In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick
Interview
Guests - Don Jones, Jason Helmick
Links
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[https://powershell.org/](https://powershell.org/)
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Learn more about the [PowerShell Summit](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/)
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[Lean IIS in a Month of Lunches](http://www.manning.com/helmick/)
**Chatroom Highlights:**
## How many teams total?
## @ Jason - How cool was it making that MVA JumpStart videos with jsnover?
## Watch out for the ScriptingGuys Forum
## The one year I had problems was one of the challenges required Hyper-V
## Don, where are these videos?
I'm having to learn .NET C## at work yuk!
## Jason what's your favorite type of Steak?
##is there going to be a DSC in a month of lunches book?
## Why was Don underwhelmed by workflow?
##Will DSC be a major component of the upcoming Summit?
## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?
## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?
## I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there any benefit to looking into DSC if you're already running SCCM?
## yeah do that question jon
## So what do you manage with Group Policy vs DSC?
## So you can patch with DSC?
##small guys really do want more scripting options. Anything coming down the line to make small/mobile office scripting work for us.?
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeff Galloway from HP
News
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[A free ebook from The Scripting Guy](https://powershell.org/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/)
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A new PowerCLI book has been published, [Learning PowerCLI](http://www.packtpub.com/learning-powercli/book)
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[The Power of PowerShell](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/linkoping-the-power-of-powershell-tickets-10551384475?aff=es2&rank=1&sid=17c1b8199a4011e3a566123139104db1) February 26th 2014 in Sweden
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[PowerShell Saturday India](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-saturday-india-march-2014-tickets-10615803153?aff=es2&rank=3&sid=17c1b8199a4011e3a566123139104db1) March 8th 2014
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[PowerShell magazine](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/02/19/another-important-milestone-powershell-magazine-has-published-500-posts/) has surpassed 500 posts
Interview
Guest - Jeff Galloway
Links
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[http://hp.com/go/powershell](http://hp.com/go/powershell)
Chatroom Highlights:
## Do you know if this just covers servers, or will there be PowerShell cmdlets for managing things like HP Thin Clients, Printers, etc?
## Mostly I just want to automate HP Device Manager 😉 We have something like 30 thousand HP thin clients in our stores.
## Will he be attending TechEd?
[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/003/797/I_m_on_a_Boat.jpg](http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/003/797/I_m_on_a_Boat.jpg)
[http://hp.com/go/powershell](http://hp.com/go/powershell)
This week on the PowerScripting Podcast, Don Jones (@concentrateddon) is the guest co-host with Jon Walz and the guest will be Jason Helmick (@theJasonHelmick) Items up for discussion will be the Winter Scripting Games 2014, the PowerShell Summit NA and lots more. Join us Thursday Feb 20 at 9:30 PM EST
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jim Britt from Microsoft about Service Management Automation
News
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Details are being posted for [PowerShell Summit Europe](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-europe/)
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[DSC Resource Kit Wave 2](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/07/need-more-dsc-resources-announcing-dsc-resource-kit-wave-2.aspx) has been released
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The PowerShell team has posted a [DSC Diagnostics Module](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/11/dsc-diagnostics-module-analyze-dsc-logs-instantly-now.aspx)
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Don Jones is teaching a [PowerClass in April](https://powershell.org/2014/02/03/my-2014-public-powerclass-is-now-open-for-registration/)
Interview
Guest - Jim Britt from Microsoft about Service Management Automation
Links
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[Intro to SMA](http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA)
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[http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx)
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[http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx)
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[http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/](http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/)
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[http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/)
Chatroom Highlights:
[https://powershell.org/2014/02/04/up-next-jim-britt-from-microsoft-talks-about-sma/](https://powershell.org/2014/02/04/up-next-jim-britt-from-microsoft-talks-about-sma/)
yeah, I scheduled the hangout using the Events page: [https://plus.google.com/events](https://plus.google.com/events) because that's where last month's event shows up...
Instead ... even though you want an event ... you have to go to the on air page [https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair](https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair)
By the way, Hal ... if you want to share the event link, the recording is up, but be sure to share THIS link, and not the other one. [https://plus.google.com/events/cnj9o1b8sem1bcv1odc7haa6kgc](https://plus.google.com/events/cnj9o1b8sem1bcv1odc7haa6kgc)
[http://nyr.kr/1e7VRgB](http://nyr.kr/1e7VRgB)
we probably talked about SCORCH on this show: [https://powershell.org/2012/10/23/episode-204-santos-martinez-on-mastering-configuration-manager-2012/](https://powershell.org/2012/10/23/episode-204-santos-martinez-on-mastering-configuration-manager-2012/)
[http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx?nv1if5=1#fbid=iYMAZB7bUvJ](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx?nv1if5=1#fbid=iYMAZB7bUvJ)
[http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you-had-one-job](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you-had-one-job)
@BrianK [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx)
[http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA](http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA)
[http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx)
[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-had-one-job](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-had-one-job)
[http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx)
[http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/](http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/)
[http://www.canistream.it/search/movie/516312edf5f807cc42000009/europa-report](http://www.canistream.it/search/movie/516312edf5f807cc42000009/europa-report)
[https://twitter.com/JimBrittPhotos](https://twitter.com/JimBrittPhotos)
[http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds](http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds)
[http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=you+had+one+job](http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=you+had+one+job)
[http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Moon/70059639?strkid=1585735354_42_4&strackid=6d0257187cc57b58_42_srl&trkid=496833](http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Moon/70059639?strkid=1585735354_42_4&strackid=6d0257187cc57b58_42_srl&trkid=496833)
Join us Thursday Feb 13, 2014 as Jeff Galloway from HP talks about how HP is extending your PowerShell capabilities to enable core HP ProLiant server features. HP Scripting Tools for Windows PowerShell is a powerful set of utilities that can be used to perform various configuration tasks on HP hardware. Check it out at www.hp.com/go/powershell and click on the Technical Support link to get to the download page, then click on Software, Drivers, and Firmware. There is also a User Guide if you click “Manuals” on the left side of the page
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell Hero Dave Wyatt
News
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[The Scripting Games](https://powershell.org/category/announcements/scripting-games/) are going on now!
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[PowerShell Saturday #007](http://powershellsaturday.com/007/) is on February 8th
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[PowerShell Saturday #008](http://powershellsaturday.com/008/) is on February 15th
Chatroom Highlights:
[http://powerevents.codeplex.com/](http://powerevents.codeplex.com/)
[https://powershell.org/newsletter/](https://powershell.org/newsletter/)
[http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/](http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/)
you should check out this post by adam driscoll on automating your de-compiling with powershell [http://csharpening.net/?p=1590](http://csharpening.net/?p=1590)
[https://powershell.org/2013/11/24/saving-passwords-and-preventing-other-processes-from-decrypting-them/](https://powershell.org/2013/11/24/saving-passwords-and-preventing-other-processes-from-decrypting-them/)
[http://invisiblebread.com/2014/01/car-problem/](http://invisiblebread.com/2014/01/car-problem/)
[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Enhanced-Script-Logging-27615f85](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Enhanced-Script-Logging-27615f85)
[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Write-timestamped-output-4ff1565f](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Write-timestamped-output-4ff1565f)
[https://powershell.org/author/dlwyatt/](https://powershell.org/author/dlwyatt/)
[https://powershell.org/2014/01/22/automatic-formatting-of-code-for-posting-on-powershell-org-forums/](https://powershell.org/2014/01/22/automatic-formatting-of-code-for-posting-on-powershell-org-forums/)
[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Generic-PowerShell-string-e9ccfe73](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Generic-PowerShell-string-e9ccfe73)
[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=User&f%5B0%5D.Value=David%20Wyatt](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=User&f%5B0%5D.Value=David%20Wyatt)
[https://twitter.com/SnookieBjorn](https://twitter.com/SnookieBjorn)
[http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/09/04/automation-service-management-automation-getting-started-with-sma-runbooks.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/09/04/automation-service-management-automation-getting-started-with-sma-runbooks.aspx)
The Question - Hero/Power
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Jedi mind control
Resources
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[http://boxstarter.org/](http://boxstarter.org/)
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Dave’s [Error Handling draft is available](https://powershell.org/2014/02/01/error-handling-draft-available/)
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Dave blogged about [encrypting credentials with PowerShell](https://powershell.org/author/dlwyatt/)
Tip
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[Bulk comment in the ISE](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2014/01/09/using-block-comment-in-the-ise-editor.aspx)
Thursday Feb 6 is our next podcast, joining us is Jim Britt (@jimbrittphotos) from Microsoft talking about SMA. What is SMA you might ask (or at least I asked) Service Management Automation is the answer.Here is another page you might want to look at as well. Hope to see you in the chatroom at 9:30PM EST.
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Ed Wilson (The Scripting Guy) from Microsoft
Interview
Guest - Ed Wilson, The Scripting Guy
Links
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[http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/)
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[Windows PowerShell Best Practices](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145347268.do?code=WKPWERS)
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[Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145389503.do?code=WKPWERS)
**Chatroom Highlights:**
## At some point during the show can Ed made a reference to the EAC (Exchange Admin Center)? He sounds uncannily like the Turtle in Finding Nemo 🙂
## Bring on the nostalgia! http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings(v=vs.110).aspx
## (or the horror)
## throw the gang sign Ed!!!!
## Would people come to Napa if Sapian hosted a powershell saturday?
##Jon Up Next Dave Wyatt
## real-world usage question for Ed...
## do you use aliases in scripts you write for yourself?
## are there any major caveats to using DSC and/or v4.0 in general on down-level OS versions?
## I ask because some cmdlets introduced in 3.0 don't work on 2008R2
## Powershell against RT?
## What's the next book? (or did I miss that?)
## do you benefit at all from safari online usage?
for your pre-show streaming enjoyment, here's a NASA launch: [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.UuHIzmQo45I](http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.UuHIzmQo45I)
[http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Best-Practices-Wilson/dp/0735666490](http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Best-Practices-Wilson/dp/0735666490)
@jonwalz enjoying some pre-show tunes: [http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc](http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc)
[http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/powershell.do?code=WKPWERS&cmp=tw-na-books-videos-info-promo_powershell](http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/powershell.do?code=WKPWERS&cmp=tw-na-books-videos-info-promo_powershell)
[http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/recovery-manager/?loc=zTS2z&prod=zWAz&tech=zvirtz&prog=zOTprogz&type=zOTtypez&media=zOTmediaz&country=zUSz](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/recovery-manager/?loc=zTS2z&prod=zWAz&tech=zvirtz&prog=zOTprogz&type=zOTtypez&media=zOTmediaz&country=zUSz)
## Bring on the nostalgia! [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings(v=vs.110).aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings(v=vs.110).aspx)
MattHitchcock - it's a bit buggy IME, but there is this: [http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-ISE-VariableExpl-fef9ff01](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-ISE-VariableExpl-fef9ff01)
[http://www.sapien.com/software/changevue](http://www.sapien.com/software/changevue)
They also have VersionRecall [http://www.sapien.com/software/versionrecall](http://www.sapien.com/software/versionrecall)
[http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+does+the+fox+say+video&qpvt=what+does+the+fox+say+video&FORM=VDRE](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+does+the+fox+say+video&qpvt=what+does+the+fox+say+video&FORM=VDRE)
[http://scriptcop.start-automating.com/](http://scriptcop.start-automating.com/) Scriptcop
&& [http://open.spotify.com/track/0aDmudjjboRLuCaf93k2JJ](http://open.spotify.com/track/0aDmudjjboRLuCaf93k2JJ)
[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter)
[http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/512f2371-96e4-423f-8596-58578aa7db31](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/512f2371-96e4-423f-8596-58578aa7db31)
[http://www.yelp.com/biz/zeitouni-grill-charlotte#hrid:ViSQ6ZeUoBBVV_rC1KrqTg](http://www.yelp.com/biz/zeitouni-grill-charlotte#hrid:ViSQ6ZeUoBBVV_rC1KrqTg)
[http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc](http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc)
Thursday night Jan 30, 2014 our guest will be David Wyatt talking about the error handling book and so much more. David was recently named “PowerShell Hero”. Join us in the chatroom and learn more about David’s current projects.
Join us Thursday Jan 23, 2014 as our guest will be the Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, as he talks about PowerShell Saturday 007 in Charlotte (Feb 8, 2014); his new book Windows PowerShell Best Practices and who knows what else. We record live at 9:30PM EST hope to see you then.
