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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we interview Quamrul Mina and David Kulwin from Pragma Systems

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  [PowerShell V2 RC is out for XP and Windows Server 2003](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/09/10/xp-and-w2k3-release-candidate-versions-of-powershell-are-now-available-for-download.aspx)


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  The official release of PSUnit is [now available on Codeplex](http://tellingmachine.net/post/PSUnit-PowerShell-Unit-Testing-Framework-ndash3b-Getting-Started-Guide-ndash3b-Running-Unit-Tests-ndash3b-Version-2-Beta-1.aspx)


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  Luc Dekens, Hal's co-presenter at VMworld, now [has a blog](http://lucd.info/)


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  [PowerGUI 1.9 now supports v2 modules](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/powergui-and-modules/)


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  [New PowerShell User Group in Australia](http://www.leadfollowmove.com/archives/powershell/powershell-usergroup-australia)

Interview

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  *This segment brought to you by [SAPIEN Technologies](http://sapien.com/), makers of PrimalScript.

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          Links / Info





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            guests: 


                Quamrul Mina, CEO & co-founder of Pragma Systems


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                David Kulwin, CTO, co-founder, & lead architect






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            in biz since 1990, first product in '97


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            [http://www.pragmasys.com/](http://www.pragmasys.com/)


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            [http://www.pragmasys.com/Pragma_PowerShell_Support.asp](http://www.pragmasys.com/Pragma_PowerShell_Support.asp)









            Questions









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                  We kinda forgot to take note of the questions asked by the audience.  🙂









              Superheroes: David is Batman, and Quamrul picked Ronald Reagan

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            - 
              Lee Holmes has a great script [Invoke-SqlCommand](http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/InteractingWithSQLDatabasesInPowerShellInvokeSqlCommand.aspx) from his Windows PowerShell Cookbook


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              Microsoft has a video [up on #9](http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/philpenn/PowerShell--Remote-Sessions/)with tips on working with PS remoting (runtime: 8:40)


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              Joel's got a script to help you [change your Windows 7 login screen](http://huddledmasses.org/customize-your-windows-7-logon-screen/)!


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              Bruce Payette did a [video series on PowerShell modules](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2009/09/03/powershell-2-0-modules-an-introduction-with-bruce-payette.aspx)


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              Richard Siddaway blogged about a [Codeplex PowerShell Configurator](http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%2143CFA46A74CF3E96%212520.entry) for Server 2008 R2 Core and HyperV Server R2


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              Another from Joel; this script helps you to [disable Aero Peek](http://huddledmasses.org/fun-with-pinvoke-and-aero-peek/)for a process

            Tips







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                .NET classes, overloads, constructors (e.g. [system.diagnostics.PerformanceCounter](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.performancecounter.performancecounter.aspx))


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                [check to see](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2009/09/10/is-powershell-available.aspx) if PowerShell is available on a machine


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                [Interesting article](http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/comparing-python-and-powershell-dba-scripting-/) comparing Python and PowerShell for the SQL DBA

              One-Liner

Connect-WSman …

dir *serviceMaxConnections |si -Value 30

              Contest





              Your quest: Create a PowerShell script to generate fractal images. Bonus points for displaying the generated image using a Winform or WPF.  Get started by reading [this thread on PowerShellCommunity.org](http://powershellcommunity.org/Forums/tabid/54/aff/1/aft/4177/afv/topic/Default.aspx).