Darren Mar-Elia on Group Policy!

News

• The Scripting Games are on

• The 2013 PowerShell Summit videos have been posted! - new link

• The Central Ohio PowerShell user group is meeting May 23rd

• The DFW user group is meeting on May 23rd

• The PowerShell Bangalore User Group is meeting on June 1st

Interview

Guests - Darren Mar-Elia

Links

• http://gpoguy.com/

• http://sdmsoftware.com/

• http://twitter.com/grouppolicyguy

• http://sdmsoftware.com/group-policy-blog/

Chatroom Buzz

• <11MikeFRobbins> I'll be speaking on PowerShell Fundamentals for Beginners at SQL Saturday Atlanta next weekend, Saturday May 18th: 22http://www.sqlsaturday.com/220/eventhome.aspx

• <11MikeFRobbins> Looks like 22http://scriptinggames.org/  has a new look.

• <11MikeFRobbins> Speaking of SAPIEN, did you guys see this: iPowerShell Pro: Sneak Peek Part 1 22http://www.sapien.com/blog/2013/05/07/ipowershell-pro-sneak-peak-part-1/

• <11MikeFRobbins> I've posted serveral blogs on the Scripting Games in the last couple of weeks for anyone interested: 22http://mikefrobbins.com/

• <11MikeFRobbins> Want to check the Scripting Games Leaderboard? Why not check it with PowerShell: 22http://p0w3rsh3ll.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/monitor-the-scripting-games-2013-leaderboard/  << I thought this was too cool!

• <11MikeFRobbins> 22http://twitter.com/grouppolicyguy

• <11MikeFRobbins> 22http://sdmsoftware.com/group-policy-blog/

• <11MikeFRobbins> Talking about the PowerShell Deep Dive Book: 22http://manning.com/hicks/

The Question -

• SuperPower - Telekinesis

PowerShell MVP Joel Bennett on Splunk!

News

• The Scripting Games are on

• The 2013 PowerShell Summit videos have been posted!

• The NOVA PowerShell Group is having their first meeting May 8th!

• MVP Don Jones will be speaking May 14th at the Mississippi PowerShell User Group

• The DFW user group is meeting on May 24th

Interview

Guests - Joel Bennett

Links

• http://huddledmasses.org/

• http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/82353/splunk-add-on-for-microsoft-powershell

Chatroom Buzz

• <0halr9000> http://webbrain.com/brainpage/brain/4685C1B4-FE68-2D62-3AFA-CE674E67F742#-32

• <4Vern_Anderson> http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Media/Pix/pictures/2009/11/9/12577589191/Sesame-Street-the-Count-001.jpg

• <11MikeFRobbins> irm -Uri http://feeds.feedburner.com/PowerScripting  | where title -like *bennett* | select title

• <4Vern_Anderson> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splunk

• <0halr9000> http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/82353/splunk-add-on-for-microsoft-powershell

• <15JasonMorgan> For the Northern VIrginia PowerShell user group: http://powershellgroup.org/NorthernVirginia

• <11MikeFRobbins> Don Jones is speaking for the MSPSUG on May 14th: http://mspsug.com/2013/04/23/up-next-powershell-mvp-don-jones/

• <14gpduck> vern_anderson, have you seen Adam's BSOD screen saver implementation in powershell: http://csharpening.net/?p=1513

• <0halr9000> http://huddledmasses.org/

• <9mrrothhcloud__> I  had good luck at work today

• <9mrrothhcloud__> a bird crapped on me :(

• <0halr9000> where i come from they don't call that good luck

• <9json_wud> Hi jsnover. An honor to be in the same chatroom.

• <4Vern_Anderson> it's worth a free drink on the river walk =)

• <9mrrothhcloud__> halr9000:  :(

• <12DougFinke> when a bird craps on me, I sit outside and eat a plate of scrambled eggs just to show them what I'm capable of :)

The Question -

• Books: Wheel of Time

Ben Armstrong, the Virtual PC Guy!

Mark Russinovich on Sysinternals, Infosec, and the Cloud!

News

• The Scripting Games

• Beginner practice

• Advanced practice

• The Tampa PowerShell group is meeting April 25th

• The Philadelphia PowerShell User Group is meeting May 2nd

• IT Pro Camp comes to Jacksonville, FL on June 15th

• Microsoft is shutting down Script Explorer

• A free PowerShell 3.0 ebook has been released in Brazilian Portuguese

Interview

Guests - Mark Russinovich

Links

• Yes, sysinternals tools are still being developed by Mark!

• Hal mentioned Cory Doctorow’s “The coming civil war on general purpose computing”

Chatroom Buzz

[21:34:06] <mwjcomputing> ## Can you have Jeff use PowerShell in your next novel?

[21:35:50] <mwjcomputing> ## Have you seen what Adam Driscoll is doing with PowerShell to do the SysInternals Tools?

[21:42:21] <BartekB> ## When can we expect or cli utilitiles from sysinternals to support csv output - perfect for ConvertFrom-Csv in PowerShell to consume and object-izing?

[21:35:42] <Vern_Anderson> ## When can we get a BGInfo that recognizes Windows 2012?

[21:40:37] <Start-Automating> ## Have you learned more about Windows before or after joining Microsoft?

## Will Azure be upgraded to server 2012 at some stage? (not sure if this was dicussed already I had a bad connection here)

[22:02:25] <FreeTheNode> ## how have you seen the development of state sponsored hacking, from israel/usa (stuxnet, duqu, etc) to china and apt1?

[22:03:56] <alexandair> ## has someone contacted you for a movie deal? :)

[22:07:46] <JimBirley> ## Does Mark ever see a future version of Windows server with no GUI option at all making Powershell essential?

[22:17:20] <FreeTheNode> ## do you feel that computing in the cloud will lean more towards the security and encryption of data, perhaps even to the point where it will become encrypted or invisible to the provider, both at rest, and perhaps even for hot data such as the work Microsoft Research is doing via CryptDB?

The Question -

• Superhero: Time travel

Boe Prox on Windows Software Update Services and PowerShell

Ashley McGlone on Active Directory and Premier Field Engineering!

Don Jones on the PowerShell Scripting Games

Jeremy Moskowitz on Group Policy!

Mark Minasi

Alan Renouf on PowerCLI

News

• The Scripting Games are coming in April
• UAE PowerShell User’s group
• Mississippi PowerShell User group
• March Madness in Rochester
• PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step is out now

Interview

Guests - Alan Renouf

Links

• https://twitter.com/alanrenouf

• PowerCLI

• The Get-Scripting Podcast

The Question -

• Mars mission - bring nothing, enjoy Parkour in zero gravity