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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 43 - (Richard Siddaway talks PowerShell in Action 3rd Edition and more)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 21:57:00 +0000

This is Episode 43 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Jonathan M:

Writing.....https://twitter.com/jonathanmedd/status/656213644280221696

Richard S:

European PowerShell Summit

https://twitter.com/RSiddaway

http://blogs.msmvps.com/richardsiddaway/

PowerShell News:

SolidFire PowerShell Tools now generally available

http://www.solidfire.com/blog/solidfire-powershell-tools-now-generally-available/

ANNOUNCING THE NEW PURE STORAGE POWERSHELL SDK

http://www.purepowershellguy.com/?p=7421

PowerShell in Action 3rd edition

https://manning.com/books/windows-powershell-in-action-third-edition

Use code mlwpiamvp for 50% off early access, not sure how long it's valid for

Desired State Configuration + Puppet

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/10/06/desired-state-configuration-puppet.aspx

PowerShell Resources:

PowerShell Summit YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/powershellorg

Implementing a .NET Class in PowerShell v5

http://trevorsullivan.net/2014/10/25/implementing-a-net-class-in-powershell-v5/

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 42 - (The Shell Awakens)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 08:23:00 +0000

This is Episode 42 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Jonathan M:

Total Get-Scripting Downloads has passed the 100k mark!
Brickset Module on Github - http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2015/07/powershell-module-for-the-brickset-api.html
PowerCLI Tools Community Module on Gitub - http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2015/03/powerclitools-community-module-now-on-github.html

Jonathan N:

PC Pro Magazine
Sonic PI

PowerShell News:

Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview April 2015 is now available

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/04/29/windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-april-2015-is-now-available.aspx

PowerShell DSC for Linux is now available!

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/05/06/powershell-dsc-for-linux-is-now-available.aspx

Microsoft Support for Secure Shell

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/06/03/looking-forward-microsoft-support-for-secure-shell-ssh.aspx

PoSh Cruise
June 18th - 25th 2016
poshcruise.org

PowerCLI 6.0

http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2015/03/powercli-6-0-r1-now-generally-available.html

PowerActions 1.5

http://blogs.vmware.com/PowerCLI/2015/06/good-news-poweractions-now-available-vsphere-6-0-web-client.html

Onyx for the Web Client

https://labs.vmware.com/flings/onyx-for-the-web-client
http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2015/07/onyx-for-the-vsphere-web-client.html

#PowerShell Tools for @VisualStudio is now a feature you can enable at install time!

https://twitter.com/adamdriscoll/status/623173087404560384

PowerShell Resources:

Jeffrey Hicks new DSC courses:

Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Fundamentals
http://www.pluralsight.com/courses/powershell-desired-state-configuration-fundamentals

Advanced Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration

http://www.pluralsight.com/courses/advanced-powershell-dsc

Day 100: Series Wrap-up for the “100 Days of DevOps”

http://www.systemcentercentral.com/day-100-series-wrap-up-for-the-100-days-of-devops/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services: From the Data Center to the Cloud with PowerShell

http://www.amazon.com/Automating-Microsoft-Azure-Infrastructure-Services/dp/1491944897/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415478515

Scripting: Automating NetScaler configurations using NITRO REST API and PowerShell – Part 1

http://blogs.citrix.com/2014/09/19/scripting-automating-netscaler-configurations-using-nitro-rest-api-and-powershell-part-1/

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 41 - (Christmas Special and Quiz)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:39:00 +0000

This is Episode 41 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Jonathan M:

Jonathan N:

Music from

https://archive.org/details/SVFGC_LivingChristmasTree2004

PowerShell News:

PowerShell in Depth, second edition in print

http://richardspowershellblog.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/powershell-in-depth-second-edition-in-print/

http://www.manning.com/jones6/

PowerShell Resources:

First look at ConvertFrom-String in Powershell v5

http://www.happysysadm.com/2014/11/first-look-at-convertfrom-string-in.html?spref=tw

AR - PSReadline module -

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TowardsABetterConsolePSReadLineForPowerShellCommandLineEditing.aspx

PowerShell Risk Assessment with ISESteroids 2.0

http://www.powertheshell.com/wp-content/uploads/RiskAssessment.pdf

AR - PowerActions

http://www.virtu-al.net/2014/09/16/powercli-vsphere-web-clientannouncing-poweractions/

https://labs.vmware.com/flings/poweractions-for-vsphere-web-client

Github resources

Working with Web Services, SOAP, PHP and all the REST with PowerShell

http://foxdeploy.com/2014/11/19/working-with-web-services-soap-php-and-all-the-rest-with-powershell/

Getting Started with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 40 - (Guest Co-Host Jonathan Noble)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 23:05:00 +0000

This is Episode 40 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Jonathan M:

VMworld Europe
UKVMUG

Jonathan N:

Future Decoded
Presented on DSC in the DevOps track

PowerShell News:

News from TechEd Barcelona

PowerShell DSC is was demo'd using Dell Force10 switches (S4810 and S55)

https://twitter.com/jsnover/status/528178446078185472

https://twitter.com/jsnover/status/528171099033325568

https://twitter.com/jsnover/status/528168983623528449

https://twitter.com/jsnover/status/528168665682698240

Session here: Network Infrastructure Services in the Next Release of Windows Server for Datacenter Network Operations

http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Europe/2014/CDP-B330

.NET goes OpenSource

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingNET2015NETasOpenSourceNETonMacandLinuxandVisualStudioCommunity.aspx

Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview November 2014 is now available

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/11/18/windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-november-2014-is-now-available.aspx

Powershell DSC ResKit Wave 8: Now with 100+ Resources!

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/10/28/powershell-dsc-reskit-wave-8-now-with-100-resources.aspx

Call for Presentations for PowerShell Summit Europe 2015

http://powershell.org/wp/2014/11/24/call-for-presentations-for-powershell-summit-europe-2015/

14-16 September 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
Deadline: Sunday 11th Jan

PowerShell Resources:

Managing Exchange 2013 With DSC
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mhendric/archive/2014/10/17/managing-exchange-2013-with-dsc-part-1-introducing-xexchange.aspx

Ravi’s DSC book
http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Desired-Configuration-Revealed/dp/1484200179/ref=la_B00IODG4L4_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1412003029&sr=1-1

ISE Steroids 2

http://www.powertheshell.com/isesteroids2/

PowerShell Summit Europe 2014 – All videos available

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfeA8kIs7Coehjg9cB6foPjBojLHYQGb_

PowerShell Tip

Great PowerShell Tip from Dr Tobias Weltner: SystemInfo.exe /FO CSV | ConvertFrom-CSV.

https://twitter.com/jsnover/status/516579177395675136

Start-Transcript Now Available in the PowerShell ISE in PowerShell v5

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2014/09/start-transcript-now-available-in-the-powershell-ise-in-powershell-v5.html

Getting Zippy with PowerShell v5

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2014/09/getting-zippy-with-powershell-v5.html

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 39 - (Guest Co-Host Jonathan Noble)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 22:17:00 +0000

This is Episode 39 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Jonathan M:

Presented a PowerShell session at the SouthWest VMUG - Doodle https://twitter.com/VirtualisedReal/status/473842487015256064/photo/1

Jonathan N:

Newcastle SQL Server User Group with some PowerShell

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sql-northeast-newcastle-sql-server-user-group-sqlnortheast-september-16th-2014-tickets-12625638625?aff=eorg

PowerShell News:

Updated PowerShell v5 preview

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/09/04/windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-september-2014-is-now-available.aspx

Chef with PowerShell DSC

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/07/29/chef-with-powershell-dsc-now-public.aspx

https://supermarket.getchef.com/cookbooks/dsc

European PowerShell Summit 2014

http://eventmgr.azurewebsites.net/event/home/PSEU14

DSC Summer Camp at Dons Place

http://donjones.com/2014/08/14/dsc-summer-camp-at-my-place/?utm_content=buffer948af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

PowerShell Resources:

PowerShell v4 Quick Reference Guides

http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/04/24/windows-powershell-4-0-and-other-quick-reference-guides/

Using CredSSP with vCO PowerShell plugin

http://kaloferov.com/blog/using-credssp-with-the-vco-powershell-plugin/

100 days of Devops with PowerShell

http://www.systemcentercentral.com/announcing-the-100-days-of-devops-with-powershell-series/
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/day-1-intro-to-powershell-dsc-and-configuring-your-first-pull-server/

ISEREGEX – POWERSHELL ISE ADDON

http://nt-guys.com/iseregex-powershell-ise-addon/

Tintri PowerShell Toolkit

http://www.lucd.info/2014/08/14/tintri-automation-toolkit-basics-part-1/

PowerShell Tip

Watch Out With UNC Paths!

http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2014/08/04/watch-out-with-unc-paths.aspx

Edit Network “hosts” File

http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2014/08/05/edit-network-hosts-file.aspx

Disable IPv6

http://www.florisvanderploeg.com/configuring-windows-server-2012-core-powershell/

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 38 - (Happy New Year)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 21:46:00 +0000

This is Episode 38 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Jonathan:

PowerShell News:

Windows Management Framework V5 Preview - http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx
OneGet - As part of above but worth a separate mention
PowerShell ISE Steroids - http://www.powertheshell.com/isesteroids/

PowerShell Resources:

PowerShell v3 New Features Deep Dive http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/powershell-v3-new-features-pt1 http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/powershell-v3-new-features-pt2
PowerShell GUI Script Wrapper Utility http://www.the-little-things.net/blog/2014/02/02/powershell-gui-script-wrapper-utility/
Hostile Coding - http://hostilecoding.blogspot.com
Book: Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services http://www.apress.com/9781430264514
Carbon PowerShell Module Windows Configuration http://get-carbon.org/
Add Logon As Service Right, Jeff Hicks - http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2014/02/add-logon-as-service-right-with-powershell/
Windows PowerShell Networking Guide http://powershell.org/wp/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/

PowerShell Tip

FUNCTION TO ADD A USB DEVICE TO ESX HOST http://albal21.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/function-to-add-a-usb-device-to-esx-host/
Filtering Text-Based Command Output http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2014/02/24/filtering-text-based-command-output.aspx

Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 37 - (Jingle Bells)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:22:00 +0000

This is Episode 37 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Change in Role! - http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/10/20/goodbye-vmware-technical-marketing/
VMworld Barcelona - http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/10/22/vmworld-powercli-group-discussionpart-1getting-started/ http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/10/30/vmworld-powercli-group-discussionpart-2resources/ http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/11/05/vmworld-powercli-group-discussionpart-3launching-using/ http://www.virtu-al.net/2013/11/13/vmworld-powercli-group-discussionpart-4advanced-tools-scripting/

Jonathan:

PowerShell session at UKVMUG - Function templates http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/11/powercli-in-the-enterprise-breaking-the-magicians-code-function-templates.html
ISE Code Snippets http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/11/creating-powershell-ise-v3-and-later-code-snippets.html

PowerShell News:

HP Scripting Tools for Windows PowerShell http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=5440657#!tab=features

http://thatcouldbeaproblem.com/?p=685

DSC Blog posts and PowerScripting Podcast

Steve M new Podcast (Ops All the things) http://stevenmurawski.com/powershell/2013/10/im-podcasting-again

PowerShell Resources:

PSReadline http://rkeithhill.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/psreadline-a-better-line-editing-experience-for-the-powershell-console/?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer39553&utm_medium=twitter

WebCommander - VMware Fling http://labs.vmware.com/flings/web-commander

PowerCLI Extensions - http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2013/11/vsan-and-vsphere-flash-read-cache-cmdlets.html

PowerShell Summit NA Agenda released http://powershell.org/wp/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-north-america/summit-agenda/

PowerShell Gotcha

WMF 4.0 does not check for .NET 4.5
http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/10/windows-management-framework-powershell-4-0-is-now-available-ensure-you-already-have-net-4-5.html

How to Install PowerShell v4 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/21016.how-to-install-windows-powershell-4-0.aspx

PowerShell Tip

When Sort-Object does not Sort

http://davotronic5000.co.uk/blog/when-sort-object-does-not-sort/

PowerShell V4 Tip from Jeff Hicks

#requires –runasadministrator

http://mcpmag.com/articles/2013/12/10/favorite-powershell-4-features.aspx

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 36 - (The VMworld Expedition)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:01:00 +0000

This is Episode 36 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

VMworld Sessions
Primalforms

Jonathan:

Using SSH to Access Linux Servers in PowerShell
Clone a VM from a Snapshot using PowerCLI
Automating the Pre-Requisites for vCAC 5.2

PowerShell News:

PowerCLI 5.5 released

Windows Server 2012 R2 with PowerShell v4 released

PowerShell Summit N.A. 2014 Public Registration Now Open (with Discounts)

http://powershell.org/wp/2013/09/15/powershell-summit-n-a-2014-public-registration-now-open-with-discounts/

PowerShell Resources:

Event-O-Matic - http://www.lucd.info/2013/09/02/event-o-matic/

Don Jones’ new PowerShell training videos - http://powershell.org/wp/2013/09/11/my-new-powershell-video-series-covering-v2v3v4-launches/

Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches - http://www.manning.com/jones4/

PowerShell Tip

#PSTip How to convert words to Title Case
http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2013/07/24/pstip-how-to-convert-words-to-title-case/

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 35 - (Luc Dekens on becoming an MVP and his new book)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:25:00 +0000

This is Episode 35 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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PowerShell Tip

Show-Command and Get-Help -ShowWindow

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 34

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:59:00 +0000

This is Episode 34 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Jonathan:

PowerShell News:

PowerShell has won one on InfoWorld’s Technology of the Year awards for 2013

http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/80986/infoworlds-2013-technology-of-the-year-award-winners-210419#slide24

PowerCLI 5.1 R2 released

PowerShell Resources:

Automate your SDRS Anti-Affinity rules
http://www.lucd.info/2013/01/21/automate-your-sdrs-anti-affinity-rules/

Scheduling Update-Help for PowerShell v3
http://richardspowershellblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/updating-help-on-powershell-v3/

PowerShell Tip

Add a Parameter to Multiple Parameter Sets in PowerShell
http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/01/add-a-parameter-to-multiple-parameter-sets-in-powershell.html

Writing PowerShell Code on OS X using Sublime
- Community Project to help fix PowerShell v3 Syntax https://bitbucket.org/Jaykul/sublimepowershell/

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/03/writing-powershell-code-on-os-x-using-sublime.html

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 33 - (Eric Williams - Cisco UCS PowerTool)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:01:00 +0000

This is Episode 33 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Jonathan:

Finding Out Who You’re Not Following on vLaunchpad

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2012/12/finding-out-who-youre-not-following-on-vlaunchpad.html

Using PowerShell to access the vExpert.me URL Shortener

http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2012/12/using-powershell-to-access-the-vexpert-me-url-shortener.html

Interview:

Eric Williams - Cisco UCS PowerTool

PowerShell News:

PowerShell Deep Dives - MEAP
http://www.manning.com/hicks/

Windows Management Framework 3.0 Compatibility Update
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/12/20/windows-management-framework-3-0-compatibility-update.aspx

Amazon Web Services continues Windows push with PowerShell addition

http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/amazon-web-services-continues-windows-push-powershell-addition-208612

http://aws.amazon.com/powershell/

PowerShell Resources:

Work with E1000E NICs in PowerCLI

http://www.lucd.info/2012/11/16/work-with-e1000e-nics-in-powercli/

PowerShell Tip

SSH with Plink.exe

hostkey accept etc.
Echo Y | Plink.exe....

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 32

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 19:28:00 +0000

This is Episode 32 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Jonathan:

PowerShell Deep Dive Book

PowerShell News:

Windows 8 / Server 2012 released, i.e. PowerShell v3!

Available for downlevel OSs.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595

Scripting IDE showdown / slowdown?

PowerShell Plus is now free:

http://www.idera.com/Free-Tools/PowerShell-Plus/

PowerShell SE is no more?

http://powerwf.com/products/powerse.aspx

PowerGUI no longer in development?

PowerShell ISE the way ahead?

PowerShell Summit - Session Announced

http://poshoholic.com/2012/11/02/powershell-summit-community-sessions-list/

UKVMUG

http://www.vmug.com/p/cm/ld/fid=212

PowerShell Resources:

Get Regular Expression matches (DNS)

http://enterpriseadmins.org/blog/scripting/get-regular-expression-matches/

PowerScripting - the wives special

http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/2012/05/28/episode-187-teresa-scriptingwife-wilson-and-staci-halswife-rottenberg/

PowerShell Tip

Insert String Every N Characters

http://blog.expressionsoftware.com/2010/03/insert-string-every-n-characters.html

This PowerShell v2 script inserts a string every N characters. The interval is specified using the regex repetition operator, {min,max}.
$a = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
([regex]::matches($a, '.{1,3}') | %{$_.value}) -join ' '
([regex]::matches($a, '.{1,8}') | %{$_.value}) -join '..'
([regex]::matches($a, '.{1}') | %{$_.value}) -join '-'

#output
abc def ghi jkl mno pqr stu vwx yz
abcdefgh..ijklmnop..qrstuvwx..yz
a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p-q-r-s-t-u-v-w-x-y-z

Removal of $_ and also $PSItem in PS v3

In PowerShell, the variable "$_" has special importance. It works like a placeholder in scenarios like this one:
PS> Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object { $_.Length -gt 1MB }
In PowerShell v3, there is an alias for the cryptic "$_": $PSItem. So now code can become more descriptive:
PS> Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object { $PSItem.Length -gt 1MB }
Then again, in PowerShell v3, "$_" isn't necessary in many scenarios anymore at all. You could also write:
Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object Length -gt 1MB

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 31 - (Jonathan Noble talks PowerShell v3)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:14:00 +0000

This is Episode 31 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Easily creating PowerShell Quick References

Jonathan:

PowerShell and XenDesktop at the UK PowerShell User Group

Automating MSI Installations with PowerShell

Checking 32bit PowerShell Snapins from 64bit PowerShell

Interview:

Jonathan Noble - Blog

http://www.jonoble.com/blog/2012/1/19/whats-new-in-powershell-v3-the-slides.html

http://www.virtu-al.net/2012/06/05/installing-powershell-web-access-on-windows-2012-rc-core/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/06/14/new-v3-language-features.aspx

PowerShell News:

Windows Server 2012 Release Preview is out. Full release to ship in August. Then we will be in v3!

PowerShell Resources:

PowerShell for Network Pen Testing series over on Hey Scripting Guy

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/tags/niklas+goude/

Be efficient – Virtualize & automate your test environment

http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2012/06/be-efficient-virtualize-automate-your-test-environment.html

PowerShell Gotcha

Numeric values as the first character in parameter names:

function foo {
[cmdletbinding()]
param (
[parameter()]
[switch]$32bit
)
if ($32bit){
"32bit"
}
}
PS c:\> foo -32bit
foo : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '-32bit'.

Workaround! - $x86
From the language specification document:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=9706

(no Nd)
first-parameter-char:
A Unicode character of classes Lu, Ll, Lt, Lm, or Lo
_ (The underscore characterU+005F)
?

https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/753467/using-a-numeric-character-as-the-first-character-of-a-parameter-name-should-produce-a-clearer-error-message-and-be-permitted-if-it-also-contains-non-numeric-characters

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 30 - (Jan Ring talks SCVMM)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:44:00 +0000

This is Episode 30 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:
Alan:

Jonathan:

Working a contract for Citrix via Start-Automating

Interview:

Jan Ring

Blog

PowerShell News:

Scripting Games have taken place

PowerShell and WMI book from Richard Siddaway published

PowerShell Resources:

PoshChat

Convert Images to Text Ascii Art

Unofficial vCD Cmdlets

PowerShell code cleaner V1

Don Jones - PowerShellbooks.com

PowerShell Tips:

Escaping a Regex when using -match

PS V:\> $TestError = "This is a (test)"

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS V:\> $RealError = "This is a (test)"

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS V:\> $TestError -match $RealError
False

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS V:\> $TestError -match [regex]::Escape($RealError)
True

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS V:\> $RealError = "This is a $test$"

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS V:\> $TestError -match $RealError
True

http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/199639-comparing-string-contains-parenthesis.html

Get Index of Item in an Array

Multiple Variable Assignment

PS C:\> $a,$b = 'apple','pear'

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS C:\> $a
apple

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS C:\> $b
pear

or

PS C:\> $a,$b = 'apple','pear','banana'

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS C:\> $a
apple

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS C:\> $b
pear
banana

PowerShell Gotcha

Chat with Hal - ValidationSet not working with tab completion, enumeration.
Function a {

Param

(

[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]

[ValidateSet("Low", "Average", "High")]

[String[]]

$Detail

)

Process {

Write-Host $Detail

}

}

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 29 - (Pete Rossi talks Datacentre Automation)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:46:00 +0000

This is Episode 29 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

vCheck 6.15

PowerCLI for vCD: Basic Usage and Stopping and Starting vApps

Top Virtualisation Blogs

Jonathan:

Manage vCenter Plugins with PowerCLI

Interview:

Pete Rossi

Blog

SSH Component from WeOnlyDo

PowerShell News:

Scripting Games 2012

PowerShell Resources:

Create HMTL Graphs from PowerShell

Creating graphical charts with PowerCLI and PowerShell

What's New in PowerShell V3 - Jonathan Noble

Balloon Tips function

Powershell Tips:

Encrypt Password in a file for use in a script

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 28 - (Paul Iddon talks PowerShell and MDT)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:15:00 +0000

This is Episode 28 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

vShield PowerShell Module

Using Console 2

PowerCLI 5.0.1 Release and vCD Cmdlets

vCheck6

Jonathan:

Testing Port Response

Checking Automatic services have started

Configuring HP EVA recommended vSphere settings with PowerCLI

Basic VMware Cluster Capacity Check

2nd place in the London VMUG vBaftas for community presentations in 2011

Interview:

Paul Iddon

Blog

PowerShell News:

PowerShell Deep Dive

Don Jones, Jeffrey Hicks and Richard Siddaway new book

PowerShell Resources:

Using PowerShell to list shared folders and permissions.

ByValue and ByProperty Parameter Binding

Using PowerShell with Internet Explorer

Powershell Tips:

Invoke-Sqlcmd

Alias attribute for advanced function parameters

PowerShell Gotcha

Text file with $false in it, read this into a variable and you have $false

Use it in an If Statement and what do you get (True)

You need to invoke-expression because it has a $ infront of it, so call it with powershell to actually run the powershell code so you can get the results.

[Boolean]$Var = $False
$Var = [System.Convert]::ToBoolean("$True")

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 27 - (The One Where They Catch Up and Share Loads of PowerShell Tips and Tricks)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:38:00 +0000

This is Episode 27 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

PowerCLI @ VMworld

PowerCLIMan - The Return

Alan on PowerScripting

Jonathan:

HP WMI Provider

Simple Talk - How to add a GUI front end to your PowerShell scripts

What's New In PowerCLI 5.0 at the UK PowerShell User Group

PowerShell V3 Blog Series

PowerShell News:

PowerShell V3 Preview Out as part of Win8 Developer Preview

2012 Deep Dive Conference Announced for San Diego

PowerShell Resources:

Distributed Switch Cmdlets available as a fling

PowerShell scripts to leverage UBERalign for virtual disk alignment

Get-FriendlyUnits from @lucd22

Jeffrey Snover has a blog

Cmdlet of the day podcast

Powershell Tips:

Copy-Item With Alternate Credentials

Netstat for ESXi

Splitting a string with the split operator containing a ".", e.g. test.test.com

$EscapeTest = [Regex]::Escape("test.test.com")
$EscapeTest.split("\.")

Also [URI]"http://test.com/alan"

How to create a PSCredential object

PowerShell Gotcha

'Set-Service -Status Stopped' fails with "Cannot stop service 'servicename' because it is dependent on other services‏

Catching WMI Query Errors with Try / Catch

- Workaround: You can make non-terminating errors get thrown by using: - -ErrorAction "Stop"

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 26 - Ben Vierck and Kirk Munro from Devfarm Software

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:20:00 +0000

This is Episode 26 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

PowerCLI Poster

PowerCLIMan

Jonathan:

Available for contract!

Jonathan Walz Tornado Video

Interview:

Ben Vierck - Blog

Kirk Munro - Blog

PowerWF

PowerShell News:

Kirk Munro - New Product Manager for PowerWF and PowerSE

Deep Dive Conference Sessions Announced - still time to register

Build conference upcoming

PowerShell Resources:

Coming soon to a Hey Scripting Guy near you! "Batchman and Cmdlet!"

VIProperty Module

Powershell Tips:

How to Hard Kill a stuck VM with PowerCLI

Test a website availability with PowerShell

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 25 - Kirk Munro and PowerGUI 3.0

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:54:00 +0000

This is Episode 25 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

vSphere 5 Launch

vRAM License Script

VMworld Sessions

Jonathan:

vExpert 2011

London VMUG Presentation

ESXi upgrade to 4.1 including Dell Agent

Interview:

Kirk Munro - Blog

PowerGUI 3.0 - Download

Statement from Kirk about leaving Quest

PowerGUI Pro and PowerGUI are fantastic products with a great team, and the guys still working on the product deserve all the praise and attention they can get. I still want the recording to be available so that it can help that product grow and prosper, giving back to those guys the support (and hopefully more revenue to help pay for their mortgages) that they so deserve.

For the listeners of this podcast, if you are in need of someone with my skills, either as a Product Manager, a PowerShell MVP, an expert in Windows management (with a strong focus on Active Directory and Exchange although I’ve also gotten deeply involved in virtualization with Hyper-V and VMware as well), a social media/community site manager, or as a freelance writer, my schedule has all of a sudden become much less busy and I’m interested in filling up that time with new work once I come back from vacation, so please get in touch, either through http://poshoholic.com/contact-me/ or through comments on my blog post about my departure from Quest (http://poshoholic.com/2011/07/28/one-for-the-road/).

PowerShell News:

Kindle Version of the PowerCLI book available

European PowerShell Deep Dive Conference - Mon 17th - Tue 18th Oct in Frankfurt

PowerShell Resources:

Using the Cisco UCSM Toolkit with the Cisco UCS Emulator

Powershell Tips:

Automatically elevate a PowerShell script

Download the podcast with PowerShell

$iTunes = New-Object -ComObject iTunes.Application
$itunes.subscribetopodcast("http://feeds.feedburner.com/Get-scripting")

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 24 - Jonathan Noble

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:50:00 +0000

This is Episode 24 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

PowerShell Deep Dive - Alan and Luc's fans

HA and DRS Audit Script

Primal Forms 2011

Jonathan:

UK PowerShell User Group - Modules

vSoup Podcast

Interview:

Jonathan Noble - Blog

NEBytes

PowerShell Resources:

Ten tips for better PowerShell Functions

Brownbag - PowerCLI 101

NetApp PowerPack

PowerShell News:

PowerShell Available to License

Powershell Tips:

Determine the number of users on Exchange 2010 CAS server

PowerShell Requires

Get-WorldTime Function

PowerShell Gotcha

Problems with PowerShell Comment Based Help

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 23 - (PowerCLI Book Special)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:27:00 +0000

This is Episode 23 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

EMC PowerShell Cmdlets

Enabling/Disabling VAAI with PowerCLI

Jonathan:

Interview:

PowerCLI Book authors:

Luc Dekens - Blog

Arnim Van Lieshout - Blog

Glenn Sizemore - Blog

PowerCLI Book Website

PowerShell Resources:

Scripting Guys Webcasts x 5 - Learn PowerShell before its an Emergency!

PowerCLI Training from TrainSignal - Hal Rottenberg

PowerShell News:

Scripting Games - April 4 - 15th

- All links on one page

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 22 - Travis Jones (PowerShell Deep Dive Conference)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:26:00 +0000

This is Episode 22 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

EMC PowerShell Cmdlets

PowerCLI Freebies

Jonathan:

Simple-Talk Article on Modules

Interview:

Travis Jones - PowerShell Team Blog

PowerShell Deep Dive Conference

Four more reasons to come to the PowerShell Deep Dive

More Deep Dive Info

PowerShell Resources:

WMI Query Language via PowerShell eBook

PowerGUI Add-Ons

- Script Editor Essentials

- Create your own colour theme

Say Goodbye to Vesi

PowerShell News:

UK PowerCamps with Thomas Lee

- London
- York

Scripting Games - April 4 - 15th

- All links on one page

UK PowerShell User Group

- Regular Expressions with Tome Tanasovski

PowerShell Tips:

Speed up the reading of large text files

Getting registry last write time with PowerShell

Get-Variable Definition

Remoting tip

PS> Invoke-Command –computer XXX { Get-foo |Select-Object a,b,c}

Does the filtering on the remote computer and only transfers the properties you ask for:

PS> Invoke-Command –computer XXX { Get-foo } |Select-Object a,b,c

Returns ALL the properties and filters them locally.

Competition:

Prize Giveaway - Just write a review

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Prize Giveaway - just write a review!

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:48:00 +0000

As mentioned in Episode 21, we are having a prize giveaway of some swag we collected whilst at VMworld. The prizes are:

Official VMworld Rucksack and goodies
Trainsignal DVDs
Limited Edition Get-Scripting VMworld T-Shirts
VMware Stickers
Limited Edition PowerCLI Poster

All you need to do is write a review of the podcast and send us a link to where you have posted it. It could be on iTunes , another podcast review site or your own blog. Leave a comment on this page, send us an email at get [dash] scripting [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk or contact us via Twitter.

Closing date is 1st March 2011 when we will randomly pick some winners.

Here's our good friend Stu McHugh stylishly modelling one of the T-Shirts!

Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 21 - (Richard Siddaway - PowerShell MVP)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:29:00 +0000

This is Episode 21 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

Clintons Kitson vCenter Plugin Walkthrough

Dutch VMUG Presentation

Jonathan:

Citrix Monitoring Script

Interview:

Richard Siddaway - Blog

PowerShell in Practice

PowerShell and WMI

PowerShell Resources:

Dell Equalogic PowerShell Quick Reference Guide

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

PowerShell Tips:

Comparing Installed Hotfixes on a 2 Node Cluster

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Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 20 - (Jeffrey Snover - Microsoft)

noreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Medd) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:03:00 +0000

This is Episode 20 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:

Alan:

EMC PowerShell Toolkit

PowerCLI book Update

Jonathan:

PowerShell 2.0 One Cmdlet at a Time blog series published as a pdf

Interview:

Jeffrey Snover - PowerShell Team Blog

PowerShell Resources:

Checking File Associations with the help of PowerShell Remoting

PowerChumby

PowerShell Tips:

Dollar Dollar Automatic Variable

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