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****Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Ed Wilson (The Scripting Guy) about the 2012 Scripting Games.

News

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  March 19th is the [International PowerShell User Group Day](http://ipugd.org/)

  Windows 8 Consumer preview is coming - Feb 29th

  The [PowerShell Deep Dive is coming](http://www.theexpertsconference.com/us/2012/)

• February 2012: More Advanced PowerShell Functions - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -18:00 - 20:30

• February Pittsburgh PowerShell Users Group Meeting - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -18:00 - 19:30

• Atlanta PowerShell User Group - February Meeting - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 -18:00 - 20:00

• Dallas/Fort Worth Meeting - February 25, 2012 - 9am - Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 09:00

• February meeting UK PowerShell group - SQL Server and PowerShell

  • Tuesday, February 28, 2012 -19:30 - 20:30

• Dmitry is leaving Quest to join Jelastic and is passing the torch to Adam Driscoll

• vCheck 6.0 has been released

Interview

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Links

  [Scripting Game links](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/02/04/the-2012-windows-powershell-scripting-games-all-links-on-one-page.aspx)

  [The Hey, Scripting Guy! blog](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/)

  [Script Center](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter)

Chatroom Banter

18[2012-02-16 22:25:46] <8Brian_> ## how many different levels are there in the scripting games? Like what’s after beginner?

16[2012-02-16 22:26:01] <6AaronHoover> training is important!

16[2012-02-16 22:26:03] <6Vern_Anderson> Padowan to Jedi Master

16[2012-02-16 22:26:04] <5BartekB> Brian_: There are 2: beg and adv.

16[2012-02-16 22:26:05] <14JHofferle> 22http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/02/04/the-2012-windows-powershell-scripting-games-all-links-on-one-page.aspx

16[2012-02-16 22:26:05] <4alexandair1> beginner and advanced

16[2012-02-16 22:26:21] <11StartAutomating> BartekB, it’s ok, you’re whole “I’ve got another box to play with” comment translates a little funny as well

16[2012-02-16 22:27:51] <6Vern_Anderson> 22http://paper.li/tag/PowerShell

I wrote a blog post about the ISE for Microsoft tonight 🙂 22http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2012/02/16/community-win-powershell-goes-wiki.aspx

16[2012-02-16 22:48:30] <12Jaykul> 22http://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/509353/use-language-syntax-like-to-add-members-to-objects <– I bet you will learn two things about PowerShell 3 that you didn’t know by reading the closing comment by Microsoft

16[2012-02-16 22:50:44] <5BartekB> Vern_Anderson: 22http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/10/21/create-a-really-cool-powershell-ise-profile.aspx

16[2012-02-16 23:00:23] <7ScriptingWife> 22http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/03/26/here-come-da-judge-here-come-da-judge.aspx

The Question

Ed needs on his Mission to Mars: a laptop with PowerShell

Resources

• http://startlearningpowershell.com/

  [Adding your own Plugin to vCheck6](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2012/02/adding-your-own-plugin-to-vcheck6.html)