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Episode 257 – PowerScripting Podcast – PowerShell Hero Dave Wyatt on Error Handling

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell Hero Dave Wyatt News - [The Scripting Games](https://powershell.org/category/announcements/scripting-games/) are going on now! - [PowerShell Saturday #007](http://powershellsaturday.com/007/) is on February 8th - [PowerShell Saturday #008](http://powershellsaturday.com/008/) is on February 15th Interview Guest - Dave Wyatt Links - [free ebooks](https://powershell.org/newsletter/) - [https://powershell.org/author/dlwyatt/](https://powershell.org/author/dlwyatt/) - [http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/](http://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/) - [https://powershell.org/2013/11/24/saving-passwords-and-preventing-other-processes-from-decrypting-them/](https://powershell.org/2013/11/24/saving-passwords-and-preventing-other-processes-from-decrypting-them/) - [http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Enhanced-Script-Logging-27615f85](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Enhanced-Script-Logging-27615f85) - [http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Generic-PowerShell-string-e9ccfe73](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Generic-PowerShell-string-e9ccfe73) - [https://www.odesk.com/](https://www.odesk.com/) - [https://www.elance.com/](https://www.elance.com/) - [http://gallery.

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Episode 256 – PowerScripting Podcast – Ed Wilson (The Scripting Guy) from Microsoft

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Ed Wilson (The Scripting Guy) from Microsoft Interview Guest - Ed Wilson, The Scripting Guy Links - [http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/) - [Windows PowerShell Best Practices](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145347268.do?code=WKPWERS) - [Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145389503.do?code=WKPWERS) **Chatroom Highlights:** ## At some point during the show can Ed made a reference to the EAC (Exchange Admin Center)? He sounds uncannily like the Turtle in Finding Nemo 🙂 ## Bring on the nostalgia!

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Episode 255 – PowerScripting Podcast – Steve Roberts from Amazon on AWS and PowerShell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Steve Roberts from Amazon on Amazon Web Services and PowerShell. News - [The Scripting Games](https://powershell.org/category/announcements/scripting-games/) are going on now! - [PowerShell Saturday #007](http://powershellsaturday.com/007/) is on February 8th - [PowerShell Saturday #008](http://powershellsaturday.com/008/) is on February 15th Interview Guest - Steve Roberts Links - [Amazon Web Services](http://aws.amazon.com/) - [AWS Tools for PowerShell](http://aws.amazon.com/powershell/) - AWS .

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Episode 254 – PowerScripting Podcast – Symon Perriman and Rick Claus from Microsoft on the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Symon Perriman and Rick Claus from Microsoft about the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit News - New PowerShell MVP [Bo Wu](http://blog.vichamp.com/) from China - 2014 [PowerShell Heroes](https://powershell.org/2014/01/08/announcing-our-2014-powershell-heroes/)! Teresa Wilson - Dave Wyatt - Mark Schill - Francois-Xavier Cat - Martin Pugh - MVP Jonathan Medd blogged about the [Scripting Games](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2014/01/winter-scripting-games-2014.html) - PowerShell product team members [speaking at the summit](https://powershell.

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Episode 253 – PowerScripting Podcast – Talking PowerShell with Jeff Truman

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeff Truman News - New PowerShell MVP Laerte Junior from Brazil - New PowerShell MVP Chendrayan Venkatesan in the Netherlands - New PowerShell MVP [Francois-Xavier Cat](http://www.lazywinadmin.com/2014/01/im-powershell-mvp.html) in Canada - [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) - Winter Scripting Games [Understanding the Scoring](https://powershell.org/2014/01/03/scripting-games-winter-2014-understanding-the-scoring/) - [Practice Event](https://powershell.org/2014/01/03/scripting-games-winter-2014-practice-event-rules/) - [PowerShell Summit info](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-north-america/) - [January 8th IndyPosh meeting](https://powershell.

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Episode 252 – PowerScripting Podcast – Chris Ashley and Dmitry Petrashev from Dell on Mobile IT and PowerGui

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Chris Ashley and Dmitry Petrashev from Dell News - [2014 Winter Scripting Games Schedule](https://powershell.org/2013/12/16/2014-winter-scripting-games-schedule/) - [Scripting Games Coaches](https://powershell.org/2013/12/23/introducing-the-coaches-of-the-2014-winter-scripting-games/) - [Scripting Games Player’s Guide](https://powershell.org/2013/12/09/2014-winter-scripting-games-players-guide/) Interview Guests - Chris Ashley and Dmitry Petrashev Links - [http://www.quest.com/mobile-it/](http://www.quest.com/mobile-it/) - [http://powergui.org/index.jspa](http://powergui.org/index.jspa) - [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quest.maclient](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quest.maclient) - [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobile-it/id495923837?mt=8](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mobile-it/id495923837?mt=8) - [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/mobile-it/2c1f0d33-284c-4bd6-8924-c49d147980e0](http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/mobile-it/2c1f0d33-284c-4bd6-8924-c49d147980e0) - [http://communities.quest.com/community/mobileit](http://communities.quest.com/community/mobileit) - [http://smrpodcast.com/](http://smrpodcast.com/) **Chatroom Highlights:** ##Is there a means of capturing API from the GUI and translating it into Powershell?

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Episode 251 – PowerScripting Podcast – Josh Swenson talks about using PowerShell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Josh Swenson News - [2014 Winter Scripting Games Schedule](https://powershell.org/2013/12/16/2014-winter-scripting-games-schedule/) - MVP Jeff Hicks [has a Christmas present for you](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/12/friday-fun-a-christmas-present-for-you/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=friday-fun-a-christmas-present-for-you&utm_reader=feedly) - Lee Homes posted the deck from presentation he did on [PowerShell Security Best Practices](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/12/16/powershell-security-best-practices.aspx) Interview Guest - Josh Swenson **Chatroom Highlights:** <12Stuwee_> ## What about change control on the scripts? <12Stuwee_> ## does Josh maintain a blog?

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Episode 250 – PowerScripting Podcast – Julian Dunn from Chef on Configuration Management and PowerShell

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Julian Dunn about configuration management and Chef Interview Guests - Julian Dunn Links - here's the "marketing" entrypoint for Windows - [http://www.opscode.com/solutions/windows/](http://www.opscode.com/solutions/windows/) - and here's the "tech person's reference manual entrypoint" to Windows - [http://docs.opscode.com/windows.html](http://docs.opscode.com/windows.html) - random chef code example i found on the internet: [http://cookingclouds.com/2012/06/23/chef-simple-cookbook-example/](http://cookingclouds.com/2012/06/23/chef-simple-cookbook-example/) - here's another: [http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garlic-Chicken/Detail.aspx?evt19=1](http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garlic-Chicken/Detail.aspx?evt19=1) - [http://community.opscode.com/](http://community.opscode.com/) - this article isn't new but seems interesting, talks about when they first went windows.

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Episode 249 – PowerScripting Podcast – Distinguished Engineer Jeffrey Snover for the PowerShell v4 Launch Party

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeffrey Snover about PowerShell Version 4 News The PowerShell team has been doing a series of blog posts on DSC * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/01/configuration-in-a-devops-world-windows-powershell-desired-state-configuration.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/01/configuration-in-a-devops-world-windows-powershell-desired-state-configuration.aspx) * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/05/understanding-configuration-keyword-in-desired-state-configuration.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/05/understanding-configuration-keyword-in-desired-state-configuration.aspx) * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/15/hungry-for-more-windows-powershell-desired-state-configuration-resources.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/15/hungry-for-more-windows-powershell-desired-state-configuration-resources.aspx) * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/19/resource-designer-tool-a-walkthrough-writing-a-dsc-resource.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/19/resource-designer-tool-a-walkthrough-writing-a-dsc-resource.aspx) * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/21/powershell-dsc-resource-for-configuring-pull-server-environment.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/21/powershell-dsc-resource-for-configuring-pull-server-environment.aspx) * [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/26/push-and-pull-configuration-modes.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/26/push-and-pull-configuration-modes.aspx) [Ops All The Things Podcast](http://www.opsallthethings.com/) Interview Guests – Jeffrey Snover Chatroom Buzz- <0halr9000> ## centralized package management support for v5?

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Episode 248 – PowerScripting Podcast – Tommy Patterson from Microsoft on PowerShell and Azure

A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: **** In This Episode Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Tommy Patterson about PowerShell and Azure News The PowerShell Summit agenda [has been released](https://powershell.org/2013/11/10/the-n-a-2014-powershell-summit-agenda-is-released/) The PowerShell team is looking for [session suggestions for the Summit](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/05/seeking-input-on-powershell-summit-sessions.aspx) Interview Guests - Tommy Patterson Links [aka.ms/tp](http://aka.ms/tp) - virtuallycloud9.com - my site. [aka.ms/qsk](http://aka.ms/qsk) - yung's powershell IAAS quick start kit [aka.ms/r2dsc](http://aka.ms/r2dsc) - Keith Mayer's post on DSC with PowerShell 4.

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