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Episode 62 – Ferdinand Rios and Jeffery Hicks from Sapien

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk with Ferdinand Rios and Jeffery Hicks from SAPIEN Technologies. News ** ** ** ** *This segment is brought to you by [SAPIEN Technologies](http://sapien.com/).* ** - [PoshCode now Twitters](http://huddledmasses.org/poshcode-now-twitters/) - ["I Love PowerShell" ](http://ye110beard.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!952F95CB5DE3F349!1610.entry)song by [ye110beard](http://friendfeed.com/ye110wbeard) - A PowerShell V2 book is on the way ["Windows PowerShell 2.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant"](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2009/03/05/upcoming-book-windows-powershell-2-0-administrator-s-pocket-consultant.aspx) - PowerShellCommunity.org is going to TechEd - Thomas Lee has a [link on his blog](http://tfl09.

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Up Next: PrimalScript 2009 with Alex & Jeff from SAPIEN

Wow, we are so used to twitter, we just said all that needed saying in under 140 characters. 🙂 On this week"™s show we will have Alex Riedel and Jeffrey Hicks from SAPIEN on to talk about PrimalScript 2009 and PrimalTools. Please join us at the usual Bat-Time of 9 Eastern (we"™re on summer time now, watch out for that) this Thursday. And lastly, we want to apologize for no show last week.

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Episode 61 – Joe Pruitt from F5 and the ABCs of PowerShell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk with developer and blogger Joe Pruitt from F5 Networks. News * This segment is brought to you by [SAPIEN Technologies](http://sapien.com/).  *  - PowerGui 1.7  has been released - Quest has  put up a survey  to help determine the direction of PowerGUI - Don Jones  has offered to review  submitted scripts

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Up Next: Joe Pruitt from F5 Networks

“I started at F5 in 1998 at about 20 employees and am now #3 in tenure mark with roughly 1700. I started out in Product Development as a Senior Software Engineer for our core BIG-IP product. I later moved into a Senior Software Architect role focusing on integration technologies. In 2001 I designed and wrote a web service stack (iControl) on our Networking gear to allow management and monitoring of the devices from SOAP enabled languages.

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Episode 60 – Scripting UI with Joel Bennett and James Brundage

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk with Joel Bennett and James Brundage about scriptable user interfaces. News  **  When it comes to scripting, you"™re a warrior. But mighty warriors need mighty tools! For awesome PowerShell scripting, nothing matches the might of Quest"™s PowerGUI. Versatile and easy to use, PowerGUI helps you build commanding scripts that leverage PowerShell"™s strength across the enterprise.

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Episode 59 – Oisin Grehan talks SharePoint

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we are joined by PowerShell MVP Oisin Grehan to talk about managing SharePoint with PowerShell. News __ __ __ _ *This segment is brought to you by Idera: ** Want to make Windows PowerShell easier than ever to learn and master? Checkout Idera’s PowerShellPlus Professional Edition which is now available for download! The new version has vastly improved code completion and a slick interactive Learning Center.

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Up Next: Oisin Grehan Talks about Sharepoint

We"™re pleased as punch to announce that Oisin Grehan, Sharepoint consultant, and PowerShell MVP, will be joining us this Thursday. Should be a great show for several reasons, not the least of which is his Irish accent. 🙂 If you have questions or topics to cover during the interview, please leave them in the comments.

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Episode 58 – PowerShell ISE panel

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we have a panel discussion to discuss the PowerShell Integrated Script Editor. And of course we'll bring you news, tips and resources. News ** *This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies* ** - Idera has released a beta for PowerShell Plus 2.1 - Marco has posted the video for the PSUG #8 meeting - Oisin

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Ask PowerScripting: Accessing Sharepoint database from Server 2008

Mark from San Jose California writes: I have a powershell script currently running on a Windows2003 server. It acts upon an Access DB (I know ““ not ideal but it is the only way I could figure out how to add / manipulate records in a Sharepoint list ( the Access DB is just link tables from SharePoint)) ““ via the following Conn String: $ConnString = “Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=$mdb” When I attempt to run in this our new Windows2008 server, I run into the following error: Exception calling “Open” with “0” argument(s): “The ‘Microsoft.

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