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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we have Buck Woody from Microsoft to talk about SQL Server and PowerShell.

News

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• MVP Richard Siddaway has a new Codeplex project: PowerShell Admin Modules{#gicw}. His blog post{#t_yd} talks about some of the features for working with network shares.
• MVP Shay Levy has a new project{#jffw} on MSDN Code Gallery titled PSClientManager{#s119} that allows you to work with Windows 7 features.
• 2010 Scripting Games are upon us!{#rcjl}
• User Group News
  • New York City - May 10th{#w-63}
  • Syracuse - May 11th{#va3q}
  • SE Michigan - May 11th{#yp8:}
  • Tampa - May 13th{#p6s3}
  • Central Ohio - May 13th{#n0si}
  • Atlanta - May 18th{#bidg}
• Local conferences
  • @SQLVariant{#kx9s} is speaking at SQL Saturday in Jacksonville on May 8th{#zrlj}. He is also going to present the same talk on Geek Speak{#qgan} in case you can’t make it to J-ville.
  • Codestock in Knoxville TN{#s893} happens June 25th & 26th and there will be 4 PowerShell sessions including some from Hal{#r3.7} and @SQLVariant{#y7bm}.

Interview

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Links

• Carpe Datum (Buck’s work blog){#pc-0}
• Buckwoody.com{#ynod}
• Pain of the Week: The SysAdmin’s Guide to SQL Server
• http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/05/29/how-can-i-use-windows-powershell-to-run-daily-checks-on-my-sql-server-2008-servers.aspx
• http://blogs.technet.com/heyscriptingguy/archive/2009/05/27/how-does-windows-powershell-make-it-easier-to-work-with-sql-server-2008.aspx
• http://www.sqldownunder.com/SQLDownUnderShow41BuckWoodyPowershell/tabid/442/Default.aspx

Questions

• LaerteJunior: ## Buck : when you came in Brazil, spoke about the powershell TechEd Brazil. Today I no longer see MS talk about powershell. Even the Host Sql Server is still 1.0. PowerShell is forgotten?

Hero/Power -

• Buckaroo Banzai

Resources

• Frank-Peter points us{#eijh} to ScriptBox{#n54_}, a script repository with over 1300 PowerShell scripts.
• PowerShell Transactions{#dr.g} 
• Using STA to continue in your console session while a from is loaded{#k.k1}
• Dmitry has posted version 2 of his SharePoint 2010 quick reference{#qiom}.
• Tech brief on PowerGUI Pro{#kxji}

Tips

• Jeff Hicks talks about adding verbosity to your scripts{#m5gw}