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Episode 306 – PowerScripting Podcast – Rob “Barkz” Barker from Pure Storage

Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Rob “Barkz” Barker from Pure Storage Interview http://www.purestorage.com/ https://github.com/barkz/PureStoragePowerShellToolkit http://www.purestorage.com/blog/author/barkz/ http://www.purestorage.com/blog/announcing-the-new-pure-storage-powershell-sdk/ http://www.purepowershellguy.com/ Chatroom Highlights http://www.purestorage.com/blog/author/barkz/ http://www.purestorage.com/blog/announcing-the-new-pure-storage-powershell-sdk/ https://github.com/barkz/PureStoragePowerShellToolkit http://www.powershellgallery.com/ http://www.purestorage.com/blog/getting-started-with-the-pure-storage-python-toolkit/ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest(v=vs.110).aspx apropos of nothing: https://kitematic.com/ http://www.purepowershellguy.com/ «@UPLLB|halr9000» halr9000 uploaded a file: A million! https://powershell.slack.com/files/halr9000/F0842DD0R/11694774_10153405387861278_7797248343927230277_n.png «@UPSHF|herschelle42» herschelle42 uploaded a file: Snover VMWorld Session https://powershell.slack.com/files/herschelle42/F0842L5K3/pasted_image_at_2015_07_24_12_30_pm.png https://twitter.com/ferventcoder iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring(‘https://get.scoop.sh’) Hey, would anyone care about a file system provider that can handle long file paths?

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Episode 305 – PowerScripting Podcast – Josh Atwell from SolidFire

Listen: **** **In This Episode ** Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Josh Atwell from Solidfire Interview http://www.vtesseract.com/ http://www.solidfire.com/storage-system/automated-management/ https://github.com/solidfire Chatroom Highlights powershell.slack.com http://powershell.slack.com [https://powershell.slack.com/](https://powershell.slack.com/) [http://www.solidfire.com/blog/elements-of-solidfire-podcast-ep-7-hal-rottenberg-splunk-on-powershell/](http://www.solidfire.com/blog/elements-of-solidfire-podcast-ep-7-hal-rottenberg-splunk-on-powershell/) [http://www.amazon.com/Josh-Atwell/e/B00F54LL72/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1437097909&sr=8-2-ent](http://www.amazon.com/Josh-Atwell/e/B00F54LL72/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1437097909&sr=8-2-ent) [http://www.amazon.com/DevOps-VMware-Administrators-Press-Technology/dp/0133846474/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8](http://www.amazon.com/DevOps-VMware-Administrators-Press-Technology/dp/0133846474/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8) [http://vupaas.com/](http://vupaas.com/) [figured it out http://www.rolls.com/pdf/M_MS111.pdf](http://www.rolls.com/pdf/M_MS111.pdf) [http://vupaas.com/](http://vupaas.com/) [http://www.solidfire.com/storage-system/automated-management/](http://www.solidfire.com/storage-system/automated-management/) [https://github.com/solidfire](https://github.com/solidfire) joshatwell: he writes his powershell from a mac! [https://github.com/solidfire/PowerShell/blob/master/.DS_Store](https://github.com/solidfire/PowerShell/blob/master/.DS_Store) [http://www.vtesseract.com/](http://www.vtesseract.com/) [http://www.amazon.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437100859&sr=1-1&keywords=the+martian](http://www.amazon.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437100859&sr=1-1&keywords=the+martian) [http://www.thecloudcast.net/2015/06/the-cloudcast-193-andy-weir-author-of.html](http://www.thecloudcast.net/2015/06/the-cloudcast-193-andy-weir-author-of.html) another book to read: [http://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062190377/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437100957&sr=1-1&keywords=seveneves](http://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062190377/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437100957&sr=1-1&keywords=seveneves) for whenever it’s convenient… Any idea what factors helped persuade SolidFire to buy into building an official PowerShell module?

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Episode 304 – PowerScripting Podcast – Ben Armstrong from Microsoft on Windows Containers

Listen: **** **In This Episode ** Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Ben Armstrong from Microsoft about Containers **Interview** - [http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/) - [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers.aspx](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers.aspx) **Chatroom Highlights** VirtualPCGuy - https://slack.poshcode.org if you want to join the more modern side of the chat : ) [http://snag.gy/d2iJM.jpg](http://snag.gy/d2iJM.jpg) [https://powershell.org/2013/05/02/episode-226-the-virtual-pc-guy-ben-armstrong-talks-virtualization-and-powershell/](https://powershell.org/2013/05/02/episode-226-the-virtual-pc-guy-ben-armstrong-talks-virtualization-and-powershell/) [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQview) [http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2015/05/14/powershell-direct-running-powershell-inside-a-virtual-machine-from-the-hyper-v-host.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2015/05/14/powershell-direct-running-powershell-inside-a-virtual-machine-from-the-hyper-v-host.aspx) PowerShell Direct Running PowerShell inside a virtual machine from the Hyper-V host [http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2015/05/14/powershell-direct-running-powershell-inside-a-virtual-machine-from-the-hyper-v-host.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/archive/2015/05/14/powershell-direct-running-powershell-inside-a-virtual-machine-from-the-hyper-v-host.aspx) [https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedbackdetail/view/1473625/hyper-v-vm-backups-force-the-user-to-use-an-old-exe-no-powershell](https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedbackdetail/view/1473625/hyper-v-vm-backups-force-the-user-to-use-an-old-exe-no-powershell) [http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/virtualization/) [ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers.aspx](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers.aspx) [ https://imgflip.com/i/nez38](https://imgflip.com/i/nez38) **Question** - First Computer - Commodore 64 Thanks to Stephen Owen for this expertly timed meme drop!

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Episode 303 – PowerScripting Podcast – Andrew Mason from Microsoft on Nano Server

Listen: **** Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Andrew Mason from Microsoft about Nano Server Interview https://windowsserver.uservoice.com/forums/295068-nano-server http://blogs.technet.com/b/nanoserver/archive/2015/06/16/powershell-script-to-build-your-nano-server-image.aspx https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Nano-Server-Team/Remote-Server-Management-Tools-on-Nano-Server https://channel9.msdn.com/Search?term=nano#ch9Search&lang-en=en Chatroom Highlights Will Nano server be an installation option like Server Core or will it be a completely different SKU? are 3rd parties doing a better job of supporting core and nano? They have been my biggest hindrance for running it in my Enterprise Will Nano support PowerShell? is there Open Stack integration?

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Episode 302 – PowerScripting Podcast – SCOM MVP Scott Moss

Listen: **** **In This Episode ** Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Operations Manager MVP Scott Moss Interview Blog https://twitter.com/jscottmoss Best of Build and Windows 10 PowerShell: Auto Closing Alerts By Rules & Reckoning UTC Time With Day Light Savings New Post: SCOM 2012 R2 Technical Preview 2 - What’s New? Just in case Department: if you don’t want Ops Insight Alerts going to SCOM any more #AzureStack @ #MSIgnite

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Episode 301 – PowerScripting Podcast – MVP Jeff Wouters

Listen: **** **In This Episode ** Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell MVP Jeff Wouters Interview Ep 240, Jeff’s first appearance Chatroom Highlights Topic is: http://live.powerscripting.net http://slack.poshcode.org/ http://www.newsarama.com/21815-the-new-full-comic-book-superhero-movie-schedule.html http://marvel.com/universe/Mandarin%27s_Rings http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2015/04/08/microsoft-announces-nano-server-for-modern-apps-and-cloud.aspx http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/05/01/microsoft_nano_server_deep_dive/ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126167.aspx http://live.powerscripting.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=221&v=o8LkucHNt0Y (this might be the PowerShell Unplugged session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8atzeKyi1Q ) https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK4451 check out this list, it’s insane https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/DSC-Resource-Kit-All-c449312d You can also check the source - https://github.com/PowerShell/DscResources/tree/master/xDscResources http://blog.dotcom-monitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/worst.jpg http://www.itrw.net/blog/server_spaghetti_4.jpg just for contrast Even better if you color code https://www.

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Recording live with Josh Atwell tonight!

We are happy to have Josh Atwell joining us 7/16/2015 at 9:30 EST at http://live.powerscripting.net . Josh Atwell is a fellow podcaster ( vBrownBag and VUPaaS) vExpert, CiscoChampion and author and he is joining us to talk about the PowerShell work being done at SolidFire. However, as usual, we’ll talk about whatever comes up. I hope you can join us live to ask Josh questions or to just hang out and have fun.

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Episode 300 – PowerScripting Podcast – MVP Adam Driscoll and Andre Sayre from Microsoft on PoshTools

Listen: **** **In This Episode ** Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to MVP Adam Driscoll and Andre Sayre (Microsoft) about PoshTools Interview PoshTools video from pshsummit (32min) Visual Studio Tools - Community Edition Donwload PoshTools from VS Gallery PoshTools Homepage PoshTools github repo News Nano Server Visual Studio Code Pester in PowerShell PS WMF5 April Preview Chatroom Highlights http://powershell.slack.com/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/04/29/windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-april-2015-is-now-available.aspx slack.poshcode.org http://slack.poshcode.org http://live.powerscripting.net Content for the Podcast news feed: https://twitter.

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Episode 299 – PowerScripting Podcast -Warren Frame on Invoke-Parallel and PoshRSJob

Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Warren Frame Interview Warren’s blog Invoke-Parallel PoshRSJob http://ramblingcookiemonster.github.io/GitHub-For-PowerShell-Projects/#continuous-integration SQLite and PowerShell Chatroom Highlights https://github.com/proxb/PoshRSJob PowerShell Function to Create CimSessions to Remote Computers with Fallback to Dcom http://mikefrobbins.com/2014/08/28/powershell-function-to-create-cimsessions-to-remote-computers-with-fallback-to-dcom/ Targeting Down Level Clients with the Get-CimInstance PowerShell Cmdlet http://mikefrobbins.com/2012/09/20/targeting-down-level-clients-with-the-get-ciminstance-powershell-cmdlet/ AppVeyor badge on DSC modules (Pester tests) - https://github.com/PowerShell/xAdcsDeployment https://t.co/B2cQqErHM7 https://t.co/B2cQqErHM7 Is it Sergei Vorobev http://twitter.com/xvorsx ? https://www.crowdcast.io/e/vipug-2015-05 http://stevenmurawski.com/powershell/2015/4/youll-pry-the-gui-from-my-cold-dead-hands-1 StarWars trailer (whoa!

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Episode 298 – PowerScripting Podcast -Vaughn Stewart and Cody Hosterman from Pure Storage

Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Vaughn Stewart and Cody Hosterman from Pure Storage Interview http://www.purestorage.com/ https://github.com/purestorage/PowerShell-Toolkit http://www.themicrosoftdude.com/ http://www.purestorage.com/blog/quick-start-guide-for-the-pure-storage-powershell-toolkit/ http://www.purestorage.com/blog/pure-storage-powershell-toolkit-2-5-0-324/ https://twitter.com/themsftdude - Rob on Twitter http://codyhosterman.com/ - Cody’s blog **** **** Chatroom Highlights https://github.com/purestorage/PowerShell-Toolkit http://www.purestorage.com/blog/pure-storage-powershell-toolkit-2-5-0-324/ http://www.purestorage.com/blog/quick-start-guide-for-the-pure-storage-powershell-toolkit/ https://twitter.com/themsftdude https://youtu.be/1pMvzYZx2h0 Question Superhero: Vaughn - Mr. Fantastic Cody - Zack Morris (Saved By The Bell - Stop time)

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