Episode 239 – PowerScripting Podcast – Rob Willis from Microsoft on the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit

In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Rob Willis from Microsoft about the PowerShell Deployment Toolkit

News

• PowerShell Saturday #005 - Atlanta announced for Oct 26th

• The Twin Cities PowerShell user group is meeting September 10th from 4:30-7:30PM

• Atlanta PowerShell User group is meeting September 10th from 7:00-9:00PM

• The Mississippi PowerShell User group is meeting online September 10th from 8:30-10:00PM

• The Dutch PowerShell Usergroup will be meeting September 12 from 6:00-9:00PM

• A Northern California PowerShell user group is in the works. Initial meetup on October 2nd

Interview

Guests - Rob Willis

Links

• Building Clouds Blog

• PowerShell Deployment Toolkit

Chatroom Buzz

• <Vern_Anderson> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2013/MDC-B326#fbid=6zuuos_yGWr

• <Vern_Anderson> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl

• <MikeFRobbins> BatchMan: http://mikefrobbins.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/batchman.jpg

• <Stuwee> http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-Deployment-797b3c6d

• <powerschill> ScriptingWife: Look what Don gave me: http://powershellsaturday.com/005/files/2013/08/PowerShell-Saturday-Logo1.png

• <Vern_Anderson> http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/03/25/deployment-pdt-2-4-is-now-available-on-the-technet-gallery.aspx

• <ScottMoss> http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-Deployment-797b3c6d

• <Vern_Anderson> http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-Deployment-822d44c7

• <sepeck> oh.. for anyone interested in a good private cloud overview series  http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2013/04/01/build-your-private-cloud-in-a-month-new-article-series.aspx#.Ug2MfXnn9Ah

• <MikeFRobbins> Did you guys see my blog today? "PowerShell Function to Unzip Files Using the .NET Framework 4.5 with Fallback to COM" http://mikefrobbins.com/2013/08/15/powershell-function-to-unzip-files-using-the-net-framework-4-5-with-fallback-to-com/

• <4Vern_Anderson> ## Woah what they cut PDT?

• <15ScottMoss> ## how do you feel about the turn around time from SP1 to R2?

• <15ScottMoss> ## ?? # A TED Sample Solution  ??

• <15ScottMoss> ## Impressive script!

• <4Vern_Anderson> ## Got link

• <11sepeck> ## During TechEd2013 some of the interviews between sessions talked about encouraging in place upgrades...  Ids this the model for SC now too?

• <11sepeck> ##ticket guy

• <11sepeck> ## http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/

The Question -

• Superhero/Power - The power of flight