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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

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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:

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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

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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

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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





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    [Jakub Jareš](http://jakubjares.com/) @nohwnd





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    [Trever Sullivan](http://trevorsullivan.net/) @pcgeek86





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    [Dave Wyatt](http://davewyatt.wordpress.com/) @MSH_Dave





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    @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.org/event/virtual-powershell-user-group-1/) meets on April 3rd

Interview

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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





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    [https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/)





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    Alan Renouf will be presenting at the [Norcal PowerShell user group](http://norcalposh.org) on 4/1

Interview





Guest - Scott Muc

Links





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    Pester on Github: [https://github.com/pester/Pester#pester](https://github.com/pester/Pester#pester)





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    [https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries)





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    [http://scottmuc.com/blog/development/powershell-bdd-testing-pester-screencast/](http://scottmuc.com/blog/development/powershell-bdd-testing-pester-screencast/)





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    [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/)





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    [http://twitter.com/ScottMuc](http://twitter.com/ScottMuc)





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















Chatroom Highlights:





[22:49:25]  I did one and it was hard





 ## When will it get a psd1?





 ##Why is unit testing important for scripts?





 ##What benefits do we get from writing tests?





 ##How does TDD play into the equation?  Is that feasible with scripts?





 ##I'm curious diffs between pester and psate. I integrated both in PoshTools and see a lot of similarities.





 ## are there any youtube video tutorials for Pester





 [http://www.meetup.com/Metro-Atlanta-Splunk-Meetup-Group/events/171166432/](http://www.meetup.com/Metro-Atlanta-Splunk-Meetup-Group/events/171166432/)





 200MB free, and you can get more by, uhhhh ... sharing on facebook [http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57528605-93/netzero-subscribers-can-share-free-data-with-facebook-friends](http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57528605-93/netzero-subscribers-can-share-free-data-with-facebook-friends)





 FYI: I am *not* endorsing NetZero. You should also try http://www.freedompop.com/





 Hey halr9000: /topic #PowerScriptingPodcast [http://vaughnlive.tv/embed/video/jonwalz](http://vaughnlive.tv/embed/video/jonwalz)





* halr9000 changes topic to: http://vaughnlive.tv/embed/video/jonwalz





 [https://github.com/pester/Pester](https://github.com/pester/Pester)#pester





 [https://github.com/jonwagner/PSate/wiki/PSate-v-Pester](https://github.com/jonwagner/PSate/wiki/PSate-v-Pester)





 Dave_Wyatt: [https://github.com/jaykul/PSAINT](https://github.com/jaykul/PSAINT) 😉





 [https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/boundaries)





 [https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts)





 Another good resource is Working Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael Feathers.  Good discussion of where to create seams for testing. [http://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Feathers/dp/0131177052/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394764302&sr=1-1&keywords=working+with+legacy+code](http://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Legacy-Michael-Feathers/dp/0131177052/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394764302&sr=1-1&keywords=working+with+legacy+code)





 [http://babushka.me/](http://babushka.me/)





 Example of a resource [https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/DSC/blob/master/Resources/StackExchangeResources/DSCResources/StackExchange_Pagefile/StackExchange_Pagefile.psm1](https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/DSC/blob/master/Resources/StackExchangeResources/DSCResources/StackExchange_Pagefile/StackExchange_Pagefile.psm1)





 Example of tests for a resource [https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/DSC/blob/master/Resources/StackExchangeResources/DSCResources/StackExchange_Pagefile/StackExchange_Pagefile.Tests.ps1](https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/DSC/blob/master/Resources/StackExchangeResources/DSCResources/StackExchange_Pagefile/StackExchange_Pagefile.Tests.ps1)





 [http://scottmuc.com/powershell-pester-2-and-1-dot-2-released/](http://scottmuc.com/powershell-pester-2-and-1-dot-2-released/)





 [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://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/)





 [https://github.com/pester/Pester/graphs/contributors](https://github.com/pester/Pester/graphs/contributors)





 [http://twitter.com/ScottMuc](http://twitter.com/ScottMuc)





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





 [https://powershell.org/2014/03/13/building-desired-state-configuration-custom-resources/](https://powershell.org/2014/03/13/building-desired-state-configuration-custom-resources/)





 did you see this? [https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/ebooks/tree/master/DSC](https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/ebooks/tree/master/DSC)

The Question -





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    Hero - Gandalf

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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





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    [https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/)





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    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)





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    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





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    March 21st is The [New York City Techstravaganza](http://www.techstravaganza.com/)

Interview





Guests - Nick Howell from Netapp

Links





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    [https://communities.netapp.com/community/products_and_solutions/storage_management_software/workflow-automation](https://communities.netapp.com/community/products_and_solutions/storage_management_software/workflow-automation)





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    [http://datacenterdude.com/netapp-podcast/](http://datacenterdude.com/netapp-podcast/)









Chatroom Highlights





 ## Hi all!  Is this going to be a generic focus or is there some NetApp product?





 ### SDN is crap until there are PowerShell cmdlets!!! 🙂





 ####   What role will powershell play in the Software Defined Storage landscape?





 ##does he work in NC with Glenn?





The Question - Hero/Power





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    Superman

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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





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    [https://powershell.org/](https://powershell.org/)





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    Learn more about the [PowerShell Summit](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/)





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    [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?





 ## Watch out for the ScriptingGuys Forum





 ## The one year I had problems was one of the challenges required Hyper-V





 ## Don, where are these videos?





 I'm having to learn .NET C## at work yuk!





 ## Jason what's your favorite type of Steak?





 ##is there going to be a DSC in a month of lunches book?





 ## Why was Don underwhelmed by workflow?





 ##Will DSC be a major component of the upcoming Summit?





 ## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?





 ## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?





 ## I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there any benefit to looking into DSC if you're already running SCCM?





 ## yeah do that question jon





 ## So what do you manage with Group Policy vs DSC?





 ## So you can patch with DSC?





 ##small guys really do want more scripting options. Anything coming down the line to make small/mobile office scripting work for us.?

Fun Fact: http://www.mrfa.org/ssn.htm

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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





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    [A free ebook from The Scripting Guy](https://powershell.org/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/)





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    A new PowerCLI book has been published, [Learning PowerCLI](http://www.packtpub.com/learning-powercli/book)





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    [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





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    [PowerShell Saturday India](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powershell-saturday-india-march-2014-tickets-10615803153?aff=es2&rank=3&sid=17c1b8199a4011e3a566123139104db1) March 8th 2014





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    [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





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    [http://hp.com/go/powershell](http://hp.com/go/powershell)









Chatroom Highlights:





 ## Do you know if this just covers servers, or will there be PowerShell cmdlets for managing things like HP Thin Clients, Printers, etc?





 ## Mostly I just want to automate HP Device Manager 😉  We have something like 30 thousand HP thin clients in our stores.





 ## Will he be attending TechEd?





 [http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/003/797/I_m_on_a_Boat.jpg](http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/003/797/I_m_on_a_Boat.jpg)





 [http://hp.com/go/powershell](http://hp.com/go/powershell)

http://bit.ly/1c4grSV Press the listen button

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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





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    Details are being posted for [PowerShell Summit Europe](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-europe/)





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    [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





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    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)





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    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





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    [Intro to SMA](http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA)





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    [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx)





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    [http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx)





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    [http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/](http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/)





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    [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/)















Chatroom Highlights:





 [https://powershell.org/2014/02/04/up-next-jim-britt-from-microsoft-talks-about-sma/](https://powershell.org/2014/02/04/up-next-jim-britt-from-microsoft-talks-about-sma/)





 yeah, I scheduled the hangout using the Events page: [https://plus.google.com/events](https://plus.google.com/events) because that's where last month's event shows up...





 Instead ... even though you want an event ... you have to go to the on air page [https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair](https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair)





 By the way, Hal ... if you want to share the event link, the recording is up, but be sure to share THIS link, and not the other one. [https://plus.google.com/events/cnj9o1b8sem1bcv1odc7haa6kgc](https://plus.google.com/events/cnj9o1b8sem1bcv1odc7haa6kgc)





 [http://nyr.kr/1e7VRgB](http://nyr.kr/1e7VRgB)





 we probably talked about SCORCH on this show: [https://powershell.org/2012/10/23/episode-204-santos-martinez-on-mastering-configuration-manager-2012/](https://powershell.org/2012/10/23/episode-204-santos-martinez-on-mastering-configuration-manager-2012/)





 [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx?nv1if5=1#fbid=iYMAZB7bUvJ](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx?nv1if5=1#fbid=iYMAZB7bUvJ)





 [http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you-had-one-job](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you-had-one-job)





 @BrianK [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx)





 [http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA](http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA)





 [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx)





 [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-had-one-job](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-had-one-job)





 [http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx)





 [http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/](http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/)





 [http://www.canistream.it/search/movie/516312edf5f807cc42000009/europa-report](http://www.canistream.it/search/movie/516312edf5f807cc42000009/europa-report)





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





 [http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds](http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds)





 [http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=you+had+one+job](http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=you+had+one+job)





 [http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Moon/70059639?strkid=1585735354_42_4&strackid=6d0257187cc57b58_42_srl&trkid=496833](http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Moon/70059639?strkid=1585735354_42_4&strackid=6d0257187cc57b58_42_srl&trkid=496833)

The Question -





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  Create wormholes - teleportation

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