to use PowerShell scripts for logon scripts…without the “bat file bootstrap”?
[22:32] <+glnsize> ## Was there ever a debate about basing powershel on .NET vs native code?

 

[22:39] <+esacteksab> ##Questions for winners.  What is your scripting background?  Other language(s)?  Years experience?  Years experience with Powershell?  

[22:39] <+esacteksab> ##Games are over — what do you wish you had done differently?  

[22:43] <+learn-powershell-1> ## Question about games: Is it known the sort of split between IT Pro and Developers and could you tell that from the style of scripting?

 

[22:45] <+ChadMiller> ##Ever thought of a single monthly or weekly scripting challenge rather than once a year?

 

Superhero:


Klaus: Superman


First Computer:


Bartek: C-64
Ed: Osborne 64
Jeffrey: TRS-80




Up Next: Spencer Brown from nSoftware

10 05 2011

On this week’s show (5/12/11 @ 9:30pm EST right here on Ustream!), we’ll be talking to Spencer Brown at nSoftware.

 Be sure to drop by the Ustream channel Thursday so that you can post questions to Spencer and interact with your fellow PowerShellers!





Episode 146 – Directors from PowerShellCommunity.org

4 05 2011
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to the directors of PowerShellCommunity.org

News

This segment is brought to you by PowerGUI Pro with MobileShell, Version Control, and Easy Remote Script Execution.


At Quest we are passionate about Windows PowerShell. PowerGUI Pro enables organizations to harness the power of PowerShell without the expense of training and custom scripts and applications. PowerGUI Pro solves issues regardless of the time and place by using MobileShell to remotely manage your infrastructure. Ensure scripting best practices by leveraging integration with popular Version Control systems. Automate against thousands of computers using Easy Remote Script Execution. Get PowerGUI Pro at quest.com/powerguipro

 

Interview

This segment brought to you by Start-Automating

 

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Links:

Chatroom Buzz:

[21:56] <+ravikanthchaganti-1> ##so, are you gonna link this new site with PoshCode.org?
[22:07] <+ravikanthchaganti-1> i love the wiki feature of SO. ##Can we have that feature? Convert a discussion thread to community Wiki?
[22:08] <+BartekB> # I would say SO is not very good for beginner users. But there is also Scripting Guys forum, and Windows PowerShell forum in Windows server section. Plenty… 😉 What I have hard time with you forums is to see what is not yet answered. Do you plan to improve this part?
[22:11] <+ravikanthchaganti-1> ##Are you looking at openID login?

 

First Computer:


Aleksandar: Spectrum
Sean: Vic-20
Kirk: TRS-80 (yes, we asked him twice, we know!)

Resources

 

Contest

We are giving away several copies of the new PowerCLI book VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration! Stay tuned to the blog or our @powerscripting twitter ID to learn how you can win! Today’s winners are:

  • @johnwcannon
  • @nigeltufnel123
  • mannyvee
  • Kevin M.




Up Next: 2011 Scripting Games winners talk with Jeffrey Snover

4 05 2011

On this week’s show (5/5/11 @ 9:30pm EST right here on Ustream!), we’ll be talking to the winners of the 2011 Scripting Games.  Jeffrey Snover and Ed Wilson will be there as well. Be sure to drop by the Ustream channel Thursday so that you can post questions for the winners, Jeffrey or Ed and interact with your fellow PowerShellers!





Giving Away a Copy of “VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration” TODAY!

28 04 2011

Cover image for product 0470890797If you would like to win a copy of the excellent new PowerShell & PowerCLI book by Luc Dekens, Alan Renouf, Jonathan Medd, Glenn Sizemore, and Arnim van Lieshout, titled VMware vSphere PowerCLI Reference: Automating vSphere Administration, then all you have to do is leave a comment or follow @powerscripting and retweet this story’s link! We will give away one (physical) copy tonight during the podcast. You don’t need to be present at the incredibly fun and informative live stream that we do every Thursday at 9:30pm EST on Ustream to win (but we’d love to see you!). Obviously we have to be able to contact you via email or twitter to obtain your shipping address, so follow us on twitter so we can DM you, or leave your email address when you comment on this blog post.

Good luck!

P.S. If you don’t win, keep listening, we have a few ebook copies to give away as well.





Episode 145 – Jeff Hicks Managing Active Directory with PowerShell

26 04 2011
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
Listen:

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeff Hicks about managing Active Directory with PowerShell

News

This segment is brought to you by PowerGUI Pro with MobileShell, Version Control, and Easy Remote Script Execution.


At Quest we are passionate about Windows PowerShell. PowerGUI Pro enables organizations to harness the power of PowerShell without the expense of training and custom scripts and applications. PowerGUI Pro solves issues regardless of the time and place by using MobileShell to remotely manage your infrastructure. Ensure scripting best practices by leveraging integration with popular Version Control systems. Automate against thousands of computers using Easy Remote Script Execution. Get PowerGUI Pro at quest.com/powerguipro

 

Interview

This segment brought to you by Start-Automating

 

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Links:

Chatroom Buzz:

9:47 marcadamcarter: ## What’s jeff’s favorite interface for scripting?

9:52 JHofferle: ## Will the book cover the PS remoting configuration through Group Policy?
10:01 JHofferle: ## Is there a good way to compare two RSOP reports?
10:07 marcadamcarter: ## what’s jeff’s background prior to training/mvp/etc?
10:07 esacteksab: ##Will an e-book be available?

10:08 Start-Automating-1: ## What finally got Jeff into the tokenizer and ISE add-ons ?

First Computer: first PC: Pentium-200

Resources

 

 Tips
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Up Next: PowerShellCommunity.org!

26 04 2011

On this week’s show (4/28/11 @ 9:30pm EST right here on Ustream!), we’ll be talking to the minds behind PowerShellCommunity.org. We’ll hear a bit about the current state of the commnity-driven website and where they plan on heading.

Mission Statement

PowerShellCommunity.org is a community-run and vendor-sponsored organization that provides evangelism for all things PowerShell through news, forums, user group outreach, script repository, and other resources.

Be sure to drop by the Ustream channel Thursday so that you can post questions for the team and interact with your fellow PowerShellers!





No Show This Week!

18 04 2011

We’re taking a week off so that Jonathan can enjoy the PowerShell Deep Dive and TEC conference in Las Vegas. Also, we did record a show last Thursday but don’t look for it to be posted to the site for a few days. Once the audio engineering-half of the show returns from his trip, we’ll get that show posted. Smile

Back to our normal schedule next week!








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