Up Next: Lee Holmes!

We are very pleasd to have Lee Holmes on the show once again! Lee, as many know, is a long-time member of the PowerShell development team at Microsoft, and the author of the PowerShell Cookbook which is now in its recently released third edition. Here’s more from his bio:

Lee Holmes is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, and has been an authoritative source of information about PowerShell since its earliest betas. His vast experience with Windows PowerShell enables him to integrate both the 'how' and the 'why' into discussions. Lee's involvement with the PowerShell and administration community (via newsgroups, mailing lists, and blogs) gives him a great deal of insight into the problems faced by all levels of administrators and PowerShell users alike.

As always, join us live at 9:30 PM EST Thursdays at live.powerscripting.net!

Episode 212 – Glenn Block from Microsoft Manages Azure with PowerShell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Glenn Block from Microsoft about managing Azure from PowerShell

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News





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    User Group news:








        Indy PowerShell User Group: new website ([indypowershell.org](http://indypowershell.org/)), and they have their first meeting coming up March 6th. Topic is Powershell v3 overview





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        Michigan - Jan 24th








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    Upcoming [PowerShell Conference in Germany](http://www.powertheshell.com/conference2013/) April 10-11

Interview





Guests - Glenn Block

Links





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    [Download the Azure PowerShell cmdlets](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/downloads/)





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    [Github site for AzurePS](https://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-sdk-tools)





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    [Send feedback to the team (github issues)](https://github.com/WindowsAzure/azure-sdk-tools/issues)





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    [Windows Azure team blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/)





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    [Glenn Block"™s blog on Codebetter.com](http://codebetter.com/glennblock/)





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    [@gblock](https://jp.twitter.com/gblock)

The Question -





Superpower: Superman





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Chatroom





alexandair1: # does Azure PowerShell team have a close collaboration with PowerShell team?





alexandair1: ## are Azure PowerShell cmdlets based on PowerShell 3.0 or 2.0?





alexandair1: ## what part of Azure services (IaaS, PaaS...) is the best covered by PowerShell cmdlets right now?





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Resources





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    [Azure blog: Automating the cloud with Windows Azure Command Line Tools](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsazure/archive/2013/01/10/automating-the-cloud-with-windows-azure-command-line-tools.aspx)





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    Magnanimous Software Net Cast - [Glenn Block on Windows Azure PowerShell CmdLets](http://msnetcast.com/0001/glenn-block-windowsazure-powershell)

Up Next: David Davis from TrainSignal

Today we are joined by Virtaulization Evangelist at TrainSignal and VMware vExpert, David Davis! He holds several certifications including VCP5, VCAP-DCA, and CCIE #9369. He has been awarded the VMware vExpert award 3 years running. Additionally, David has spoken at major conferences like VMworld and authored hundreds of articles for websites and print publications, mostly around virtualization, for respected publications like Virtualization Review and ComputerWorld.

As always, join us live at 9:30 PM EST Thursdays at http://live.powerscripting.net !

Up Next: Glenn Sizemore talks about NetApp Storage Basics

This Thursday we’re having Glenn Sizremore (@glnsize) back on the show! Glenn works at NetApp as a Technical Marketing Engineer and speaks at events like PowerShell Saturday and NetApp Insight. We’ve had Glenn on the show before to talk about their Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit, but this time, we’re going to take a step back and talk more generally about NetApp storage systems and what the company has been doing that’s interesting in Glenn’s area of expertise, which is Microsoft solutions.
As always, join us live at 9:30 PM EST Thursdays at http://live.powerscripting.net!

Episode 211 – Osama Sajid from Microsoft on CIM and WMI

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Osama Sajid from Microsoft about CIM and WMI!****  

News





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    User Group news:








        Indy PowerShell User Group: new website ([indypowershell.org](http://indypowershell.org/)), and they have their first meeting coming up March 6th. Topic is Powershell v3 overview





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        Pittsburgh - Jan 15th





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        Dallas - Jan 19th, building XAML interface for a PowerShell script





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        Michigan - Jan 24th








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    New PowerShell MVPs!








        [Adam Driscoll](http://csharpening.net/?p=1448)





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        Grzegorz  Gałęzowski








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    Dell AppAssure now has [PowerShell support](http://mikefrobbins.com/2013/01/03/dell-appassure-version-5-3-1-adds-powershell-support/)





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    MEAP available for ["PowerShell Deep Dives"](http://www.manning.com/hicks/)

Interview





Guests - Osama Sajid

Links





 **





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    [@osamasajid](https://twitter.com/osamasajid)





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    [PowerShell team blog](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/)

The Question -





Superpower: Solve world hunger





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Resources





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    [Mike Robbins writes about targeting downlevel clients with the new CIM cmdlets](http://mikefrobbins.com/2012/09/20/targeting-down-level-clients-with-the-get-ciminstance-powershell-cmdlet/)





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    Some [PowerShell predictions for 2013](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/01/01/new-year-s-powershell-predictions-for-2013.aspx) from Don Jones





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    New [PowerShell community on Google+](https://plus.google.com/communities/114336958783305019912)





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    LucD has posted an [updated Export-Xlsx function](http://www.lucd.info/2013/01/03/export-xls-the-sequel-and-ordered-data/)





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    Tome [wrote a function](https://powertoe.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/get-a-list-of-metro-apps-and-launch-them-in-windows-8-using-powershell/) to list and launch the metro apps installed on your machine





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    [Install PowerShell 3.0 on Windows Core using v2](http://vlasenko.org/2012/12/21/windows-core-install-powershell-3-0-by-using-powershell-2-0/)





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    [Using default parameter values to prevent accidents](http://powerschill.com/uncategorized/using-powershell-default-parameter-values-to-prevent-unfortunate-accidents/)

Episode 210 – Eli White makes Mayhem

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, Eli White makes Mayhem!****  

Interview





Guests - Eli White

Links





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    [Mayhem homepage](http://makemayhem.com/www/)





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    Mayhem Codeplex





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    [PowerShell Module for Mayhem](http://powershellmayhem.codeplex.com/)





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    [Phone module](http://makemayhem.com/Packages/PhoneModules)





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    [Phidgets](http://www.phidgets.com/)





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    [Eli-white.com](http://eli-white.com/)





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    Mayhem competitors








        [electric imp](http://electricimp.com/)





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        [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com/)





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        [Ninja Blocks](http://new.ninjablocks.com/)

The Question -





Superpower: Instant answer to any question**

Up Next: Osama Sajid from Microsoft talks about CIM!

Tonight, we are pleased to have with us Osama Sajid from Microsoft. For over four years, Osama has served on the PowerShell team as a Senior Program Manager responaible for increasing the managability coverage of PowerShell across the spectrum of Windows Server features. A lof of his work has focused around WMI and CIM, and that’s what he’ll be talking to us about tonight!
Don’t forget, you can join us live at live.powerscripting.net. Recording starts around 9:30 PM EST.

Episode 209 – Todd Klindt talks about SharePoint 2013

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





 Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Todd Klindt about SharePoint 2013!

**

News





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    [Windows Management Framework 3.0 Compatibility Update](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/12/20/windows-management-framework-3-0-compatibility-update.aspx)

Interview





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Guests - Todd Klindt

Links





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    [ToddKlindt.com](http://www.toddklindt.com/default.aspx)





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    [@ToddKlindt](https://twitter.com/ToddKlindt)





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    Upcoming book: [Professional SharePoint 2013 Administration](http://www.amazon.com/Professional-SharePoint-Administration-Shane-Young/dp/1118495810/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1355454235&sr=8-4&keywords=todd+klindt)









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The Question - Superhero: ??





 **  





Chatroom Buzz





spaatz965: ## why is it SharePoint powershell isn't consistent with parameters? -url -web -site -etc**

Up Next: Eli White Makes Mayhem!

Tonight on the podcast, we are talking about MAYHEM! No, it’s not a car insurance commercial, and no, it’s not anything dangerous. Mayhem is a sort of automation engine for Windows that (among very many other things), has the ability to invoke PowerShell scripts when something happens. Join us live in the chatroom tonight at 9:30 PM EST!
Here’s the blurb from the Mayhem website:

mayhem There are a lot of great applications out there. But what do you do when you need to do something, but there isn’t an app for that? Mayhem is an application that lets you connect trigger events to reactions. Unlike writing a program, you simply select an event and a reaction, and then turn on the connection. Voila! No code or app required.

Listen Now

Episode 208 – Oisin Grehan and Keith Hill talk about the PowerShell Community Extensions

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Keith Hill and Oisin Grehan about the PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX)

**

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    psexec.exe -s -i powershell_ise.exe





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    [Get-Culture](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849930.aspx)





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    [Get-UICulture](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849926.aspx)





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    about topic: [Logical Operators](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh847789.aspx)





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    if (Get-Culture -or Get-UIculture -eq "fr*"){#do stuff} this is the WRONG way





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    if (Get-Culture -eq "fr*" -or Get-UICulture -eq "fr*"){#do stuff}









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Interview





** **





Guests - Keith Hill and Oisin Grehan

Links





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    [http://www.nivot.org/blog/post/2009/08/19/PowerShell20AConfigurableAndFlexibleScriptLoggerModule](http://www.nivot.org/blog/post/2009/08/19/PowerShell20AConfigurableAndFlexibleScriptLoggerModule)

The Question -





Superpower: Keith - Superman





       Oisin (first computer) -





** **





Chatroom Buzz





mwjcomputing: ## Did you have cmdlets that overlapped with Microsoft's base?





**justpaul: ## Is the goal to get the community extentions adopted into official PS cmdlets? Or is there a bit of a post-partem depression?**