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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast we talk to Ryan Dunn about managing Azure with PowerShell!

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      User group news: 


          [The Atlanta group will be meeting next on June 22nd](http://powershellgroup.org/atlanta.ga).






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      Free PowerShell training events 


          June 12th - SQL Saturday #43 - Redmond 


              [SQL Server and PowerShell](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=43&sessionid=1565)










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          June 26th -SQL Saturday #42 - Columbus, OH 


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Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell ](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=42&sessionid=1339)

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      Coming in August, the 5-day [MOC Course 10325A: Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0](http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10325a&locale=en-us)!


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      Richard Siddaway's PowerShell in Practice [should be out soon](http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!2870.entry)


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      And Richard's [PAM (PowerShell Admin Modules)](http://psam.codeplex.com/) [is now at v0.2](http://richardsiddaway.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!43CFA46A74CF3E96!2883.entry)


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      The [final standings](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2010/05/25/revised-final-standings-of-the-2010-scripting-games.aspx) of the 2010 Scripting Games have been announced!


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      Brandon Shell [just released](http://bsonposh.com/archives/1096) v1 of his [bsonposh module](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/bsonposh)

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Links

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      Azure Cmdlets: [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/azurecmdlets](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/azurecmdlets)


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      Azure Management Tool: [http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazuremmc](http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsazuremmc)


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      CloudDrive: [http://clouddrive.codeplex.com/](http://clouddrive.codeplex.com/)


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      Blog: [http://dunnry.com](http://dunnry.com/blog/)


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      Twitter: [http://twitter.com/dunnry](http://twitter.com/dunnry)


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      Cloud Cover Show: [http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Cloud+Cover/](http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Cloud+Cover/)

Questions

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       ## what services does msft dogfood on azure? hotmail, exchange online, etc?


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       ## does ryan see much use for powershell *in* the cloud versus using powershell to simply manage the service from a desktop/client.


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       ## are there any plans to have the system center apps manage/monitor azure apps side-by-side with internal apps?


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       ## Reading Programming Windows Azure. Any other book recommendations?


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       ##Does Azure support Java?


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       ## does he share his scripts like the PDC one?  the bootstrapper?


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       ## a windows azure powershell provider? 


          There is a blog storage provider sample out there






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       ## Will the Azure cmdlets work with MSBuild 4.0? 


          See Scott Densmore's blog: [http://scottdensmore.typepad.com/](http://scottdensmore.typepad.com/) | [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scottdensmore/](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scottdensmore/)






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       ## does ryan think this could eventually become "official"? 


          Maybe

    Superhero: Spiderman

** Resources **

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** This segment is brought to you by SAPIEN Technologies.

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      Don't forget [PowerShell: TFM v1](http://blog.sapien.com/index.php/2009/12/01/free-windows-powershell-ebook/) ebook is available as a free download.


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      Don Jones on [Implicit Remoting](http://www.windowsitpro.com/blogs/PowerShellwithaPurpose/tabid/2248/entryid/12855/Default.aspx)


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      The PowerWF guys have posted some screencast of their new Twitter module. [Video 1 is the CLI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rrsw1L_ROo) and [video 2 is the GUI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7ZWdDRviQ).


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      [Export-XLS](http://www.lucd.info/2010/05/29/beyond-export-csv-export-xls/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+LucdNotes+(LucD+notes))


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      Oisin wrote [an ISE hack](http://www.nivot.org/2010/05/21/PowerShellISEHackingChangeDefaultSaveEncodingToASCII.aspx) to change the default file encoding to ASCII


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      [Ten Steps to PowerShell Scripting with Office Communications Server 2007 R2](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ff707082.aspx)


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      Jonathan [started a blog series on PowerShell Jobs](http://powerscripting.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/a-look-at-powershell-jobs-part-1/)

** Tips **

    This segment is brought to you by [Serverfault.com](http://serverfault.com/)!





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      Using Where-Object to [Remove Empty Things](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2010/06/03/removing-empty-things.aspx)


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      Thomas Lee tells us [another reason why PowerShell matters](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-reason-why-powershell-matters.html)