We took a week off, but we are back in the saddle today with the Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, to talk about his most recent book, Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step and other things going on in the Hey Scripting Guy world. Join us in the chatroom or just listen in on Thursday Feb 21, 2013 at 9:30PM EST here.
This week, Thursday Feb 7th, we will have as our guests Damian Karlson (@sixfootdad) and Jake Robinson (@jakerobinson). Topics to cover on the show include managing VMware vCloud Director with PowerShell, plus whatever ideas YOU ALL come up with during the live show!
As always, join us live at 9:30 PM EST Thursdays at http://live.powerscripting.net!
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to David Davis from TrainSignal about technical training and certifications!****
News
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[PowerShell Web Access and Restricted Remoting Endpoints](http://powershellgroup.org/Rochester.NY/2013-02-07) -Thursday, February 7, 2013 -18:00 - 20:30
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[Philadelphia Meeting "“ Feb 7th, 2013 "“ 6-8pm](http://powershellgroup.org/philadelphia.pa/2013-02-07) - Thursday, February 7, 2013 -18:00 - 20:00
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[Tampa-2/11/2013-Windows Azure/PowerShell Workshop "“ IT Pro](http://powershellgroup.org/Tampa.Fl/2013-02-11) -Monday, February 11, 2013 -18:00 - 21:00
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Microsoft has posted the [Windows PowerShell Language Specification Version 3.0](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36389)
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Lee Holmes"™ new book is out! [PowerShell Cookbook V3](http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2013/01/22/powershell-cookbook-v3-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powershell-cookbook-v3-now-available)
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The PowerShell Team gives us an [update on updateable help](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/01/17/updatable-help-speaks-only-english-whats-up-with-that.aspx)
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Interview
Guests - David Davis
Links
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David Davis [@davidmdavis](https://twitter.com/davidmdavis)
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[VMwareVideos.com](http://www.vmwarevideos.com/)
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[Autolab](http://www.labguides.com/autolab/)
The Question -
Superhero: Batman
Resources
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[Find Exoplanets with PowerShell](http://www.powershell.nu/2013/01/23/nasas-alien-planet-archive-using-powershell/)
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[Build a Hyper-V test lab with Windows 8](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2013/01/building-hyper-v-test-lab-on-windows-8.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)
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[Block and Unblock keyboard and mouse input](http://www.powershell.nu/2012/10/08/block-and-unblock-keyboard-mouse-input-using-powershell/) with PowerShell
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[Using PowerShell to Manage SharePoint 2013 Online](http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2013/01/using-powershell-to-manage-sharepoint-2013-online/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutomatingSharePoint+%28SharePoint+Automation%29)
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[31 Days of Windows Servers in Azure blog series](http://blogs.technet.com/b/bobh/archive/2013/01/02/31-days-of-windows-servers-vms-in-the-cloud-series-for-the-it-pro.aspx)
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:
In This Episode
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Glenn Sizemore from NetApp about Enterprise storage****
News
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A [new version of PowerGUI](http://powergui.org/) has been released 3.5
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Microsoft has announced a [PowerShell V3 class](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2013/01/microsoft-powershell-v3-course-10961.html)
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PowerShell has been named one of [Infoworld"™s 2013 Technology of the Year Award](http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/80986/infoworlds-2013-technology-of-the-year-award-winners-210419#slide24) winners
Interview
Guests - Glenn Sizemore
Links
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[https://communities.netapp.com/people/sizemore](https://communities.netapp.com/people/sizemore)
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[https://communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/msenviro](https://communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/msenviro)
The Question - Mars Mission: XBox
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!
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)
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 !
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!
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/)
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**
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