Up Next: David Davis from TrainSignal

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!

Up Next Jeffery Hicks joins us to talk about PowerShell Fundamentals

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!

Episode 119 – Adam Driscoll on PowerGUI Visual Studio Extensions

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Adam Driscoll about PowerGUI Visual Studio Extensions

News

Execute commands and scripts from anywhere including the office and remote locations, as well as from a Web browser or smart phone with PowerGUI Pro from Quest Software. With the MobileShell feature, administrators can quickly run commands to troubleshoot problems or make changes, even when away from your desk! This gives teams more flexibility to work remotely while traveling, and to leverage admins from other offices in case of an emergency.

·         Execute queries remotely to determine if services or processes are running

·         Restart services, processes, or entire servers

·         Check mailbox settings

·         Unlock user accounts

·         Reset passwords

·         Run custom scripts

Visit quest.com/powerguipro and see why PowerShell and Quest PowerGUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.

• VMware just released vSphere 4.1, and with it, a new version of PowerCLI!
  • blog post
  • new vDS features
• Listener @sqlVariant just had his talk accepted to the SQL PASS summit! Title is: The Dirty Dozen: PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA
• Just released: VMware vSphere Pro Series 2 featuring PowerCLI goodies from Hal!
• User group news:
  • SQLSaturday #49 will be held Oct 16, 2010 at Seminole State College.
• Sapien will be giving a sneek peek of Visual PowerShell 2011 at SQLSaturday in S. Florida July 31st.
• Intel has released a vPro PowerShell Module
• PowerTab is back from the dead! They could use your help with testing and translations!
• Quest has just released a new version of the VMware PowerPack which now supports Visio 2010

Interview

This segment is brought to you by ConcentratedTech.com.

Links:

• Adam’s blog: http://www.csharpening.net/
• vWorkspace: http://www.vworkspace.com/
• PowerGUI Visual Studio Extension

Questions:

Superhero: Batman

Resources

This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies.

• Quest has released version 1.4 of their AD Cmdlets
• LucD talks about the New-VIProperty cmdlet in PowerCLI 4.1
• Don Jones’s 18.8 minute PowerShell Crash Course
• A PowerShell Cookbook from John Cook
• Martin Zugec’s PowerShell-enabled business card
• Need #poshhelp?

Tips

This segment is brought to you by Serverfault.com!

• Use PowerShell to get the Windows Experience Index
• StackOverflow: How do I pass string parameters correctly?

Gotcha

PowerCLI 4.1 has introduced a big change to the namespace of its .NET types. Listen to the show as we elaborate on the impact of this change to your scripts. You can also read more about this on Poshoholic and the VI PowerShell blog.