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****Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Michiel Wories about SQL 2012 & PowerShell!

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  Atlanta area folks, save the date! [June 1st is the Atlanta Techstravaganza](http://www.cmschill.net/StringTheory/2012/04/25/techstravaganza-2012-save-the-date/) with a full day PowerShell track!

  Karl Prosser has released the [Portable PowerShell for v3 Beta](http://karlprosser.com/coder/2012/04/25/portable-powershell-for-v3-beta/)

  TechEd will be here soon, and Aaron Nelson will be reprising his "T[he Dirty Dozen: Windows PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA](http://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/DBI331#fbid=xa4Fd_B1dhE)" at the this year"™s show

  Darren Mar-Elia has [updated the Group Policy Health Cmdlet](http://www.sdmsoftware.com/group-policy/group-policy-health-powershell-cmdlet-updated/)

Interview

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Links

  [Mort, Elvis, and Einstein](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/11/mort-elvis-einstein-and-you.html)

  [SQL Server 2012 Connect](http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer)

The Question

Superhero: Superman

Chatroom Banter

SQLvariant: the SMO objects are very hard to work with in Enterprise environments or for anyone that isn’t a C# developer

SQLvariant: more that 90% of the SQL Server community finds the SMO too diificult to work with

Resources

  J[osh Atwell blogs about his Start-Countdown script](http://www.vtesseract.com/post/21414227113/start-countdown-function-a-visual-for-start-sleep), a visual alternative to Start-Sleep

  [Mike Robbinss shows us how to install SQL 2012 on Server Core](http://mikefrobbins.com/2011/11/24/installing-sql-server-2012-rc0-on-server-core/)

  Paul Iddon shows us how to [make a PowerShell WinPE ISO](http://pauliddon.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/make-a-powershell-to-go-usb-drive/)

  and an [easier way using MDT](http://pauliddon.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/adding-powershell-support-to-winpe-using-mdt-2012-rc1/)

  [Joel writes on PowerShellMagazine.com about creating user interfaces with ShowUI](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2012/04/25/building-advanced-user-interfaces-with-showui/)

Tips

  [Tip from Shay Levy on protecting your functions](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/scriptfanatic/archive/2012/04/17/How-to-protect-your-PowerShell-Functions.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ShayLevy+%28Shay+Levy++-+%24cript+Fanatic%29)

  PowerTip: [Executing PowerShell on computer lock](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/04/24/executing-powershell-on-computer-lock.aspx)