PowerScripting Podcast

In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Matthew Giles from Connect-SMART News   Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You’ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. Don’t wait – visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.   PowerShell Master Class in Stockholm March 9th-11th Hal's PowerCLI video project will be shipping soon New Codeplex project: PSCodePlex (blog post) PowerShell localized online help is available Banglaore + PowerShell = BangaloreITPro user group. Two day Tech Days conference is Feb 13th, 14th     Interview This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Links ConnectSmart http://www.conn ect-smart.com/ Hero/Power - Yoda Resources Don Jones has a video about pipeline parameter binding  Troubleshooting PowerShell remoting Working with recovery points in Data Protection Manager Get the users that have logged on to a computer with PowerShell Who's logged into which VM? Retrieve .NET versions installed on remote systems Getting last logon times with PowerShell Here's a great blog series on PS v2 remoting: part 1, part 2, part 3 (and there's more!) VMware has put up a blog post with  five PowerCLI tutorial videos Tips Our tips are brought to you today by ServerFault and StackOverflow, the best place to find answers to your toughest questions! Changing the Execution Policy Without Admin Rights You can dot-source more than scripts Get-Random tips from Hal  

Tonight we talk to Quest Software about Mobileshell and PowerGUI Pro and share your tips! News   Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You’ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. Don’t wait – visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.   SAPIEN just announced that the PowerShell 2.0: TFM ebook is ready for download Global SharePoint User Group is coming soon! PowerShell Community Extensions 2.0 is in beta! VMware has launched their Script-O-Mania contest. Top prize is $2500! Interview This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Links http://powergui.org questions MarcoShaw: ##Quest: Any plans to use the new PowerShell features in SharePoint2010? Jaykul: ## Why doesn't PowerGUI "extend" Modules, instead of having a proprietary format? Jaykul: ## Does MobileShell run all teh commands on my webserver, by default? aleksandar: ## i would like to hear about mobileshell from the security point of view ChadMiller: ##Internally is Quest looking to build managment tools based on Powershell. As example something like Capacity Manager could have been built on Powershell and GUI hosts Powershell Jaykul: ## Is there any plan or possibility to have the webserver use MS-PSRP (PowerShell Remoting Protocol) to have the actual shell run ... well, somewhere that isn't my webserver? aleksandar: ## is mobileshell supported in browsers other than IE? aleksandar: ## how many concurrent sessions does the mobileshell support? glnsize: ## is is also exposed as a web service?  The use case would be *nix host's that would benefit from a posh proxy.  aleksandar: ## can i have a transcript of a session in mobileshell or any kind of a log of typed commands? Hero/Power - Silver Surfer   Tips Our tips are brought to you today by ServerFault and StackOverflow, the best place to find answers to your toughest questions! From David Moravec  Use Get-Help! It looks strange but there is a lot of things you can learn from help. Really! -WhatIf is your best friend. Add Get-Member to your daily portfolio. It will show you another dimension. Tobias shows us how to edit the remoting permissions with Set-PSSessionConfiguration Copy con for PowerShell From Pepa Stefan Useful oneliners http://stackoverflow.com/questions/61528 7/useful-powershell-one-liners What to have in my posh profile http://stackoverflow.com/questions/138144/ whats-in-your-powershell-profile-ps1file Windows PowerShell Tips http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee 692948.aspx Passing parameters to script in a hashtable  (see the answer) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2057631 /must-powershell-scripts-be-called-using-only-a-single- line and once again splatting http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive /2009/01/02/how-and-why-to-use-splatting-passing-switch -parameters.aspx Some list of Posh tips http://concentratedtech.com/item/view/id/27/t itle/21_PowerShell_Tips Some tips for developers http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6229 02/powershell-tips-tricks-for-developers/623284 From James Brundage         1.       Add inline help - even you will forget what some of your scripts do         2.       Alway s output objects, so you can use the full joy of PowerShell         3.       Split your scripts up into many functions: The bigger the script, the harder to understand.         4.       Alway s write functions, not parameterized scripts.  No one likes jumping around the file system.         5.       Even if you know the command line, give .NET a try.  The .NET framework is your friend.   Shay posted a couple of one-liners to get WinRM port numbers From Aleksandar Nikolik How to swap two (small) text files? Same as variables: ${c:file1.txt},${c:file2.txt} = ${c:file2.txt},${c:file1.txt} Works even in V1. ;)        

In this episode we talk to Shannon Ma about configuration management News  Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You’ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. Don’t wait – visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.   Jonathan Medd posted the Jan/Feb dates for the UK PowerShell User Group SAPIEN will soon be releasing v2 of iPowerShell to the iPhone app store Dmitry posted a video of MobileShell Buy PowerGadgets by Jan 31st for $49 and 100% of proceeds go to help Haiti   Interview This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Links NetPoint http://www.neutex.n et/ NetPoint PowerGUI PowerPack: http://powergui.org/entry.jspa?external ID=2582&categoryID=296 Blog: http://shannon.ne utex.net/ Hero/Power - Iron Man Resources Adding/Removing members from another forest/domain to groups in AD Update Linux VMs with PowerCLI Don Jones on AD cmdlets and implicit remoting The Scripting Guy talks about PowerShell Modules Tips Our tips are brought to you today by ServerFault and StackOverflow, the best place to find answers to your toughest questions! Shay posted a couple of one-liners to get WinRM port numbers The Scripting Guy is working on his Module week with: Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Work with Windows PowerShell Module Paths?

Tonight on the we talk to Steven Murawski about PowerShellCommunity.org and debugging PowerShell News  Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.  New product MobileShell from Quest!Good news on the training frontPowerShell v.2 TFM may be available in the next few weeks   InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. LinksBlog: http://blog.usepowershell .com/http://PowerShellCommunity.orgCahoots: http:/ /cahoots.concentratedtech.com/Sync Framework: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sync/de fault.aspxSyncToyDNR show about the Sync Framework: http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx ?showNum=499The Practice of System and Network Administration, Second Edition Questions Hero/Power - Mastery of time ResourcesThe Scripting Guy shows us how to create a network diagram in Visio (article) (script)Where to start with PowerShellEric Sloof has created a VESI action to create linked clones #powerCLIHow objects are sent to and from remote sessionsTwitter unfollow with PowerShellJeff Hicks has a post on the AD PSDrive provider TipsOur tips are brought to you today by ServerFault and StackOverflow, the best place to find answers to your toughest questions!Watch out for CTRL+BREAK  Context-sensitive help on PSProviders from Jeff HicksChildproofing PowerShell  Using the Sync Framework from PowerShellScript Injection with Set-PSBreakpoint

Tonight  we talk to Premier Field Engineer Clint Huffman News  Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.  MVPs!Welcome Aleksandar NikoliÄ Script Club NewsGreater Miliwaukee @ Jan 19thNorth Texas PC UserGroup has a PowerShell SIG that is meeting Jan 16thJoel Bennett has started PowerShellGroup.orgVirtual PowerShell Group CodePlex NewsSQLPSX - new version releasedPSClass project - create new "real" classes in PowerShell without reverting to cSharp codePALPoshBoard v3 sneak preview video (with multitouch!)   InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. LinksPAL: http://pal.codeplex.com/In terview on Runas: http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?show Num=136PAL 2.0 Alpha 3: http://pal.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases .aspx?ReleaseId=36824 QuestionsStevenMurawski: ##  Will the new PAL templates be described in PowerShell or some other format?qa_warrior: ## can pal be ran as a background jobjtruman0917: ## So how  does PAL allow for Recording of results like PerfMOnMediaNMicrocode: ## Ever think about customizing output of the reports from Pal with WPk or Powerboots?AaronHoover: ##Clint, can PAL analyze historical logs as well as real time?jtruman0917: ## What about IIS Logs Hero -  ResourcesJeff Hicks helps us to think objectivelyFrom Redmond Magazine "PowerShell 2.0: Why It Matters" by Jeff Hicks10 PowerShell posts from Doug Finke and a great cartoonDmitry Sotnikov blogs about a cool download manager powerpack for PowerGUI that uses BITSJames Brundage posts a script to get the nearby computers on your network Tips21 of Don Jones's most popular PowerShell tips in a PDF docJonathan Medd has a tip about Enter-PSSessionTobias Weltner (MVP) has a tip about using the Force! (parameter)

In This EpisodeTonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Ed Wilson, the Scripting Guy  News  Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.  Jonathan Medd has a great blog series titled "One Cmdlet at a Time", he's already up to #23 Disable-ComputerRestoreEd Wilson's new book is out! Buy it at Amazon: Windows PowerShell(TM) 2.0 Best Practices (use this referral link to help out the show) InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. LinksEd was on last time over a year ago! Episode 50New book: Windows PowerShell(TM) 2.0 Best PracticesPS Hyper-V http://pshyperv.codeplex.com/Space Invaders: http://ps1.soapyfrog.com/2007/01/02/spac e-invaders/Charting: http://chadwickmiller.spaces. live.com/blog/cns!EA42395138308430!473.entryListener Trevor's blog post about using VPro from PowerShell Questionsye110wbeard: ## Ed, when you got hired by Microsoft did you jump up and down like a madman yelling "yeeha" rfoust: ## what other scripting languages do you know and how do you think powershell compares?jtruman0917-1: ## With Microsoft promising that all products after Outlook 2007 would have Powershell Support.  Why would a new automation lang even be a discussion?pcgeek86: What happened to Greg and Jean?rfoust: ## what's the coolest script you've seen and whats the coolest one you've written     Jaykul: ## So if you don't exercise best practices when you write scripts ... where do these best practices come from?[several asked if he would come to their user group] ResourcesPoshCode: Edit file in Notepad++Dmitry posted a PowerGUI Overview VideoEric Sloof posted his slides from the recent Dutch VMUG. Topic was managing VMware with vEcoshell.James Brundage's WPK series continues with and into to containersJoel Posted a PowerBoots Gadgets scriptJames Brundage posted Test-Spelling One-LinersEverybody got silly in the chatroom. So, let's channel that wild energy here with...beer cmdlets! :) Note: these are not guaranteed to actually DO anything. YMMV, BYOB!   pcgeek86: Drink-Beer -Amount Lots ScottMoss: drink-beer -refill pcgeek86: Drink-Beer -Type GermanPilsner ScottMoss: drink-beer -Type Sweetwater Bule jtruman0917-1: Drink-beer -Type DoesItReallyMatter rfoust: get-beer | giveto-rfoust jkavanagh58: drink-beer -brand Yuengling -Type Porter -qty Lots rfoust: while ($true) { get-beer }

In This EpisodeTonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Josh Jones from the CS Techcast  News  Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.  PowerWF Beta 3 dropped this month; imports PowerShell Modules & Snapins into the toolbarIt's a PowerShell Christmas!PoshBoard 2.5 is now on codeplexQuest's PowerPack Challenge winners are up InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Linkshttp://www.cstechcast.com Questions# #Josh, did you go to school for DB admin, or was it learned on the job?jtruman0917: ## Josh what are your feelings about SSRS?  Do you use it?AaronHoover: ## Josh, is most of your stuff back-end?  Any front-end design?  If so, what tools?jtruman0917: ## so for your reports do you code your own SP's and attach the report to them?AaronHoover: ## Josh, is most of your stuff back-end?  Any front-end design?  If so, what tools?jtruman0917: ## Have you ever had to support applications that implemented sql queries on the flyjtruman0917: ## is it like Group Policy Manager? SuperHero/Power - Wizardry (Warlock) ResourcesTutorial: PowerWF and PowerCLIVirtu-Al's PowerCLI quick reference guide updated for 4.0 U1 TipsPlease support our sponsor ServerFault.com, the ultimate Q&A site for system administrators!JSON in PowerShell from Jaykul and HalCreating new objects with a hashtable (v2)PoshCode helper script for even more new-object goodness: New-PSOCustomObjectUnblock a file in PowerShell

Tonight we talk to Carter Shanklin with VMware about his new product release News  Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.  Version 1.3 of the Quest ARS cmdlets has been releasedA related post from DmitryBlog highlight: Luc DekensSapien is giving away an ebook version of Power TFM V1 InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Linkshttp://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell /2009/11/powercli-40-u1-is-out.htmlhttp://blogs.vmware. com/vipowershell/2009/11/project-onyx-is-here.htmlhttp: //www.youtube.com/user/cartershanklin Questionsjtruman0 917: ## Can you import any VHD ?siebert7625: When is Onyx suppose to GA?jtruman0917: ## Will conveter ever allow for creating a vdsk file from a runnng physical machine?esiebert7625: seems liek there are cmdlets for just about everything, what isn't there cmdlets for?jasonboche: ## We could use commandlets for Lab Manager. We have 5 deployments and growing, some large. Lack of some automation in Lab Manager hurts.esiebert7625: are there any cmdlets for vshield zones or VDR?esiebert7625: how much code tweaking is needed with Onyx? will the code generated be ready to use or will it need massaging first? ResourcesDisable copy/paste in a VM (powerCLI)PDC 2009 PowerShell videos are onlineAnd slides from TechEdA PowerShell module for HTML visualization Test-PSRemoting script from Lee HolmesAndy Schneider posted a video on advanced functionsRich Siddaway shows us how to automate Excel and set cell background colorsHere's a blog post about the new features in PowerShellPlus 3.1 BetaNeat script from Jeff Hicks to grab NTFS disk quotas TipsPlease support our sponsor ServerFault.com, the ultimate Q&A site for system administrators!From StackOverflow: How to determine PowerShell versionWorking with STDERRSecurity tip on v2 remoting from the PowerShell teamAnd another on WinRM

Tonight we talk to Jeff Atwood about technical communities, ServerFault, and StackOverflow. NewsBefore you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.Don't miss the Seattle Script Club this Thursday the 19th. Watch the PowerShell team blog where the slide deck and maybe a video will be posted afterwards. Focus will be building graphs with Visifire and WPK.Project Onyx finally has a public alpha (also see Al Renouf's blog post)PowerShell V2 is supported for Exchange 2007 SP2TechMentor 2010 is now open for registration, and they have a PowerShell track.PowerShell Help 2.0 Community Edition has been released by SAPIEN InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. LinksStackOverflowServerFaultCodingHorror Questionsyour backgroundWhy come up with a new type of Q&A site?what have you learned so far?tech challengesSO vs SF (and the rest). I expect to spend quite a bit of time here, to be sure that my listeners, the majority of which are admins, understand where PowerShell questions fit, given that it _is_ a computer language.Who is Rock Hard Awesome? :) ResourcesRich Siddaway has a script that shows you how to create a scheduled task to clear your temp files using the TaskScheduler module from the PowerShellPack. Rich also has a follow-up article where he goes into more depth on the cmdlets included in the TaskScheduler module.Klaus Graefensteiner has a script for un-installing products by nameCreating word clouds with PowerShell and PowerPoint from James O'Neill TipsPlease support our sponsor ServerFault.com, the ultimate Q&A site for system administrators!MVP Joel Bennett tells how to sign PowerShell scripts automaticallyHow do I turn windows features on or off using powershell?Ed Wilson gives us a great post showing how to use web services from PowerShellSteve Murawski posted a script to pull tables out of Crystal Reportspowershell v2 remoting - How do you enable unecrypted traffic One-LinerAs documented recently on the PowerShell team blog:gp HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninsta ll\* | Select DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate, HelpLink, UninstallString | ogv 

Tonight we talk to Brandon Shell about virtualization, VDI, and his new BSonPoshPowerShell module. News Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge â and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicksâ e-book, âManaging Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,â learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. Youâll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory. Donât wait â visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools. Go grab PowerShellPlus 3.1 betaBrandon Shell's PowerShell Module goes BetaSeattle PowerShell Script Club â Thurs Nov 19thSapien Press is taking pre-orders for PowerShell 2.0: TFMCodePlex news: PSHBiztalk Interview This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Links http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070 http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bsonposhVirtual Session Indexer Questions AaronHoover: How does management with Hyper-V compare to that with VMware?jeffculb: ##memory overcomit does ok in vmware... vCPU density is the killeraerodevil: ##does hyperv thin provision?glnsize: ##have you used PCoIPsepeck: ## did I miss the difference between this and the activeroles cmdlets or Microsofts R2 release?aerodevil: ##get-RebootTime. What does that provide specifically.jtruman0917: ## so would this also push toward Mobile PoSH Resources Jaykul has put out a very cool PowerShell Twitter client that uses PSJobs to refresh data in the background and Growl to make "toaster" popups.Virtu-Al PowerPack for VMwarePowerShell resources from Channel9Jonathan Medd has started a new series: PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time Tips [stackoverflow / serverfault ad] Rich Siddaway put up an example of Register-WMIEventAnd another from Rich, this one is a wrapper for Microsoft's Security EssentialsJames Brundage shows us how to use splatting and a couple of his new cmdlets to send mail in a scheduled task

Tonight we talk to Oisin Grehan about Pmodem and PowerShell Modules NewsDo you have what it takes to be the ultimate script warrior?  Find out with Questâs PowerPack Challenge.  Quest Software is sponsoring a PowerShell Scripting contest where you can test your skills and get paid.  Do you have the muscle to bring home the prize?  The winner takes home a cool $1,000 USD to spend on Amazon.com Check out the details at quest.com/challenge.The guys at Devfarm are really pumping out the tutorials on their new blog. For example:What is a WorkflowPowerWF Terminology Channel 9 has posted another one of James Brundage's WPK videos "How to Write a MultiTouch FingerPaint with WPK"Dmitry has a new video out as well, this one is about how to create a PowerGUI powerpack. InterviewThis segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies. Linkshttp://www.nivot.org/2009/11/02/Powe rShell20IntroducingThePModemFileTransferProtocol.aspx Q uestionsChadMiller: ##Any differences in way I would write a binary module in V2 vs V1 snappinPowershellJedi: ## is the green & yellow progress bar built into powershell v2 i've seen it used in other cmdletsglnsize: ## opinion on winrm and remoting in the realworld... after managing your sp farm. ResourcesJeff Hicks posts about PModem and Folder ListingsMike over at PowerShell Musings is doing a series on creating your own PowerShell Hosting AppLee Holmes blogged about an Activity Monitor he wrote in PowerShell Tips[stackoverflow / serverfault ad]A one-liner from Hal showing how to write a log message with functional context.Pipelines and ParametersServerfault.com: Return folders whcih contain one file  GotchasAn oddity in PowerShell operators WMI class win32_product isn't installed on all systems

Tonight we talk to MVP Jeremy Pavleck and Scott Moss about System Center Operations Manager with guest host Jonathan Medd. NewsDo you have what it takes to be the ultimate script warrior?  Find out with Questâs PowerPack Challenge.  Quest Software is sponsoring a PowerShell Scripting contest where you can test your skills and get paid.  Do you have the muscle to bring home the prize?  The winner takes home a cool $1,000 USD to spend on Amazon.com Check out the details at quest.com/challenge.PowerShell V2 is now out for Windows XP, Server 2003 and VistaJeffery Hicks has started consulting full time/\/\o\/\/ is leading the first PowerShell Script Club in Zurich InterviewLinkshttp://www.pavleck.netWebServiceX. netAdministrative Uses of Powershell in OpsMgr 2007 presentation Scott gave to the Atlanta SMUG group in Feb 2009.http://systemcentercentral.com/smosshttp://myitfor um.com/cs2/blogs/smoss/default.aspxSystem Center Central Virtual User GroupAtlanta SMUG web page Superheroes Jeremy Pavleck - Control timeScott Moss - Good SylarJonathan Medd - R2D2 ResourcesChad Miller posted about the Operations Management Shell http://www.pavleck.net/2009/10/powershell-2- 0-released-and-why-thats-awesome/WebServiceX.netWhat are the new cmdlets in version 2?The Scripting Guy posts about remoting in PowerShell V2PrimalPad Community Edition has been updated to support PowerShell V2Jonathan Medd's blogThe Get-Scripting Podcast Mailbag Aaron writes: "I just was on for my second live show- I've been listening to the podcasts downloaded via iTunes since about episode 40 or so. It's been fun being a part of the live podcast recently- They are a great blend of tech, tips, news, humor, music, and you both being yourselves. The lineup of guest has been great. The chatroom is entertaining as well - there is a lot going on during the show."

Tonight we talk to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover about V2 release!A Very Special Thanks to Our SponsorsSAPIEN PrimalForms 2009Idera PowerShell Plus Professional EditionTrain SignalPowerShell v2.0 3rd Ed. TFM e-book (Sponsored by Quest Software, makers of PowerGUI) NewsBrandon Shell just released a beta of his BSonPosh moduleDmitry tells us what's new in PoweGUI v1.9.5Call for Script Club in Phillyhttp://webmeeting.dimdim.com//webmeeting.dimdim.c om/portal/JoinForm.action?confKey=jtruman0917 Tues day 10/27 6:30 EST

James Brundge from the PowerShell test team talking about the Windows 7 Resource Kit PowerPack

We talk to developer Sergei Antonov from the IIS team.