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Up Next: Group Policy MVP Jeremy Moskowitz!

This Thursday (at 9:30 EST) we’re pleased to have Jeremy Moskowitz (@jeremymoskowitz) on the show! Jereey is a long-time speaker, author, trainer and expert around group policy, and this week we’ll see what he has to say about PowerShell! We hope you can make it for the live chat which you can find at live.powerscripting.net.

Jeremy Moskowitz, Group Policy MVP is chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, Inc and GPanswers.com. He runs GPanswers.com, and WinLinAnswers.com, two community forums to help answer people’s tough questions about Group Policy and Windows/Linux integration. Since becoming one of the world’s first MCSEs, Jeremy has performed Windows NT, Active Directory, Group Policy, and Windows / Linux integration planning, training and implementation for some of the world’s largest organizations. Jeremy is one of only twelve Microsoft Group Policy MVPs in the world, and the only one who teaches full time. He has delivered technical presentations at some of the world’s largest conferences including REDMOND Magazine’s TechMentor, Windiws IT Pro Magazine’s Windows Connections, TechTarget’s Windows Decisions, NetPro’s Directory Experts Conference, and IIR Sweden’s Enterprise Server Summit. He is the noted author of seven books on Windows. His smash hit is entitled Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror for Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows XP is on desks of administrators around the world and has been updated several times. His hands-on, intensive group policy training has been attended by many of the world’s leading companies. Jeremy is a frequent contributor to TechNet Magazine, REDMOND Magazine and Windows IT Pro Magazine and has additionally written for BackOffice Magazine, Windows PRO Magazine, Online Training Magazine, PC Magazine, Element-K Professional Journals, BYTE.COM and was a columnist for ENT Magazine. Jeremy is a featured expert on the Microsoft Windows XP Expert Zone and is the Featured Group Policy Expert for TechTarget.com.

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Episode 219 – Alan Renouf from VMware on PowerCLI

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Alan Renouf about PowerCLI **

News





- 
  The Scripting Games are [coming in April](https://powershell.org/games/)


- 
  [UAE PowerShell User"™s group](http://powershellgroup.org/UAE)


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  [Mississippi PowerShell User group](http://powershellgroup.org/mississippi)


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  [March Madness in Rochester](http://powershellgroup.org/Rochester.NY/2013-03-14)


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  [PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step](http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-3-0-Step/dp/0735663394/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363228540&sr=1-1&keywords=ed+wilson+powershell) is out now







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Interview





Guests - Alan Renouf


Links





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    [https://twitter.com/alanrenouf](https://twitter.com/alanrenouf)





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    [PowerCLI](http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/server/vsphere/automationtools/powercli)





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    [The Get-Scripting Podcast](http://get-scripting.blogspot.com/)


The Question -





- 
  Mars mission - bring nothing, enjoy Parkour in zero gravity

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Episode 218 – PowerShell jokes and SQL talk with the MidnightDBAs

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Sean and Jen McCown, the MidnightDBA duo!****  


News





- 
  [PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2 is out](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2013/02/12/powercli-5-1-release-2-is-released/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PowershellMagazine+%28PowerShell+Magazine%29)


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  MVP Jeff Hicks will be speaking at [SQL Saturday in Omaha, NE on April 6th](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/02/powershell-in-the-big-o/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JeffsScriptingBlogAndMore+%28The+Lonely+Administrator%29#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powershell-in-the-big-o)


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  MVP Jeff Hicks has posted his upcoming [speaking schedule](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/02/on-the-road/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JeffsScriptingBlogAndMore+%28The+Lonely+Administrator%29#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-road)


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  The Atlanta PowerShell user group will be [meeting on March 12th](http://atlpug201303-eac2.eventbrite.com/)







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Interview





Guests - Sean and Jen McCown


Links





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    Website: [MidnightDBA.com](http://midnightdba.com/)





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    Blog post: [Why is adopting PowerShell so hard](http://www.midnightdba.com/DBARant/?p=891) (for DBAs)?


The Question -





Sean superhero - tactile osmosis





Jen superhero - Firestar


Resources





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    [T-SQL Tuesday #39 is a PowerShell grab bag](http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne/archive/2013/02/t-sql-tuesday-39-wrapup/)





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    MVP Joel Bennett teaches how to get help for [modules you don"™t have installed](http://huddledmasses.org/get-help-for-modules-you-dont-have-installed/)









**The Scripting Guy shows us how to [easily find out how long a process has been running](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/02/27/powertip-use-powershell-to-easily-find-how-long-a-process-runs.aspx)**

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Episode 217 – The Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about his new PowerShell books

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Ed Wilson about his new PowerShell books****  


Interview





Guest - Ed Wilson (The Scripting Guy)


Links





 **





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    [PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step](http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-3-0-Step/dp/0735663394/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361498762&sr=1-3&keywords=ed+wilson)





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    [Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps](http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-3-0-First-Steps/dp/0735676151/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361498843&sr=1-1&keywords=ed+wilson+first+steps)









** **


The Question -





**favorite book - [Snow Crash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowcrash), [The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing](http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Companion-Crime-Mystery-Writing/dp/0195072391)**

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Up Next: Sean & Jen McCown – the MidnightDBA duo!

This Thursday night please join us as we chat with Sean and Jen McCown from MidnightDBA.com (and @MidnightDBA on Twitter)! Both Sean and Jen have long careers working with Microsoft SQL Server and they both have been awarded MVP for their efforts! We’re happy to be slumming with the T-SQL community once again. 🙂

You can read up on the pair’s history at MidnightDBA.com.

Join us in the chatroom or just listen in on Thursday Feb 21, 2013 at 9:30PM EST here.

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Episode 216 – Jake Robinson and Damian Karlson talk PowerCLI

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Jake Robinson and Damian Karlson about PowerCLI!**


News





- 
  The Arizona PowerShell user group is [meeting March 6th](http://www.azposh.com/2013/02/dont-forget-to-join-us-wed-2613-330pm/)


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  The Philadelphia PowerShell user group is [meeting March 7th](http://powershellgroup.org/philadelphia.pa/2013-03-07)


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  [SQLSaturday#220](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/220/eventhome.aspx) in Atlanta May 18th will have a PowerShell track


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  The [Events](https://powershell.org/events/) page over at PowerShell.org is a great tool


Interview





Guests - Jake Robinson and Damian Karlson


Links





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    [http://damiankarlson.com/2012/11/15/aws-glacier-sns-powershell-cmdlets/](http://damiankarlson.com/2012/11/15/aws-glacier-sns-powershell-cmdlets/)





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    [http://damiankarlson.com/](http://damiankarlson.com/)





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    [http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLIforTenants/PowerCLIforTenants51/html/index.html](http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/PowerCLIforTenants/PowerCLIforTenants51/html/index.html)





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    [http://professionalvmware.com/](http://professionalvmware.com/)





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    [http://www.labguides.com/autolab/](http://www.labguides.com/autolab/)





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    [http://geekafterfive.com/](http://geekafterfive.com/)


The Question -





Jake superhero - Link from Legend of Zelda





Damian superhero - Gandalf

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Episode 215 – Lee Holmes from the PowerShell team talks about his new book

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Lee Holmes from Microsoft about his new book!**


Interview





Guests - Lee Holmes


Links





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    [Windows PowerShell Cookbook, 3rd Ed](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024132.do)





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    Selected recipes from the cookbook!








        [Supply default values for parameters](http://www.powershellcookbook.com/recipe/OzeI/supply-default-values-for-parameters)





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        [Send an email](http://www.powershellcookbook.com/recipe/yzfh/send-an-email)





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        [Interact with REST based web APIs](http://www.powershellcookbook.com/recipe/Vlhv/interact-with-rest-based-web-apis)





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        [Interactively View and Explore Objects (show-object)](http://www.powershellcookbook.com/recipe/bpqU/program-interactively-view-and-explore-objects)





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        [Manage PowerShell security in an enterprise](http://www.powershellcookbook.com/recipe/sOup/manage-powershell-security-in-an-enterprise)





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    Featured script: PowerShell + HTML5 prototype. Needs audio. Run ([source](http://www.leeholmes.com/projects/ps_html5/Invoke-PSHtml5.ps1)):








        iex (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("[http://bit.ly/e0Mw9w](http://bit.ly/e0Mw9w)")








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    Book recommendations:








        [Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches](http://www.manning.com/jones3/)





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        [The Elements of Computing Systems](http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Computing-Systems-Building-Principles/dp/0262640686)








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    Lee"™s 3D printing models:








        [PowerShell logo](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19711)





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        [Kitchen Aid ice cream paddle adapter](http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26835)








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    [Twitter: @Lee_Holmes](https://twitter.com/Lee_Holmes)


The Question -





Computer: Apple ][e





Mission to Mars: minecraft

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Episode 214 – David Davis from TrainSignal on technical training and certifications

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell.** Listen:

In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to David Davis from TrainSignal about technical training and certifications!****  


News





- 
  [PowerShell Web Access and Restricted Remoting Endpoints](http://powershellgroup.org/Rochester.NY/2013-02-07) -Thursday, February 7, 2013 -18:00 - 20:30


- 
  [Philadelphia Meeting "“ Feb 7th, 2013 "“ 6-8pm](http://powershellgroup.org/philadelphia.pa/2013-02-07) - Thursday, February 7, 2013 -18:00 - 20:00


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  [Tampa-2/11/2013-Windows Azure/PowerShell Workshop "“ IT Pro](http://powershellgroup.org/Tampa.Fl/2013-02-11) -Monday, February 11, 2013 -18:00 - 21:00


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  Microsoft has posted the [Windows PowerShell Language Specification Version 3.0](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36389)


- 
  Lee Holmes"™ new book is out! [PowerShell Cookbook V3](http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/2013/01/22/powershell-cookbook-v3-now-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powershell-cookbook-v3-now-available)


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  The PowerShell Team gives us an [update on updateable help](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/01/17/updatable-help-speaks-only-english-whats-up-with-that.aspx)







 **


Interview





Guests - David Davis


Links





** **





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    David Davis [@davidmdavis](https://twitter.com/davidmdavis)





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    [VMwareVideos.com](http://www.vmwarevideos.com/)





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    [Autolab](http://www.labguides.com/autolab/)


The Question -





Superhero: Batman


Resources





** **





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    [Find Exoplanets with PowerShell](http://www.powershell.nu/2013/01/23/nasas-alien-planet-archive-using-powershell/)





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    [Build a Hyper-V test lab with Windows 8](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2013/01/building-hyper-v-test-lab-on-windows-8.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)





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    [Block and Unblock keyboard and mouse input](http://www.powershell.nu/2012/10/08/block-and-unblock-keyboard-mouse-input-using-powershell/) with PowerShell





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    [Using PowerShell to Manage SharePoint 2013 Online](http://blog.falchionconsulting.com/index.php/2013/01/using-powershell-to-manage-sharepoint-2013-online/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AutomatingSharePoint+%28SharePoint+Automation%29)





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    [31 Days of Windows Servers in Azure blog series](http://blogs.technet.com/b/bobh/archive/2013/01/02/31-days-of-windows-servers-vms-in-the-cloud-series-for-the-it-pro.aspx)

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