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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.
News
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- VMware has released VMware Infrastructure Toolkit (for Windows) 1.0 Update 1 to address some performance issues that some users had encountered.
- Marco Shaw blogged about an upcoming V2 book that he co-authored – Windows PowerShell 2.0 Unleashed
- Jeff Hicks blogged that his Managing Active Directory with PowerShell book is in the last stages of editing and should be available soon
- Icomasoft has released VI PowerScripter
- Quest has announced the winners of sprint 1 of the PowerPack contest. You can read about the results on Dmitry’s blog.
Roundtable
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.
We had a great discussion with our guests Jeffrey Snover, Keith Hill, Oisin Grehan, and Joel Bennett.
Resource
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- Jeffery Snover has updated his Update-Gac script
- Dmitry blogged that Add-Member is good and Select is bad
- PowerShell Code Repository – Remove-Trash
Tips
- Determine the Windows <domain> – microsoft.public.windows.powershell
- Richard Siddaway’s Blog: Date Display
Mailbag
Stuart H. writes:
“My observation is that the show is not really about learning Powershell anymore is it? It’s more a Powershell magazine now, with the interviews and prizes and all that jazz. When was the last time you reviewed a Powershell book? Holger Switzenbergers Powershell book came out and didn’t get a mention… Not a complaint though!! I LOVE IT the way it is but I’d quite like more Powershell instructional stuff too.”
Contest
- Congratulations to Stefan D, he won a copy of PrimalScript Enterprise for guessing Alex Riedel’s country of origin (Germany).
- Congrats also to Robbie F.
This is great! I was just thinking I probably wouldn’t be able to talk my department into buying a license. Thanks, PowerScripting Podcast!
@Doug, thank Idera!