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April 24, 2014 • 2 min read

Episode 267 – PowerScripting Podcast – Alan Renouf from VMware on PowerCLI

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Alan Renouf from VMware News [Iron Scripter Tournament](https://powershell.org/2014/04/22/iron-scripter-tournament-at-powershell-summit-north-america-2014/) at the PowerShell Summit Cisco UCS [Scripting Contest Update](http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/ciscoscripts-update-1/) [PhillyPoSH is meeting 5/1](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/phillyposh-may-1st-2014-tickets-11395392927?aff=es2&rank=1&sid=3b067128cadc11e3ae31123139104db1) The Singapore PowerShell User group is having a [PowerBreakfast on 5/3](http://www.eventbrite.sg/e/powerbreakfast-sg-01-tickets-10142282841?aff=es2&rank=2&sid=3b067128cadc11e3ae31123139104db1) [http://norcalposh.org](http://norcalposh.org) meeting 5/6 The [Chicago PowerShell User Group](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-powershell-user-group-kick-off-meeting-tickets-11253558697?aff=es2&rank=9) is meeting May 8th Interview Guest - Alan Renouf Links [PowerCLI Community](https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/automationtools/powercli) [PowerCLI Blog](https://blogs.

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April 16, 2014 • 2 min read

Episode 266 – PowerScripting Podcast – Matt Wrock from Microsoft on BoxStarter

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Matt Wrock about BoxStarter News The [Chicago PowerShell User Group](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-powershell-user-group-kick-off-meeting-tickets-11253558697?aff=es2&rank=9) is meeting May 8th Interview Guest - Matt Wrock Links [http://boxstarter.org/](http://boxstarter.org/) [http://chocolatey.org/](http://chocolatey.org/) [Nuget Package Explorer](http://npe.codeplex.com/) [http://www.myget.org/](http://www.myget.org/) [ProGet](http://inedo.com/proget/overview) [Matt interviewed on Runas Radio #355](http://runasradio.com/?nomobile=1&ShowNum=355) [Getting started with Boxstarter](http://boxstarter.org/WebLauncher) [http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/astley](http://boxstarter.org/package/nr/astley) Chatroom Highlights: [22:43:30] FWIW, my 2c: I think a “moderated” feed (where you just trust the core chocolatey team to review packages, instead of trusting all the authors) is the answer to “trust” – the idea being the core team says that yes, this module just downloads and installs “the real product” that it claims to.

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April 9, 2014 • 2 min read

Episode 265 – PowerScripting Podcast – Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell Team on DSC

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Narayanan Lakshmanan from the PowerShell team about DSC News [https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/) The [PowerShell Portland User Group](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-portland-user-group-poshpug-tickets-7869547027?aff=es2&rank=5) is meeting April 15th The [Greater Milwaukee Script Club](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-milwaukee-script-club-tickets-509330421?aff=es2&rank=6) is meeting on April 15th The [Tampa PowerShell User Group](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tampa-powershell-user-group-tickets-1634714475?aff=es2&rank=7) is meeting on April 17th Interview Guest - Narayanan Lakshmanan Links [WMF5 Preview](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx) DSC Resource Kit [Wave 1](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/12/26/holiday-gift-desired-state-configuration-dsc-resource-kit-wave-1.aspx) - [Wave 2](http://blogs.

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April 7, 2014 • 1 min read

Episode 264 – PowerScripting Podcast – Eric Williams and Jeff Foster on the Cisco UCS PowerTool

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Eric Williams and Jeff Foster about the Cisco UCS PowerTool News The [Windows Management Framework V5 Preview](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx) is out! You still have until April 14th to register for the [PowerShell Summit](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-north-america/) [Chicago PowerShell User Group](http://chitownpug.wordpress.com/) [https://twitter.com/pcgeek86/status/451828082694172672](https://twitter.com/pcgeek86/status/451828082694172672) Interview Guest - Eric Williams and Jeff Foster Links [UCS Communities](https://communities.cisco.com/ucs) [UCS Scripting Contest](https://communities.cisco.com/ucsscripting) From the chatroom:

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April 2, 2014 • 2 min read

Episode 263 – PowerScripting Podcast – Bala Narasimhan from PernixData on FVP and PowerShell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Bala Narasimhan from PernixData about FVP News New MVPs! [Teresa Wilson](http://scriptingwife.wordpress.com/) @ScriptingWife - [Jakub Jareš](http://jakubjares.com/) @nohwnd - [Trever Sullivan](http://trevorsullivan.net/) @pcgeek86 - [Dave Wyatt](http://davewyatt.wordpress.com/) @MSH_Dave - @guitarrapc_tech [http://tech.guitarrapc.com/](http://tech.guitarrapc.com/) [http://powershellgroup.org/node/429](http://powershellgroup.org/node/429) The PowerShell team as dropped [DSC Resource Kit Wave 3](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/03/28/dsc-resource-kit-wave-3.aspx)! [Charlotte PowerShell User’s group](https://powershell.org/event/charlotte-powershell-users-group-2/2014-04-03/) meets April 3rd [PhillyPoSH](https://powershell.org/event/phillyposh-april-3rd-2014/) meets April 3rd The [Virtual PowerShell User Group](https://powershell.

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March 23, 2014 • 2 min read

Episode 262 – PowerScripting Podcast – Scott Muc on Testing with Pester

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Scott Muc about Pester News - [https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/) - Alan Renouf will be presenting at the [Norcal PowerShell user group](http://norcalposh.org) on 4/1 Interview Guest - Scott Muc Links - Pester on Github: [https://github.com/pester/Pester#pester](https://github.com/pester/Pester#pester) - [https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries) - [http://scottmuc.com/blog/development/powershell-bdd-testing-pester-screencast/](http://scottmuc.com/blog/development/powershell-bdd-testing-pester-screencast/) - [http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/03/12/get-started-with-pester-powershell-unit-testing-framework/](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/03/12/get-started-with-pester-powershell-unit-testing-framework/) - [http://twitter.com/ScottMuc](http://twitter.com/ScottMuc) - [http://scottmuc.com](http://scottmuc.com) Chatroom Highlights: [22:49:25] I did one and it was hard ## When will it get a psd1?

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March 18, 2014 • 1 min read

Episode 261 – PowerScripting Podcast – Nick Howell from NetApp on the Software Defined Datacenter

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Nick Howell from NetApp about the software designed datacenter. News - [https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/) - The Portland PowerShell user group is [meeting on March 18th](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-portland-user-group-poshpug-tickets-7869547027?aff=es2&rank=5&sid=c212fac7a88b11e39b4112313b002034) - The Chicago Windows User Group is [meeting on March 20th](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-windows-user-group-cwug-march-meeting-tickets-10841935521?aff=es2&rank=9&sid=31fc59e8a88c11e3aa0c12313b002034) talking about PowerShell Workflow - March 21st is The [New York City Techstravaganza](http://www.techstravaganza.com/) Interview Guests - Nick Howell from Netapp Links - [https://communities.

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March 2, 2014 • 2 min read

Episode 260 – PowerScripting Podcast – MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick on The Scripting Games and More

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick Interview Guests - Don Jones, Jason Helmick Links - [https://powershell.org/](https://powershell.org/) - Learn more about the [PowerShell Summit](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/) - [Lean IIS in a Month of Lunches](http://www.manning.com/helmick/) **Chatroom Highlights:** ## How many teams total? ## @ Jason - How cool was it making that MVA JumpStart videos with jsnover?

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February 26, 2014 • 1 min read

Episode 259 – PowerScripting Podcast – Jeff Galloway from HP

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeff Galloway from HP News - [A free ebook from The Scripting Guy](https://powershell.org/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/) - A new PowerCLI book has been published, [Learning PowerCLI](http://www.packtpub.com/learning-powercli/book) - [The Power of PowerShell](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/linkoping-the-power-of-powershell-tickets-10551384475?aff=es2&rank=1&sid=17c1b8199a4011e3a566123139104db1) February 26th 2014 in Sweden - [PowerShell Saturday India](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-saturday-india-march-2014-tickets-10615803153?aff=es2&rank=3&sid=17c1b8199a4011e3a566123139104db1) March 8th 2014 - [PowerShell magazine](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/02/19/another-important-milestone-powershell-magazine-has-published-500-posts/) has surpassed 500 posts Interview Guest - Jeff Galloway Links - [http://hp.

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February 13, 2014 • 1 min read

Episode 258 – PowerScripting Podcast – Jim Britt from Microsoft on Service Management Automation

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jim Britt from Microsoft about Service Management Automation News - Details are being posted for [PowerShell Summit Europe](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-europe/) - [DSC Resource Kit Wave 2](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/07/need-more-dsc-resources-announcing-dsc-resource-kit-wave-2.aspx) has been released - The PowerShell team has posted a [DSC Diagnostics Module](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/11/dsc-diagnostics-module-analyze-dsc-logs-instantly-now.aspx) - Don Jones is teaching a [PowerClass in April](https://powershell.org/2014/02/03/my-2014-public-powerclass-is-now-open-for-registration/) Interview Guest - Jim Britt from Microsoft about Service Management Automation Links - [Intro to SMA](http://aka.

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