Episode 120 – Alex Riedel on PrimalScript and Visual PowerShell

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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Alex Riedel from SAPIEN about PrimalScript and Visual PowerShell!

News

This segment is brought to you by ConcentratedTech.com.

• Hal was interviewed on VIRTUMANIA 20
• CodePlex releases:
  • PowerGUI VSX 1.1, now with debugging!
  • SCSM PowerShell Cmdlets
  • PowerTab
  • PowerQuery
  • PAL!
  • Isolated Storage
  • PowerShell Script Provider
• Be sure to fill out SAPIEN’s Backup Survey
• Watch SecManiac’s blog for news from this year’s Blackhat conference
• SQL Saturday #28 at LSU is Aug 14th

Interview

This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies.

Links:

• SAPIEN 2010 Backup Survey
• PrimalScript 2011
• Visual PowerShell 2011
• Why use PowerShell to create Windows Forms applications?

Questions:

• <meson> ## Why create a brand new solution when there are so many existing solutions already?
  
• <ChadMiller> ##Does their source control integrate /w TFS, StarTeam or SVN i.e. enterprise ?
  
• <meson> ## What about WPF?
  
• <Jaykul> ## Does the source control support standard ms scc plugins or something so you can change source control systems?

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Resources

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.

• Making a Module in One Easy Lesson
• Max shows us how to build a SQL utility using Visual PowerShell 2011
• ShellHub.com from Don Jones
• Use PowerShell to send SMS messages
• PowerShell Profile Do’s and Don’ts
• SQL Server Remoting lessons:
  • Aaron: Implicit Remoting
  • Grant: PowerShell Remoting with SQL Server
• Keep track of your Admins from Ben Short

Tips

This segment is brought to you by Serverfault.com!

• A tweet from James Brundage – New-Object Collections.Generic.LinkedList[PSObject]

Gotcha

What happens when you use Get-Service to return services from a remote computer–and pipe the results to Stop-Service? Listen to the podcast to find out!