Well, we had our guests this week reschedule on us. So, we are going to try something a little different. We are going to try a “call in” show! What does that mean? You have an opportunity to get on the podcast and share your “tips for beginners.” Â You have two options if you want to be on the show. Download Skype and set it up (hopefully with a decent headset) and add “PowerScripting” as a contact. If you want your video on the stream please go ahead and test it so everyone can see your face. The second option is to email us your phone number and we’ll call you. We will start around 9:30PM EST this Thursday January 5th. If you have time please send us an email with your Skype ID or phone number, if that doesn’t work out you can let us know the night of the recording in the chat room. We hope to see you there!
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**Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeffery Hicks about managing Windows Server with PowerShell
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The PowerShell Team has [gifted us with "Getting Started with PowerShell Workflow"](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/12/22/another-holiday-gift-from-the-powershell-team-powershell-3-0-ctp2-getting-started-with-windows-powershell-workflow.aspx)
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The PowerShell ISE [Script Explorer](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2011/12/powershell-ise-script-explorerget-it.html) is finally out (sort of)
[Alternate invite code from James](https://connect.microsoft.com/site1064/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=7431&InvitationID=JB10-WFVG-87RJ)
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VMware releases a [PowerShell plugin for vCenter Orchestrator](http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/2011/12/vco-powershell-plug-in.html)
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The Arposh Windows System Administration tool 2.0 [has been released](http://blog.richprescott.com/2011/12/arposh-windows-system-administration.html)
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ATLSMUG [meets Jan 19th ](http://om2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/atlsmug-meeting-jan-19th-2012/)to talk about System Center 2012 releases
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This week our guest will be Windows PowerShell MVP Jeffery Hicks to talk about his latest training DVD from Train Signal, Windows PowerShell Fundamentals. Jeff will give us some great tips and techniques for PowerShell beginners, and we’ll get his take on PowerShell v3 as well. – Update @ 9:08AM – We forgot that Jeff has an EVEN NEWER and BETTER course out that builds on the previous one. It’s all about managing Windows Server with PowerShell and we’ll be covering it as well. But you know how our interviews go? They go how you want them to go! If you show up to the live stream and ask us questions about PowerShell fundamentals–that’s what we’ll talk about. You want to know more about using remoting in an enterprise environment? Come on by and let us know! In fact, feedback of any kind is what we thrive on. Leave comments on THIS POST letting us know what you’d like to hear. Of course, the show is not the same without YOU, so be sure to join us as we live stream!  The time is this Thursday December 22nd at 9:30 pm EST at our new and permanent live chat location live.powerscripting.net!
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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Don Jones about PowerShell v3 and Button Monkeys!
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This week our guest will be Don Jones to talk about his latest book Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches and whatever else he wants to talk about. If you’ve heard Don speak, you already know that you don’t want to miss it. If you haven’t heard Don speak, let me assure you, you don’t want to miss it. Please join us Thursday December 15th at 9:30 pm EDT at our new and permanent live chat location live.powerscripting.net! Don is one of our most popular guests so I’m sure the chat room will be a lot of fun. You may want to set a reminder on your phone so you don’t miss out!
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Randy Roffey from Silect Software about MP Studio. Stay tuned until the end to hear a bonus interview with Hal's wife!
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Try PowerShell V3 CTP2 now, [says Jeffrey Snover on Twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/jsnover/status/142820683553046528). Link roundup:
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[Download it](http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27548)
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[Table of fixes and changes from Jonathan Medd](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2011/12/powershell-v3-ctp2-now-available.html)
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[First impressions from Thomas Lee](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2011/12/powershell-30-ctp2-released-for-windows.html)
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[ISE screenshot on Jason Helmick"™s blog](http://www.jasonhelmick.com/2011/12/03/powershell-v3-ctp2-ise-wow/)
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[PowerShellMagazine.com Call for Writers and giveaway](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2011/11/29/call-for-writers-share-your-experiences-and-help-new-users/)
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[Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0 Expert Cookbook](http://www.ravichaganti.com/blog/?p=2353&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RavikanthChaganti+%28From+Ravikanth%27s+Blog%29)
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[Ravikanth is presenting a PowerShell 3.0 first look](http://www.ravichaganti.com/blog/?p=2371&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RavikanthChaganti+%28From+Ravikanth%27s+Blog%29) on December 15th
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This week our guest will be Randy Roffey from Silect Software. Among other things, we’ll talk about how their product MP Studio uses PowerShell to automate the deployment of management packs into Microsoft System Center Operations Manager. Please join us Thursday December 8th at 9:30 pm EDT at our new and permanent live chat location which is live.powerscripting.net!
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jason Helmick about learning and teaching PowerShell
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[PowerShell v3 CTP 2 is available for download](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/12/02/windows-management-framework-3-0-community-technology-preview-ctp-2-available-for-download.aspx)
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[PowerCLI survey](http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2011/11/vcloud-director-powercli-cmdlets.html)
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The first meeting of the [Charlotte PowerShell User Group](http://powershellgroup.org/charlotte.nc) is Jan 5th.
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The first meeting of the [Pittsburgh PowerShell User Group](http://powershellgroup.org/Pittsburgh.PA) is Dec 13th.
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Ed Wilson is at the [Arizona PowerShell User Group](http://powershellgroup.org/phoenix.az) Dec 7th.
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[Sean Kearney will present Dec 7th](http://powershellgroup.org/virtual/12-11) for the virtual user group Live Lunch
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The [MTUG in Norway"™s topic is Lync Management Shell](http://powershellgroup.org/Norway) Dec 15th
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Jason Helmick has over 20 years in IT as an enterprise consultant and teacher. He works with many domain specific technologies, however has a passion for PowerShell. Since its initial release, Jason has authored courseware, taught and written articles about PowerShell and its affect on the industry. Jason teaches with a “Real-world” view and is one of the founding designers of Interface’s Hard Hat course series.  The philosophy of the series is learn by solving business problems, not a step-by-step feature crawl. His favorite phrase, “You should be able to do the job on Monday”. Jason, along with Mike Pfeiffer, are the co-founders and co-leaders of one of the top PowerShell user groups known as AZPOSH."‹"‹
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