Episode 114 – Ryan Dunn on Azure and PowerShell

News

• User group news:
  • The Atlanta group will be meeting next on June 22nd.
• Free PowerShell training events
  • June 12th – SQL Saturday #43 – Redmond
    • SQL Server and PowerShell
  • June 26th -SQL Saturday #42 – Columbus, OH
    • Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell
• Coming in August, the 5-day MOC Course 10325A: Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0!
• Richard Siddaway’s PowerShell in Practice should be out soon
• And Richard’s PAM (PowerShell Admin Modules) is now at v0.2
• The final standings of the 2010 Scripting Games have been announced!
• Brandon Shell just released v1 of his bsonposh module

Interview

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Links

• Azure Cmdlets: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/azurecmdlets
• Azure Management Tool: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazuremmc
• CloudDrive: http://clouddrive.codeplex.com/
• Blog: http://dunnry.com
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/dunnry
• Cloud Cover Show: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Cloud+Cover/

Questions

• <xcud> ## what services does msft dogfood on azure? hotmail, exchange online, etc?
• <marcoshaw> ## does ryan see much use for powershell *in* the cloud versus using powershell to simply manage the service from a desktop/client.
• <xcud> ## are there any plans to have the system center apps manage/monitor azure apps side-by-side with internal apps?
• <finked> ## Reading Programming Windows Azure. Any other book recommendations?
• <Toshana> ##Does Azure support Java?
• <marcoshaw> ## does he share his scripts like the PDC one?  the bootstrapper?
• <marcoshaw> ## a windows azure powershell provider?
  • There is a blog storage provider sample out there
• <finked> ## Will the Azure cmdlets work with MSBuild 4.0?
  • See Scott Densmore’s blog: http://scottdensmore.typepad.com/ | http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scottdensmore/
• <marcoshaw> ## does ryan think this could eventually become “official”?
  • Maybe

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