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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Brandon Shell about virtualization, VDI, and his new BSonPoshPowerShell module.

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    - 
      Go grab [PowerShellPlus 3.1 beta](http://powershell.com/cs/forums/p/2814/3756.aspx#3756)


    - 
      Brandon Shell's [PowerShell Module goes Beta](http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BsOnPosh+%28BS+on+Posh%29&utm_content=Google+Reader)


    - 
      [Seattle PowerShell Script Club "“ Thurs Nov 19th](http://get-powershell.com/2009/11/06/seattle-powershell-script-club-thurs-nov-19th/)


    - 
      Sapien Press is [taking pre-orders](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2009/11/pre-orders-for-windows-powershell-2-0-tfm/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed) for PowerShell 2.0: TFM


    - 
      CodePlex news: 


          [PSHBiztalk](http://psbiztalk.codeplex.com/)

    Interview





    *This segment is brought to you by *[*SAPIEN Technologies*](http://sapien.com/)*.*

    Links







      - 
        [http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070](http://bsonposh.com/archives/1070)


      - 
        [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bsonposh](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bsonposh)


      - 
        [Virtual Session Indexer](http://www.loginconsultants.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=231&Itemid=128)

    Questions







      - 
        AaronHoover: How does management with Hyper-V compare to that with VMware?


      - 
        jeffculb: ##memory overcomit does ok in vmware... vCPU density is the killer


      - 
        aerodevil: ##does hyperv thin provision?


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        glnsize: ##have you used PCoIP


      - 
        sepeck: ## did I miss the difference between this and the activeroles cmdlets or Microsofts R2 release?


      - 
        aerodevil: ##get-RebootTime. What does that provide specifically.


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        jtruman0917: ## so would this also push toward Mobile PoSH

Resources

    - 
      Jaykul has put out a [very cool PowerShell Twitter client](http://huddledmasses.org/twitter-in-your-console-prompt-using-ps-jobs-for-background-work/ipmo/) that uses PSJobs to refresh data in the background and Growl to make "toaster" popups.


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      [Virtu-Al PowerPack for VMware](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/virtu-al-powerpack-a-must-have-tool-for-vmware/)


    - 
      [PowerShell resources from Channel9](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/11/09/windows-server-2008-r2-rocks.aspx)


    - 
      Jonathan Medd has started a new series: [PowerShell 2.0: One Cmdlet at a Time](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2009/11/powershell-2-0-one-cmdlet-at-a-time-1-get-random.html)

Tips

      [stackoverflow / serverfault ad]







        - 
          Rich Siddaway put up [an example of Register-WMIEvent](http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%2143CFA46A74CF3E96%212599.entry)


        - 
          And another from Rich, this one is [a wrapper for Microsoft's Security Essentials](http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns%2143CFA46A74CF3E96%212603.entry)


        - 
          James Brundage shows us how to [use splatting and a couple of his new cmdlets to send mail in a scheduled task](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/10/30/sending-automated-emails-with-send-mailmessage-convertto-html-and-the-powershellpack-s-taskscheduler-module.aspx)