Sorry, due to a family emergency we have cancelled tonight’s podcast. As far as I know we will be back next week. Thanks!
Episode 45 – Rockin’ Roundtable
12 10 2008A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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In This Episode
Today we have a rockin’ roundtable which includes:
- Jeffrey Snover
- Don Jones
- Alex Riedel
- Kirk Munro
And of course we’ll throw in our other usual goodies.
News
The news is brought to you by iTripoli.
What can you really do with PowerShell? With Admin Script Editor the question becomes what can’t you do with PowerShell? Besides all the advanced code generating tools this is the only tool offering a true PowerShell Forms Designer. To illustrate what can be done the guys at iTripoli created a full-featured MP3/Podcast player written entirely in PowerShell and delivered as a single script. Check it out at adminscripteditor.com/player.
- Sapien has announced a forthcoming forms editor called PrimalForms which will allow you to create forms, save them as XML and create PowerShell code. On top of that they are going to release it for free!
- Be sure to catch the UK PowerShell UG: November 20th in Reading
- Dmitry will be presenting some PowerShell sessions at Quest Connect on Oct 22nd-23rd.
- New software release on IIS.net: Microsoft Web Deployment Tool – Beta 1 Go Live
- If you’d like to get an early peek at Richard Siddaway’s new book PowerShell in Practice, you can do so on Manning’s site.
Roundtable
This segment is brought to you by Quest:
Quest Software is offering Powerscripting Podcast listeners a free copy of Jeffery Hicks new book, Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM from Sapien Press. Visit quest.com/powerscripting to register for your copy, before they run out. While you’re there download their free graphical user interface, script editor and Active Directory commands.
- A Thousand Things 1% Better
- What’s most important for a posh newbie to learn?
- JeffHicks : ## What do you see as the biggest obstacles to PowerShell adoption?
- “PowerShell isn’t complete?”
- <Jay> no admin worth his salt is going to go through and update hundreds of servers with yet another thing to patch, another to mantain, another security to worry about, reboots, touching things, etc, just to be able to run a non complete technology that they haven’t learned yet because it is a pain in the ass, and oh, it’s not complete
- cartershanklin : ## Jeffrey, do you think user adoption of PS is faster or slower than you anticipated?
- Script vs. Shell
- Coolest use of PowerShell that you’ve seen–and what’s to come.
- What third-party software is missing?
- Is PowerShell useful for <insert concept here>?
- e.g. cloud computing
Ustream Questions
- rfoust : ## what is the easiest way for non-developers to find .net methods to work with in powershell? searching msdn is a pain
- JeffHicks : ## Where will PowerShell be in 3-5 years?
- JeffHicks : ## What will MS take responsiblity for in PowerShell and what do they expect 3rd parties to support or add?
- rfoust : ## whats a good bridge for scripters wanting to convert scripts into real c# compiled cmdlets
- rfoust : ## do you see cmdlet naming conflicts becoming a problem in the future? not the namespace but the actual cmdlet name
- rfoust : ## do you see scripts running as a service anytime in the future?
- cartershanklin : ## script scheduling, same question.
- ye110wbeard : ## Can Powershell be used to email backup logs made in W2K8 Server backup?
- rfoust : ## is microsoft helping Pash devlopment any?
- JeffHicks : ## Is MS promoting PowerShell at the management level in orgs or letting it bubble up from the admins?
- makson : ## is there a cmdlet for powershell that is equivelent to sed in bash?
Resources
This segment is brought to you by Idera.
Want to make Windows PowerShell easier than ever to learn and master? Checkout Idera’s PowerShellPlus Professional Edition which is now available for download! The new version has vastly improved code completion and a slick interactive Learning Center. Go to www.idera.com/PodcastPeople to get your copy today!
- From the SAPIEN blog: PrimalScript: Did you know about Snippets?
- New PowerGUI PowerPack: PowerShell for WSUS
- From Brandon Shell, now writing on TurboChargeAD.org: Bulking Importing User from CSV file using Quest cmdlets
Gotcha
From Stephen Campbell:
Open a cmd prompt on a Win2003 server and type the following:
mkdir c:\test1
net share test1=c:\test1 /grant:everyone,full
Now type the name commands in Powershell
new-item c:\test2 -type directory
net share test2=c:\test2 /grant:everyone,full
When I do the net share command in Powershell, the /Grant returns a syntax error. Until I remembered about the comma!! The following works great.
net share test2=c:\test2 /grant:everyone`,full
mkdir c:\test1
net share test1=c:\test1 /grant:everyone,full
new-item c:\test2 -type directory
net share test2=c:\test2 /grant:everyone,full
net share test2=c:\test2 /grant:everyone`,full
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Rocking Roundtable This Thursday!
6 10 2008Be sure to tune into PowerScripting Live this Thursday @ 9pm EDT. We’ve got a great lineup including Jeffrey Snover and Don Jones. It looks like at least a couple of others from the PowerShell team will be in attendance as well, so this will definitely be THE place to get any questions you may have answered.
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Episode 44 – Tobias Weltner gives an inside look at PowerShell Plus
5 10 2008A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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In This Episode
Today we have an interview with Tobias Weltner the developer of PowerShell Plus as well as tips, resources and news. We also have some winners in our review contest.
News
Quest Software is offering Powerscripting Podcast listeners a free copy of Jeffery Hicks new book, Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM from Sapien Press. Visit quest.com/powerscripting to register for your copy, before they run out. While you’re there download their free graphical user interface, script editor and Active Directory commands.
- Hal is an MVP!!!
- PowerShellPlus v2 is out of beta and on the shelves. Also, PowerShell Analyzer is now 100% free
- Sapien’s PowerShell Boot Camp is coming to Dallas in February
- StackOverflow by Joel Spolsky & Jeff Atwood
Interview
This segment is brought to you by Idera:
We had a great time interviewing Tobias Weltner about PowerShellPlus. Hope you enjoy!
Want to make Windows PowerShell easier than ever to learn and master? Checkout Idera’s PowerShellPlus Professional Edition which is now available for download! The new version has vastly improved code completion and a slick interactive Learning Center. Go to www.idera.com/PodcastPeople to get your copy today!
For listeners of this podcast only, Idera is offering a special price $79 per copy until October 12, 2008. Don’t wait! Download your free trial and take advantage of this great offer today!
Resources
- Specops Remote Admin CTP – Jonathan Medd does a good review over at Get-Scripting
- Brad Rutkowski has a great post about using Invoke-Command to launch a script on a remote computer which connects to network resources
- Brad also brings some good info using Set-Acl on a registry key
- Hat trick!!! Brad again with a solution to a problem using Get-WMIObject against Windows 2008
Tips
- A question from Phactotum (a fellow IBMer with Hal) about how to take data in a CSV and act on it turned into a blog post by Hal.
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Stack Overflow questions on PowerShell
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Get-User function on PoshCode
Contest
We’re happy to announce the winners of our SAPIEN book giveaway:
- David Travis wrote a great review in iTunes!
- David Moravec wrote a review on his blog. I thought it was cool to see that we have at least one listener in the Czech Republic!
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Coming up on the Podcast
2 10 2008Episode 44
(recording tonight on ustream, airing 10/6)
Interview with Tobias Weltner of ScriptInternals.com, author of PowershellPlus. (this was pre-recorded 9/21)
Episode 45
(recording 10/9, airing 10/13)
Roundtable discussion with Jeffrey Snover, Kirk Munro, Don Jones, and Alex Reidel. Topics will include:
- A Thousand Things 1% Better
- What’s most important for a posh newbie to learn?
- Script vs. Shell
- Coolest use of PowerShell that you’ve seen–and what’s to come.
- What third-party software is missing?
- Is PowerShell useful for <insert concept here>?
- e.g. cloud computing
And of course each episode will have our usual complement of news, tips, and resources.
If you guys have topics you want to see us cover on the roundtable, please let us know via email or leaving comments on this post. Thanks!
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Episode 43 – Brandon Shell is back to talk AD
28 09 2008A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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Today on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Brandon Shell, PowerShell MVP and great thinker. We’ve also got news, resources, and tips! Also, we are going to give away two Sapien Press books. Be sure to listen till the end to hear how to win!
News
Quest Software is offering Powerscripting Podcast listeners a free copy of Jeffery Hicks new book, Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell: TFM from Sapien Press.
Visit quest.com/powerscripting to register for your copy, before they run out. While you’re there download their free graphical user interface, script editor and Active Directory commands.
- VMware’s future with PS Providers, “The plan is to have a vi: drive which is created automatically and contains the whole inventory. And when operation is executed within specific location, the operation to be restricted to this location. I hope that this will be valuable in interactive mode where it can provide the confidence that operation won’t affect unexpected entities.” — Andrey from VMware
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Blain Barton’s Blog : Second Life – Windows PowerShell 3-Part Series by Max Trinidad
- Jeff Hick’s eagerly awaited “Managing Active Directory with PowerShell TFM” is now available.
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PowerShell OnTAP: new codeplex project to manage NetApp services
- Quest acquires NetPro, and NetPro has PowerShell news!
Session 1: Saturday, September 27th , 2008 – 1:00PM SL Time – PST,4:00pm EST
Interview
This segment is brought to you by Idera:
Want to make Windows PowerShell easier than ever to learn and master? Checkout Idera’s PowerShellPlus Professional Edition which is now available for download! The new version has vastly improved code completion and a slick interactive Learning Center. Go to www.idera.com/PodcastPeople to get your copy today!
Want to make Windows PowerShell easier than ever to learn and master? Checkout Idera’s PowerShellPlus Professional Edition which is now available for download! The new version has vastly improved code completion and a slick interactive Learning Center. Go to www.idera.com/PodcastPeople to get your copy today!
- rfoust : ## why don’t you hang out in #powershell anymore???
- stuwee-3 : ## what about running scripts under different credentials?
- Kemis : ## I want to secure AD so my Domain Users can’t see other user’s names
- rfoust : ## still looking for a good “sudo” replacement for windows. Any ideas?
- rfoust : ## what’s the latest powershell script/project you’ve worked on?
- ## not a question but thank’s for the replication latency script!
- glnsize : ## what permisions are required to conduct these tests?
- rfoust : ## how much is posh used where you work? Are other admins catching on?
- seaJhawk : ## what tools do you use when you’re writing scripts
- Kemis : ## As an admin, how would I go about getting started writing my own cmdlets?
- rfoust : ## best poweshell book you’ve read?
- glnsize : ## which 3rd party has done the best job integrating powershell
- ustreamer-39627 : Sorry for the noob lesson. What exactly is a cmdlet? is that just a customscript which is complied into a “cmdlet” so it can just be called by typing the scriptname?
- glnsize : ## my env is small enough to use quest, but I still use ADSI b/c of 3rd party dependancy… Am I an idiot?
- rfoust : ## what do the unix admins think about posh
- rfoust : ## how would you explain to other admins what “object oriented” means
- glnsize : ## what superhero are you
- rfoust : ## have you used powershell with web services much?
- seaJhawk : ## do you plan to keep writing cmdlets when you can use script cmdlets?
- Kemis : ## I work for a college where the CIS dept. chair never heard of PowerShell till I called her to ask if they have any plans to teach it soon. How long do you think it’ll take before colleges begin to include Powershell as a course?
- ustreamer-7480 : ## How do you organize your scripts?
- rfoust : ## what hardware vendor would you like to see powershell support for? cisco? or something else?
Idera is offering a special price $79 per copy through the end of September…BUT for listeners of this podcast only, Idera will extend the offer until October 12, 2008. Don’t wait! Download your free trial and take advantage of this great offer today!
Resources
Admin Script Editor (which recently received Windows IT Pro’s top award) provides a true integrated scripting environment for PowerShell. The guys at iTripoli haven’t done a great job getting the word out about Admin Script Editor so to make up for it they are offering a 50% competitive discount. Go to adminscripteditor.com to find out if you qualify.
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PowerShell Script: How to upload a file via HTTP POST – Thomas R. made this in answer to “how to pass a parameter to XMLHttp” which came up on the PowerShell newsgroup
- Carter Shanklin posted the slides and demos from the managing VMWare with PowerShell session at VMWorld
- Mow’s put up his Robocopy part 4 article, this has the full script.
Contest
Two of you can win your choice of books from SAPIEN Press. To win, you need to write a review of our podcast. The review must be at least a full paragraph, no “<3” entries please 🙂 . We would prefer for you to post the review in iTunes because we get a lot of traffic that way, but if you don’t use iTunes, that’s ok. You can post your review on PodcastAlley or any other forum or your own blog.
To send in your entries, just let us know how your name appears in iTunes, or the URL of the review you have posted online. We’ll give away the books on Episode 44 (next week).
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Free Book Contest Ends Thursday
28 09 2008We’re still accepting entries (see previous show notes) for the SAPIEN Press book giveaway until this coming Thursday, Oct 2nd. All you have to do is put up a review of our podcast on iTunes, PodcastAlley, or your blog. Email the URL (or your iTunes display name) to feedback@powerscripting.net and two people will win the random drawing!
Here’s some of the books you can choose:
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Submit Your Active Directory & Citrix Questions!
24 09 2008Episode 43 will feature frequent guest, PowerShell MVP, and Active Directory & Citrix guru, Brandon Shell. If you have any questions you want to see us cover, please leave them in the comments or email us
Also, don’t forget to read the Eposide 42 show notes to see how you can win a free book from SAPIEN press! (Hint: leave us an iTunes review.)
Thanks for listening
-hal
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Episode 42 – with Greg Shields
23 09 2008A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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In This Episode
Today on the PowerScripting Podcast we are interviewing the author, speaker and IT Pro Greg Shields. We’ve also got news, resources, and tips! Also, we are going to give away two Sapien Press books. Be sure to listen till the end to hear how to win!
News
Do you have what it takes to be the ultimate script warrior? Find out with Quest’s PowerPack Challenge ’08.
Quest Software is sponsoring a PowerShell Scripting contest where you can test your skills and get paid. Just create some cool PowerShell scripts using Quest’s PowerGUI and then post them to our site. You’ll get a score and our celebrity judges will weigh in as well.
Do you have the muscle to bring home the prize? Check out the details here.
- Dmitry has announced the release of PowerGui 1.5.2
- RunAs Radio #75 Michiel Wories Uses Powershell with SQL Server!
- Jeff Hicks has posted a follow up to a question from our last show called PowerShell Hurdles
- PowerPack Challenge Countdown
- There is now an installation guide available for PoshBoard
- Dmitry has posted a link to a 10 minute video from VMWorld on Managing VMWare with PowerShell
- JAMS job scheduling software includes PowerShell snapin
Interview
Our interview is brought to you by iTripoli
Admin Script Editor (which recently received Windows IT Pro’s top award) provides a true integrated scripting environment for PowerShell. Advanced features include an integrated PowerShell debugger, advanced code generating tools for Active Directory, Databases, XML files and more. Let’s not forget about the exclusive PowerShell forms designer. Come see for yourself– Admin Script Editor v3.5 is availble for a 45 day trial at AdminScriptEditor.com.
Greg Shields joins us from http://concentratedtechnology.com Don Jones was also scheduled to join us but was not able to attend so the interview ended up being more of a Server 2008 and Terminal Services interview than a PowerShell interview but it is great stuff anyway.
Resources
This segment is brought to you by Idera
What’s better than getting the new version of PowerShellPlus for $79? …… Getting it for FREE! … Dr. Tobias Weltner, well-known PowerShell guru, has partnered with Idera Software to bring you PowerShellPlus Professional Edition. The new version has vastly improved code completion and a slick interactive help center. Idera is offering listeners of this podcast a special deal. Download the beta during the month of September and while supplies last, you will get PowerShellPlus for free! To get this offer, go to http://www.idera.com/podcastpeople to download the beta.
- PowerShell dig (nslookup) Cmdlet!
- The PowerShell Guy (/\/\o\/\/) – has started a cool series where he wraps robocopy for PowerShell
- Lance Robinson posted the other two entries to the Netcmdlets contest from a few weeks ago:
- Lee Holmes posted a script to provide suggestions while you are using PowerShell
- Keep a local copy of the SysInternals tools up to date with this script from Shay Levy
Cmdlet of the Week
Our cmdlet this week is Stop-Process.
Contest
Two of you can win your choice of books from SAPIEN Press. To win, you need to write a review of our podcast. The review must be at least a full paragraph, no “<3” entries please 🙂 . We would prefer for you to post the review in iTunes because we get a lot of traffic that way, but if you don’t use iTunes, that’s ok. You can post your review on PodcastAlley or any other forum or your own blog.
To send in your entries, just let us know how your name appears in iTunes, or the URL of the review you have posted online. We’ll give away the books on Episode 44, that’s two from now.
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Up Next: Don Jones & Greg Shields!
17 09 2008We’re having Don Jones and Greg Shields on for Episode 42 (which is an auspicious number). These guys have joined forces recently to form Concentrated Technology an up-and-coming but already highly respected tech blog and resource site.
I would love it if our awesome fans could send in their questions and/or show up for our usual weekly PowerScripting Live event (this Thursday at 9pm) to help make this interview as much of an interactive sensation as the last one with Jeff Hicks was. (You guys rock!)
I’m lazy (hey, I’m a scripter, what do you expect?), so I’ll shamelessly paste the text from their about page for you to peruse:
A collaboration between IT gurus Don Jones and Greg Shields, Concentrated Technology is a place for concise, helpful IT news and education. The emphasis is onconcise: We’ll try to provide you with very condensed (dare we say “concentrated?”) information that hits right at the heart of what you need to know. This site is a place for us to blog, and even to argue – you’ll find us taking up opposite sides on a number of issues, and in doing so helping you see both sides of those issues more clearly so that you can make better decisions. Above all, we’ll keep things focused right on the Microsoft IT professional, addressing your needs, questions, and more as best we can.
Here’s a bit about us:
Don Jones has more than a decade of professional experience in the IT industry. He’s the author of more than 30 IT books, including Windows PowerShell: TFM; VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed; Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI; and many more. He’s a to-rated and in-demand speaker at conferences such as Microsoft TechEd and TechMentor, and writes the monthly Windows PowerShell column for Microsoft TechNet Magazine. Don is a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft’s “Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) Award with a specialization in Windows PowerShell. Don’s broad IT experience includes work in the financial, telecommunications, software, manufacturing, consulting, training, and retail industries and he’s one of the rare IT professionals who can not only “cross the line” between administration and software development, but also between IT workers and IT management.
Greg Shields is a professional author, speaker, and IT consultant. With nearly 15 years in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft, remote application, and virtualization technologies. Greg is a Contributing Editor for Redmond Magazine,Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, and Virtualization Review Magazine, and is the author of five books, including Windows Server 2008: What’s New / What’s Changed. He is the Resident Editor for the Realtime Windows Server community and edits theWindows Administration in Realtime eJournal. He is well known for his skills in relating highly technical concepts with a drive towards fulfilling business needs. Greg is also a highly sought-after instructor and speaker, speaking regularly at conferences like TechMentor Events, and producing computer-based training curriculum for companies like CBT Nuggets. Greg is a recipient of Microsoft “Most Valuable Professional” award with a specialization in Windows Terminal Services.
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