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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Lee Holmes from the PowerShell team!
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·         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
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- Breaking news: Poshcode.org has been given permission to publish over 100 scripts from Lee Holmes PowerShell Cookbook!
- New PowerShell, AD and PowerGui training
- VMware releases Onyx 2.0
- Ed Wilson will be presenting at SQL Saturday #46 in Raleigh 9/18/10
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<SQLvariant-1> ##Good Point. Â 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)
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- Hal posted a Publish-File script useful for uploading files to a SharePoint document library
- Andy Schneider started a How and Why of Learning PowerShell series
- Converting CSV file or files into an Excel workbook
- Boe Prox posted a link to a PowerCLI 4.1 cmdlet poster
Tips
- Don Jones writes on using PowerShell to compare baseline configurations
- A tip from The Scripting Guys on determining service launch order
- How to hide CPU NX bits in VMware using PowerCLI (discussion)
- PowerShell MVP Martin Zugec writes about using the new-webserviceproxy cmdlet with email address usernames