Episode 260 – PowerScripting Podcast – MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick on The Scripting Games and More

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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick

Interview

Guests - Don Jones, Jason Helmick

Links

• https://powershell.org/

• Learn more about the PowerShell Summit

• Lean IIS in a Month of Lunches

Chatroom Highlights:

<JasonMorgan_> ## How many teams total?

<Vern_Anderson> ## @ Jason - How cool was it making that MVA JumpStart videos with jsnover?

<JasonMorgan_> ## Watch out for the ScriptingGuys Forum

<Vern_Anderson> ## The one year I had problems was one of the challenges required Hyper-V

<Stuwee> ## Don, where are these videos?

<Vern_Anderson> I'm having to learn .NET C## at work yuk!

<Vern_Anderson_> ## Jason what's your favorite type of Steak?

<json_wud> ##is there going to be a DSC in a month of lunches book?

<Vern_Anderson_> ## Why was Don underwhelmed by workflow?

<json_wud> ##Will DSC be a major component of the upcoming Summit?

<BrianK> ## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?

<BrianK> ## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?

<Dave_Wyatt> ## I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there any benefit to looking into DSC if you're already running SCCM?

<DonJ-MVP> ## yeah do that question jon

<JHofferle> ## So what do you manage with Group Policy vs DSC?

<JasonMorgan_> ## So you can patch with DSC?

<json_wud> ##small guys really do want more scripting options. Anything coming down the line to make small/mobile office scripting work for us.?

<PowerSchill> Fun Fact: http://www.mrfa.org/ssn.htm

<rcookiemonster> http://arstechnica.com/science/2009/07/social-insecurity-numbers-open-to-hacking/

<alevyinroc> rcookiemonster: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/303/eventhome.aspx only $10 to cover lunch, the rest of the day is free

<ScriptingWife> JonWalz: for shownotes https://powershell.org/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/

<alexandair1>  JonWalz for shownotes http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/02/19/another-important-milestone-powershell-magazine-has-published-500-posts/

<ScriptingWife> JonWalz: for shownotes http://www.manning.com/helmick/

<Vern_Anderson> http://www.manning.com/helmick/

<MikeFRobbins> Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches: http://manning.com/helmick/

<Dave_Wyatt> https://powershell.org/forums/topic/download-all-files-error/

<proxb> https://powershell.org/2014/02/17/what-should-the-scripting-games-look-like-next-time/

<Vern_Anderson> http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start#?fbid=WMDOzBs5L7r

<Vern_Anderson> http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/advanced-tools-scripting-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start#?fbid=WMDOzBs5L7r

<Vern_Anderson> http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPxcTs1F2k-NeZ-igDHvnQ

<MikeFRobbins> Are you following Dave Wyatt on Twitter? You should be: http://twitter.com/SnookieBjorn

<Vern_Anderson> http://donjonesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tattoos.png?w=300&h=95

<JonWalz> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249922.aspx look what it says for the ConfigurationMode Property and look at the example

<ps-gregg> http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/09/building-a-mini-hyper-v-server/

<love_the_tentacl> http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Compact-i7-4500U-Processor-GB-BXi7-4500/dp/B00FNPCKUU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392954973&sr=8-3&keywords=gigabyte+brix

<love_the_tentacl> http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT960M500SSD1/dp/B00BQ8RGL6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1392955060&sr=8-4&keywords=crucial+m500

<Vern_Anderson_> http://www.anandtech.com/show/7648/gigabyte-brix-pro

<MikeFRobbins> How about some Louisiana Hot Sauce? http://www.louisianapepper.com/

 

The Question - Mars Mission

• Jason - Hot sauce