Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, joins us to talk about some upcoming events for PowerShell. Next is PowerShell Saturday in Columbus OH on March 10th. Followed by IPUGD on March 19th and the
2012 Scripting Games from April 2-13, 2012. Please join us Thursday February 16th at 9:30 pm EDT at our new and permanent live chat location live.powerscripting.net! And Hal won"™t be there so it will be the Jon and Ed show"¦"¦
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March 19th is the [International PowerShell User Group Day](http://ipugd.org/)
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Adam Driscoll is writing [Microsoft Windows PowerShell 3.0 Firstlook](http://csharpening.net/?p=897) which should be out in May
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[Sarasota has its first IT Pro Camp Feb 18th](http://itprocamp.com/sarasota/) with several PowerShell sessions!
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[Techstravaganza](http://techstravaganza.wordpress.com/) is coming March 30th
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James Brundage will present at the [Atlanta PowerShell User Group on Feb 21st ](http://powershellgroup.org/content/atlanta-powershell-user-group-february-meeting)
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The Rochester PowerShell usergroup is also [meeting on Feb 21st ](http://powershellgroup.org/Rochester.NY/February2012)
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The UK PowerShell group [meets on Feb 28th](http://powershellgroup.org/content/february-meeting-uk-powershell-group-sql-server-and-powershell)
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[Mark Minasi"™s 6th annual conference is coming](http://minasiconference.wordpress.com/minasi-2012-timetable/) week of April 29th and will be featuring Ed Wilson and Don Jones
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The 2012 Scripting Games [have been announced!](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/01/30/scripting-guys-announce-the-2012-powershell-scripting-games.aspx)
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[PowerShell Saturday is happening!](http://powershellgroup.org/content/powershell-saturday)
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It"™s time for another [PowerShell Deep Dive](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/01/27/it-s-time-for-another-powershell-deep-dive.aspx)
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[New PowerShell user group is starting up in Boston, MA](http://powershellgroup.org/boston.ma)
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The [SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour](http://specialops.sqlpass.org/#fbid=1HZqTDNh6DA) kicks off in Atlanta March 5th
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Jan Egil Ring posted his PowerShell [sessions from the NIC conference](http://blog.powershell.no/2012/01/22/demos-slides-and-videos-from-nordic-infrastructure-conference-2012-sessions/)
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PowerShell PowerCamp
[Helsinki March 10-11](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2012/02/windows-powershell-powercamphelsinki.html)
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[London April 21-22](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2012/01/powershell-powercamp-weekendlondonapril.html)
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The PowerScripting Podcast will be at [SQLSaturday #111](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/111/eventhome.aspx) in Atlanta on Apr 14th!
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[New version of the Cisco UCSPowerTool v 0.9.6 recently shipped](http://www.vtesseract.com/post/16935246673/ucspowertool-new-build-0-9-6-0-released) and it has 1400 cmdlets!
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Also new from NetApp: [Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit v 1.7 was just released](https://communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/msenviro/blog/2012/02/02/data-ontap-powershell-toolkit-17-released-962-cmdlets) (962 cmdlets)
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Columbus, OH gets the world"™s first PowerShell Saturday event! Block out March 10th on your calendar. Details [will be announced here soon](http://powershellgroup.org/central.oh)!
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Version 2.7 of PowerWF and PowerSE [are now available](http://poshoholic.com/2012/01/24/powerwf-and-powerse-2-7-are-now-available/)
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Version 1.1 of the [iLO PowerShell Library is out](http://practicaladmin.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/ilo-powershell-library-1-1-update/)
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Matt Graeber (@mattifestation), an aspiring security researcher, Â joins us to talk about PowerSyringe. PowerSyringe is PowerShell-Based Code/DLL Injection Utility. Please join us Thursday January 26th at 9:30 pm EDT at our new and permanent live chat location live.powerscripting.net!
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**Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Greg Shields about what to expect in 2012 in the IT Industry
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Don Jones is [looking for a few good learners](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/donjones/archive/2012/01/16/looking-for-a-few-good-learners.aspx)
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[Welcome PowerShellGroup Sweden!](http://powershellgroup.org/sweden)
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[PowerCLI Android and iOS Apps](http://www.virtu-al.net/2012/01/19/powercli-android-app/)
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[http://ipugd.org/](http://ipugd.org/) coming on March 19th!
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The Scripting Wife [blogged about it too](http://scriptingwife.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/international-powershell-user-group-day-march-19-2012/)
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Idera has a new PowerShell webcast coming up Jan 26th: [Tobias Weltner - "PowerShell Essentials - Become a PowerShell Wiz, Too!"](http://www.idera.com/Education/PowerShell-Webcasts/?s=sm_twitter_pswc)
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[UK PowerShell Group"“January 2012 - PowerShell v3](http://powershellgroup.org/content/uk-powershell-group%E2%80%93january-2012-powershell-v3) -Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -19:30 - 20:30
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[Live Lunch Meeting with Jeff Hicks](http://powershellgroup.org/virtual/2-12) -Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
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Greg Shields from Concentrated Technology joins us to talk about current and future technology, as well as what part he sees PowerShell playing in 2012. Please join us Thursday January 19th at 9:30 pm EDT at our new and permanent live chat location live.powerscripting.net! Here’s more about Greg from his bio page: **Greg Shields **is an independent author, speaker, and IT consultant, as well as a Partner and Principal Technologist with Concentrated Technology. With 15 years in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft OS, remote application, systems management, and virtualization technologies. Greg is a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft “Most Valuable Professional” award with a specialization in Remote Desktop Services as well as VMware’s vExpert award for his contributions to the virtualization community at large.
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MVP Jonathan Noble will be presenting[ "What's New in PowerShell v3" January 18th](http://www.jonoble.com/blog/2012/1/6/powershell-v3-at-nebytes-2nd-birthday.html)
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SQL Saturday #111 comes to Atlanta, and the [PowerScripting Podcast is going to be there](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=111&sessionid=6880)!
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Joel Bennett posted about the[ DLR and PowerShell v3](http://huddledmasses.org/powershell-3-finally-on-the-dlr/)
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Code golf contest is on from PowershellMag! Your task: [Find an unused drive letter with PowerShell](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2012/01/12/find-an-unused-drive-letter/)
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Trevor Sullivan has[ updated the PowerEvents Module](http://trevorsullivan.net/2012/01/11/powershell-powerevents-module-update-to-0-3-alpha/)
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Boe Prox has[ released PoshWSUS 2.0](http://learn-powershell.net/2011/12/30/poshwsus-2-0-released/)
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Congrats to MCC Rich Prescott for hitting 10,000 downloads on the Technet Script Gallery. He"™s done a [guest blog post ](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/01/06/powershell-community-and-the-windows-system-administration-tool.aspx)and was [interviewed recently](http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2012/01/09/interview-with-a-wiki-ninja-rich-prescott-mcc-powershell-amp-windows-engineering.aspx) on microsoft.com
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Don Jones [announces that the Windows Server GUI is coming to an end](http://redmondmag.com/blogs/it-decision-maker/2012/01/the-gui-on-the-way-out.aspx)!
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Alan Renouf is back with us again, and this time he’s bringing a friend along from VMware to talk with us about how vCenter Orchestrator uses PowerShell. Have a look at the vCenter Orchestrator blog to see what they are up to, and especially check out the post titled vCO PowerShell plug-in. Here’s a screenshot example: We’ll be covering this TONIGHT at 9:30pm EST at our usual live stream: live.powerscripting.net!
Greg Shields **is an independent author, speaker, and IT consultant, as well as a Partner and Principal Technologist with Concentrated Technology. With 15 years in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft OS, remote application, systems management, and virtualization technologies.