Episode 224 – Boe Prox talks about PoshWSUS and his other projects

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.
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In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Boe Prox about Windows Software Update Services and PowerShell

 

News

• http://powershell.org/wp/the-scripting-games/

• Delhi User Group has great PowerShell content on April 20th

• The Philadelphia PowerShell User Group is meeting May 2nd

Interview

Guests – Boe Prox

Links

• http://learn-powershell.net/

• Test-Port

• http://poshwsus.codeplex.com/

• http://poshchat.codeplex.com/

• http://poshpaig.codeplex.com/

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/boe+prox/

• http://learn-powershell.net/2012/05/13/using-background-runspaces-instead-of-psjobs-for-better-performance/

• http://learn-powershell.net/2012/10/14/powershell-and-wpf-writing-data-to-a-ui-from-a-different-runspace

• http://powertoe.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/http-post-with-powershell-to-json-rpc-or-how-to-control-xbmc-via-powershell/

• http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Invoke-Async-Allows-you-to-83b0c9f0

Chatroom Buzz

16[2013-04-11 21:32:07] <9mrrothhcloud__> Did you people see that powershell scrip to tweet from powershell

16[2013-04-11 21:32:14] <9mrrothhcloud__> 22http://www.bhargavs.com/index.php/2010/03/16/send-a-tweet-from-powershell/

16[2013-04-11 21:44:27] <11MikeFRobbins> Did everyone see the PowerShell Mini-game? 22http://beefycode.com/post/PowerShell-Mini-game-Equality.aspx

16[2013-04-11 21:51:50] <0halr9000> 22http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp

16[2013-04-11 21:59:33] <10MikeFRobbins_> 22http://manning.com/hicks/

16[2013-04-11 21:59:33] <12PowerSchill> 22http://powershell.org/games/

16[2013-04-11 21:59:53] <14ScriptingWife> FTR, Boe is an Honorary Scripting Guy, He was a past winner of the Scripting Games, He is a Microsoft Community Contributor and moderator for the Official Scripting Guys Forum

16[2013-04-11 22:00:05] <11_Sunny_> Boe wrote a portscanner @ one of the most used

18[2013-04-11 22:00:57] <11_Sunny_> ## Boe, did you write a daemon ?

16[2013-04-11 22:01:17] <11_Sunny_> 22http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/97119ed6-6fb2-446d-98d8-32d823867131

16[2013-04-11 22:02:47] <14ScriptingWife> 22http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/boe+prox/

16[2013-04-11 22:04:58] <10jrich523> 22http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7803.powershell-deep-dive-and-best-practice.aspx

16[2013-04-11 22:10:53] <7JimBirley> Wanted to let folks running Win7 know about a hotfix, that should be removed! 22http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2839011

18[2013-04-11 22:25:36] <12_Sunny> ## Powershell to unfold solarpanel > 22http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/powershell-goes-into-space/

16[2013-04-11 22:41:27] <12_Sunny> did you see tome’s ForEach-Parallel ?

16[2013-04-11 22:42:00] <10jrich523> yeah, i released before his 😛

16[2013-04-11 22:42:00] <12_Sunny> 22http://powertoe.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/foreach-parallel/

16[2013-04-11 22:48:02] <0halr9000> 22http://www.hanselminutes.com/330/zero-day-and-trojan-horse-an-interview-with-mark-russinovich

The Question –

• First Computer – A Gateway 450 running Windows ME