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In This Episode





**Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jeffery Hicks about managing Windows Server with PowerShell

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News





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    The PowerShell Team has [gifted us with "Getting Started with PowerShell Workflow"](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/12/22/another-holiday-gift-from-the-powershell-team-powershell-3-0-ctp2-getting-started-with-windows-powershell-workflow.aspx)





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    The PowerShell ISE [Script Explorer](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2011/12/powershell-ise-script-explorerget-it.html) is finally out (sort of)








        [Alternate invite code from James](https://connect.microsoft.com/site1064/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=7431&InvitationID=JB10-WFVG-87RJ)








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    VMware releases a [PowerShell plugin for vCenter Orchestrator](http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/2011/12/vco-powershell-plug-in.html)





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    The Arposh Windows System Administration tool 2.0 [has been released](http://blog.richprescott.com/2011/12/arposh-windows-system-administration.html)





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    ATLSMUG [meets Jan 19th ](http://om2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/atlsmug-meeting-jan-19th-2012/)to talk about System Center 2012 releases

Interview





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Links:





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    TrainSignal Videos:








        [PowerShell Fundamentals](http://www.trainsignal.com/Windows-PowerShell-Training.aspx)





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        [Managing Windows Server](http://www.trainsignal.com/Windows-Server-2008-PowerShell-Training.aspx)








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    Jeff"™s Deep Dive: [Turning CLI Tools into PowerShell Tools Deep Dive Demos](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2011/10/turning-cli-tools-into-powershell-tools-deep-dive-demos/)

Chatroom Buzz





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[21:53:42]  ##Can you explain CIM more





[21:56:00]  ####What kind of wine Don?





[21:57:34]  If you are seeing Don Jones you are watching last weeks show and not the live feed





[21:58:12]  that goofy little red live button is hard to find sometimes





[21:58:47]  time travel is not only expensive, but dangerous.





[22:06:19]  ###These are available for Server core right?





[22:12:39]  ###What is Jeff drinking? Captain Morgan? 🙂





[22:13:20]  [21:02:42]  back. Tonight's PowerShell musings brought to you by Fuller's London Porter





[22:21:22]  ## what parsing tricks would you recommend people use for legacy applications?  ## any other tips for legacy apps?





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The Question





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Island: Kindle Fire





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Resources**

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    Jeff Hicks wrote a multipurpose script to [convert text output to objects](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2011/10/convert-text-to-object/)





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    From Josh Atwell, "[Y U No vMotion](http://www.vtesseract.com/post/14568101265/y-u-no-vmotion)?"








        [and his guest post on The Scripting Guy Blog on using PowerCLI](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/12/16/use-powershell-to-simplify-access-to-data-through-powercli.aspx)








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    [Playing Music with PowerShell](http://rakasatria.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/playing-music-with-powershell/)





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    MVP Scott Moss is blogging about [SCOM 2012 PowerShell](http://om2012.wordpress.com/category/om12-powershell/)





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    [RDS PowerShell TFM](http://msviennatechnoblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/rds-powershell-tfm-8-steps-to-automate-your-remote-desktop-services-infrastructure-using-powershell/)









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Tips**

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    [Hal discusses working with large sets of files and break them into manageable groups](https://plus.google.com/u/0/106423422372421380780/posts/5MvTGp8gqcN)