Episode 131 – MVP Sean Kearney on the Mic

In This Episode

 

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we share the mic with Sean Kearney, Canadian PowerShell Evangelist Extraordinaire!

News

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.

Interview

Our interview is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies, makers of PrimalScript and PrimalForms.

 

Links:

 

• Sean’s music: http://landofsilly.mypodcast.com/
• Sean’s blog: http://www.energizedtech.com/

 

Resources

This segment brought to you by ServerFault.com

• Kirk created a video on creating a PowerGUI Script Editor Add-On
• A script from PowerShell.com showing you how to be notified when a job completes
• Jonathan Medd posted a Connect-ExchangeServer PowerShell Function
• Need to query the MSI database quickly? Try this Get-MSI script from Andrew Kutz
• Quickly install all of Telerik’s products with a PowerShell script
• TechEd 2010 Advanced Automation using PowerShell
• Jeff Hicks presents his “Kitchen Sink prompt“
• PowerShell for Beginners session report
• Tome shows us how to grab the PID of IE tabs

Tips

• Remember, an object is often not reality
• Find currently logged on users