Episode 125 – Cooking Up Some PowerShell with Lee Holmes

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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Lee Holmes from the PowerShell team!

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Execute commands and scripts from anywhere including the office and remote locations, as well as from a Web browser or smart phone with PowerGUI Pro from Quest Software. With the MobileShell feature, administrators can quickly run commands to troubleshoot problems or make changes, even when away from your desk! This gives teams more flexibility to work remotely while traveling, and to leverage admins from other offices in case of an emergency.

·         Execute queries remotely to determine if services or processes are running

·         Restart services, processes, or entire servers

·         Check mailbox settings

·         Unlock user accounts

·         Reset passwords

·         Run custom scripts

Visit quest.com/powerguipro and see why PowerShell and Quest PowerGUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.

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Notable Comments from the Chatroom

<SQLvariant-1> ##Right now we are seeing a lot of Connect items for SQL Server being closed as ‘fixed in next version’.  Are any members of the PowerShell team working with the SQL folks in the various areas that would benefit from better PowerShell support like SSIS

<SQLvariant-1> ##Good Point.  What are MSFT thoughts on how to make scheduling PoSh scripts a lot easier for everyone else (it’s simple for me, just schedule with SQL Agent)

<SQLvariant-1> ##Lee how did you pick what to include in the book.  Did you have some recipies that you had to cut from the book?
<Jaykul> ##How excited are you that all your cookbook scripts are about to go up on PoshCode.org?

<Jaykul> you can tell him you heard a rumor I got permission 😉

<SQLvariant-1> ## I love the concept of Invoke-SQLCommand.ps1 but I work in an all Office 2010 environment and it doesn’t seem to work with Excel.  Ist there a easy fix for that?
<Jaykul> ## Are there any of your scripts which you think really ought to be built-in?

 

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About Jonathan Walz

Since March 2007, Jonathan Walz has been the co-host and technical brains for the PowerScripting Podcast. Conceived as a radio show for the PowerShell community, the podcast is the longest-lived PowerShell show in existence, and has featured dozens of weekly guests.