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Episode 218 – PowerShell jokes and SQL talk with the MidnightDBAs

Jonathan Walz
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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Sean and Jen McCown, the MidnightDBA duo!****  

News





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  [PowerCLI 5.1 Release 2 is out](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2013/02/12/powercli-5-1-release-2-is-released/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PowershellMagazine+%28PowerShell+Magazine%29)


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  MVP Jeff Hicks will be speaking at [SQL Saturday in Omaha, NE on April 6th](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/02/powershell-in-the-big-o/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JeffsScriptingBlogAndMore+%28The+Lonely+Administrator%29#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powershell-in-the-big-o)


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  MVP Jeff Hicks has posted his upcoming [speaking schedule](http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/02/on-the-road/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JeffsScriptingBlogAndMore+%28The+Lonely+Administrator%29#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-road)


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  The Atlanta PowerShell user group will be [meeting on March 12th](http://atlpug201303-eac2.eventbrite.com/)







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Interview





Guests - Sean and Jen McCown

Links





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    Website: [MidnightDBA.com](http://midnightdba.com/)





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    Blog post: [Why is adopting PowerShell so hard](http://www.midnightdba.com/DBARant/?p=891) (for DBAs)?

The Question -





Sean superhero - tactile osmosis





Jen superhero - Firestar

Resources





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    [T-SQL Tuesday #39 is a PowerShell grab bag](http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne/archive/2013/02/t-sql-tuesday-39-wrapup/)





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    MVP Joel Bennett teaches how to get help for [modules you don"™t have installed](http://huddledmasses.org/get-help-for-modules-you-dont-have-installed/)









**The Scripting Guy shows us how to [easily find out how long a process has been running](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/02/27/powertip-use-powershell-to-easily-find-how-long-a-process-runs.aspx)**