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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to author and developer Lee Holmes from the PowerShell team.

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    - 
      [You can now use the Microsoft AD Cmdlets](http://blogs.msdn.com/adpowershell/archive/2009/09/18/active-directory-management-gateway-service-released-to-web-manage-your-windows-2003-2008-dcs-using-ad-powershell.aspx) on your Windows Server 2003 domain


    - 
      New from PowerWF: [convert scripts to workflows, v2 support, UAC, PowerCLI support](http://blog.powerwf.com/post/195230863/recent-highlights)


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      PrimalForms 2009 now has an [integrated script editor](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2009/09/primalforms-2009-script-editor/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed)


    - 
      Brandon [informs us](http://bsonposh.com/archives/990) of a new AD Codeplex project: [AD Replication Module](http://adreplicationmodule.codeplex.com/)

    Interview

    Links







      - 
        Lee's PowerShell Cookbook [http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528492/](http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528492/)


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        [http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/09/30/powershell-s-security-guiding-principles.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/09/30/powershell-s-security-guiding-principles.aspx)


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        [http://leeholmes.com/blog](http://leeholmes.com/blog)

    Questions







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        glnsize: ## what is the provider story?  Where a couple years in now, where do providers work?


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        glnsize: ## wait we can use eventing to handle jobs... i thought this was limited to wmi


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        glnsize: ## what scope does the event scriptblock run in?


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        palen: ## do events get lost when the powershell.exe host is close?


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        aleksandar: ## can we get a blog post in the near future about the eventing in V2. it's new and very powerful feature, but most of the sysadmins are not very familiar with it


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        glnsize: ## where are these (ISE) extentions?


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        glnsize: ## with providers not your lane, but what do i have to do to get a skydrive provider?


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        spowser: ##Is Powershell ISE considered part of Powershell release cycle or can updates be released off-cycle?


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        glnsize: ##we're suppose to be migrating to powershell.... did I just hear that I should be using an NT cmd over a powershell core function


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        palen: ## Is it in the roadmap to make .ps1 scripts native logon/logoff scripts?


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        finked: ## What is the easiest way to list the events in the ISE that you can register for


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        glnsize: ##besides the registry where have transactions been implemented?


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        spowser: ##What kind of feedback have you got from other teams within Microsoft about V2?


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        glnsize: ## softball -> favorite feature of V2...hardball->feature you couldn't get in


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        glnsize: ## I think transactions are awesome, but I barley ever modify the registry


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        glnsize: ##is there a post that shows me how my advanced functions can support transactions?  how involoved is this


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        finked: ## Will transactions be in the new Cook Book? What is new in the vNext Cook Book?


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        glnsize: ## will there be a v 2.1 or will be have to wait till windows 8 for the next posh release... feel free not to answer 😉


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        glnsize: ##isn't [execution policy] -scope process a security hole?

Resources

    - 
      Brandon [dished up a list](http://bsonposh.com/archives/983) of the Windows 2008 R2 Group Policy Cmdlets


    - 
      Cody Bunch [has posted a script to schedule VMware Fault Tolerance](http://professionalvmware.com/2009/09/scheduling-vmwares-ft-fault-tolerance/)


    - 
      Lee Holmes shows us the [PowerShell equivalent of NET HELPMSG](http://www.leeholmes.com/blog/PowerShellEquivalentOfNETHELPMSG.aspx)


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      Using [computed propertie](http://www.leporelo.eu/blog.aspx?id=how-to-specify-computed-property-in-select-object)s in Select-Object


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      Carter Shanklin wrote [this script](http://poshcode.org/1341) to grab h/w serial # data from your ESX servers

      Gotcha







        - 
          [Break doesn't work in pipelines](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/break-not-working-in-foreach/)

      One-Liner







        - 
          Get-Help New-Object -Parameter property


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          $profile | fl * -Force


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            ([thx Powershell.com](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2009/09/22/getting-process-windows-titles.aspx)):

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            where-Object {$_.mainWindowTitle} |





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