Episode 44 – Tobias Weltner gives an inside look at PowerShell Plus

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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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.

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*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](http://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.

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    [Hal is an MVP!!!](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/mvp-award-renewed/)


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    PowerShellPlus v2 is out of beta and on the shelves.  Also, PowerShell Analyzer is now [100% free](http://karlprosser.com/coder/2008/10/02/powershell-analyzer-now-100-free/)


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    Sapien's PowerShell Boot Camp is [coming to Dallas in February](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2008/10/02/powershell-boot-camp-coming-to-dallas/)


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StackOverflow ](http://stackoverflow.com/) by  Joel Spolsky  &  Jeff Atwood

Coming up on the Podcast

Episode 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:

1. A Thousand Things 1% Better
2. What’s most important for a posh newbie to learn?
3. Script vs. Shell
4. Coolest use of PowerShell that you’ve seen–and what’s to come.
5. What third-party software is missing?
6. Is PowerShell useful for ?
7. e.g. cloud computing

And of course each episode will have our usual complement of news, tips, and resources.

Episode 43 – Brandon Shell is back to talk AD

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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!

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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](http://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.) 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.      

Free Book Contest Ends Thursday

We"™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 and two people will win the random drawing!

Here"™s some of the books you can choose:

Submit Your Active Directory & Citrix Questions!

Episode 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](mailto:feedback@powerscripting.net?subject=Questions for Episode 43)

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

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Episode 42 – with Greg Shields

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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!

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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.  

Up Next: Don Jones & Greg Shields!

We"™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!)

Episode 41 – Jeff Hicks "I am Ironman"

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Today on the PowerScripting Podcast we are interviewing Jeffrey Hicks from SAPIEN Technologies.

We’ve also got news, resources, and tips!

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The news is brought to you today by iTripoli

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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.

Submit Your Active Directory Questions Now!

We will be having Jeffrey Hicks on the podcast for Episode 41. It would be great to have some questions from the field to ask regarding his latest book, Managing Active Directory with Powershell. So please submit questions to us either by sending email to , or leaving comments on this post. Also don"™t forget you can attend the interview live on our Ustream channel this Thursday night.

Everyone who submits a question is entered into a drawing to win a prize. I don"™t know what it will be yet, I"™m thinking a gift certificate of some kind because I"™m running low on sponsor swag. 🙂

Episode 40 – Poshboard part duex

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Today on the PowerScripting Podcast we have an awesome roundtable discussion with guests Jeffrey Snover, Keith Hill, Oisin Grehan, and Joel Bennett. We’ve also got news, tips, and some contest winners to announce.

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The news is brought to you by Idera

" * *What"™s better than getting the new version of PowerShellPlus for $79? …… Getting it for FREE! … 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 *