Episode 99 – Shannon Ma on Configuration Management
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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Shannon Ma about configuration management
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Jonathan Medd [posted](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2010/01/uk-powershell-user-group-events-in-jan-and-feb-2010.html) the Jan/Feb dates for the UK PowerShell User Group
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SAPIEN will [soon be releasing v2](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2010/01/05/ipowershell-2-0/) of iPowerShell to the iPhone app store
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Dmitry [posted a video](http://dmitrysotnikov.wordpress.com/2010/01/15/mobileshell-demo/) of MobileShell
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[Buy PowerGadgets](http://www.softwarefx.com//regionalpromotions/landing.aspx/?sPromotionCode=PGHAITI)Â by Jan 31st for $49 and 100% of proceeds go to help Haiti
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Links
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NetPoint [http://www.neutex.net/](http://www.neutex.net/)
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NetPoint PowerGUI PowerPack:Â [http://powergui.org/entry.jspa?externalID=2582&categoryID=296](http://powergui.org/entry.jspa?externalID=2582&categoryID=296)
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Blog:Â [http://shannon.neutex.net/](http://shannon.neutex.net/)
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Resources
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[Adding/Removing members from another forest/domain to groups in AD](http://blogs.msdn.com/adpowershell/archive/2010/01/20/adding-removing-members-from-another-forest-or-domain-to-groups-in-active-directory.aspx)
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[Update Linux VMs with PowerCLI](http://ict-freak.nl/2010/01/20/update-linux-vms-with-powercli-thanks-to-invoke-vmscript/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Ict-freak+(ICT-Freak))
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Don Jones on [AD cmdlets and implicit remoting](http://concentratedtech.com/item/view/id/340/title/Active-Directory-cmdlets-and-Implicit-Remoting)
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The Scripting Guy [talks about PowerShell Modules](http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/01/21/hey-scripting-guy-january-21-2010.aspx)
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Our tips are brought to you today by ServerFault and StackOverflow, the best place to find answers to your toughest questions!
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Shay [posted a couple of one-liners](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2010/01/19/quicktip-one-liners-to-get-winrm-port-numbers.aspx?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ShayLevy+(Shay+Levy++-+$cript+Fanatic)) to get WinRM port numbers
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The Scripting Guy is working on his Module week with:Â [Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Work with Windows PowerShell Module Paths?](http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/01/20/hey-scripting-guy-january-20-2010.aspx)