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Episode 95-Josh Jones From the CS Techcast Talks PowerShell and SQL

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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Josh Jones from the CS Techcast 

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      [PowerWF Beta 3 dropped this month](http://blog.powerwf.com/post/276676707/powerwf-studio-beta-r3-released); imports PowerShell Modules & Snapins into the toolbar


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      [It's a PowerShell Christmas!](http://dnn.itprotoronto.ca/Blogs/tabid/62/EntryId/80/Powershell-Christmas-Tree-ndash-Again.aspx)


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      [PoshBoard 2.5 is now on codeplex](http://www.poshboard.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33:poshboard-25-video-introduction&catid=1:poshboard&Itemid=19&lang=en)


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      [Quest's PowerPack Challenge winners are up](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/winners-of-powerpack-challenge-2009/)


    Interview





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    Links







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


    Questions





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      ##Josh, did you go to school for DB admin, or was it learned on the job?


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      jtruman0917: ## Josh what are your feelings about SSRS?  Do you use it?


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      AaronHoover: ## Josh, is most of your stuff back-end?  Any front-end design?  If so, what tools?


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      jtruman0917: ## so for your reports do you code your own SP's and attach the report to them?


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      AaronHoover: ## Josh, is most of your stuff back-end?  Any front-end design?  If so, what tools?


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      jtruman0917: ## Have you ever had to support applications that implemented sql queries on the fly


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      jtruman0917: ## is it like Group Policy Manager?

SuperHero/Power - Wizardry (Warlock)

Resources

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      Tutorial: [PowerWF and PowerCLI](http://blog.powerwf.com/post/221107418/tutorial-leveraging-powershell-and-powercli)


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      Virtu-Al's [PowerCLI quick reference guide](http://www.virtu-al.net/2009/12/04/powercli-quick-reference-guide/) updated for 4.0 U1

Tips

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        - 
          JSON in PowerShell from [Jaykul](http://huddledmasses.org/json-from-powershell-but-why/) and [Hal](http://poshcode.org/1529)


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          [Creating new objects with a hashtable](http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2009/12/05/new-object-psobject-property-hashtable.aspx) (v2)


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          PoshCode helper script for even more new-object goodness: [New-PSOCustomObject](http://poshcode.org/1543)


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          [Unblock a file in PowerShell](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1617509/unblock-a-file-with-powershell)