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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Premier Field Engineer Clint Huffman

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      MVPs! 


          Welcome [Aleksandar Nikolić](https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Aleksandar)






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      Script Club News 


          [Greater Miliwaukee @ Jan 19th](http://mkescriptclub.eventbrite.com/)


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          [North Texas PC UserGroup](http://www.ntpcug.org/) has a [PowerShell SIG](http://sites.google.com/site/powershellsig/) that is meeting Jan 16th


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          Joel Bennett [has started PowerShellGroup.org](http://huddledmasses.org/announcing-powershellgroup-org-a-home-for-powershell-user-groups/)


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          [Virtual PowerShell Group](http://huddledmasses.org/the-virtual-powershell-group/)






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      CodePlex News 


          [SQLPSX](http://sqlpsx.codeplex.com/) - new version released


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          [PSClass project](http://psclass.codeplex.com/) - create new "real" classes in PowerShell without reverting to cSharp code


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          [PAL](http://pal.codeplex.com/)


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          [PoshBoard v3 sneak preview video](http://www.poshboard.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:poshboard-30-aux-ms-techdays-2010&catid=1:poshboard&Itemid=19&lang=en) (with multitouch!)










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    Interview





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

    Links







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        PAL: [http://pal.codeplex.com/](http://pal.codeplex.com/)


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        Interview on Runas: [http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=136](http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=136)


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        PAL 2.0 Alpha 3: [http://pal.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=36824](http://pal.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=36824)

    Questions







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        StevenMurawski: ##  Will the new PAL templates be described in PowerShell or some other format?


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        qa_warrior: ## can pal be ran as a background job


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        jtruman0917: ## So how  does PAL allow for Recording of results like PerfMOn


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        MediaNMicrocode: ## Ever think about customizing output of the reports from Pal with WPk or Powerboots?


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        AaronHoover: ##Clint, can PAL analyze historical logs as well as real time?


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        jtruman0917: ## What about IIS Logs

Hero - 

Resources

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      Jeff Hicks helps us to [think objectively](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2009/12/think-objectively/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed)


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      From Redmond Magazine ["PowerShell 2.0: Why It Matters"](http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2010/01/01/PowerShell-2-Why-It-Matters.aspx?Page=1) by Jeff Hicks


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      [10 PowerShell posts from Doug Finke](http://dougfinke.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/01/10-powershell-posts-i-did-in-2009/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DevelopmentInABlink+(Development+in+a+Blink)&utm_content=FeedBurner) and a great cartoon


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      Dmitry Sotnikov [blogs about a cool download manager powerpack](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/powershell-based-download-manager/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+DmitrysPowerblog+(Dmitry's+PowerBlog)) for PowerGUI that uses BITS


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      James Brundage posts a script to [get the nearby computers on your network](http://blogs.msdn.com/mediaandmicrocode/archive/2010/01/06/get-computersnearme.aspx)









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Tips **

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21 of Don Jones’s 

most popular PowerShell tips in a PDF doc

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          Jonathan Medd has [a tip about Enter-PSSession](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2010/01/powershell-2-0-one-cmdlet-at-a-time-31-enter-pssession.html)


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          Tobias Weltner (MVP) has [a tip about using the Force!](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2010/01/07/use-the-force.aspx) (parameter)