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Episode 189- PowerShell MVP Kirk Munro on WMIX

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****Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Kirk Munro about WMIX


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  The [Windows Management Framework (PowerShell V3 included) RC is out](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/06/02/windows-management-framework-3-0-rc-is-available-for-download.aspx)
  Jeffrey Snover and Don Jones have the [#1 talk at TechEd so far](http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/WSV321)
  UK PowerShell Group meeting [July 4th 2012](http://richardspowershellblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/uk-powershell-groupjuly-2012/)
  Adam Driscoll posted the video from the [June MadPosh Meeting](http://csharpening.net/?p=1202)

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Guest: Kirk Munro





The Question - Favorite Sci-Fi Movie: Lord of the Rings Series



Chatroom Banter



  [22:23:31] 

Fix-It Get-ChildItem -Parameter @{ Name = 'Directory' PostProcess = { Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer} } } -DefineNow

  [22:30:16]  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWgPYWf1ZaA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWgPYWf1ZaA)
  [22:30:25]  jsnover explains proxy functions
  [22:31:15]  Thanks Vern!
  [22:31:24]  Shay Levy explains them on scriptingguy blog
  [22:31:26]  [http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/03/01/proxy-functions-spice-up-your-powershell-core-cmdlets.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/03/01/proxy-functions-spice-up-your-powershell-core-cmdlets.aspx)

Resources



  [An Insider"™s Guide to using WMI Events and PowerShell](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/06/08/an-insider-s-guide-to-using-wmi-events-and-powershell.aspx)
  Jan Egil Ring wrote an [SC VMM plugin for vCheck](http://blog.powershell.no/2012/05/31/system-center-virtual-machine-manager-vcheck/)
  [Intellisense in Windows PowerShell ISE 3.0](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/06/13/intellisense-in-windows-powershell-ise-3-0.aspx)
  [Communicate between PowerShell sessions with UDP](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2012/05/09/communicating-between-multiple-powershells-via-udp.aspx)