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In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Ed Wilson (The Scripting Guy) from Microsoft

Interview





Guest - Ed Wilson, The Scripting Guy

Links





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    [http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/)





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    [Windows PowerShell Best Practices](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145347268.do?code=WKPWERS)





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    [Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0790145389503.do?code=WKPWERS)









**Chatroom Highlights:**





 ## At some point during the show can Ed made a reference to the EAC (Exchange Admin Center)? He sounds uncannily like the Turtle in Finding Nemo 🙂





 ## Bring on the nostalgia!  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings(v=vs.110).aspx





 ## (or the horror)





 ## throw the gang sign Ed!!!!





 ## Would people come to Napa if Sapian hosted a powershell saturday?





 ##Jon Up Next Dave Wyatt





 ## real-world usage question for Ed...





 ## do you use aliases in scripts you write for yourself?





 ## are there any major caveats to using DSC and/or v4.0 in general on down-level OS versions?





 ## I ask because some cmdlets introduced in 3.0 don't work on 2008R2





 ## Powershell against RT?





 ## What's the next book? (or did I miss that?)





 ## do you benefit at all from safari online usage?





 for your pre-show streaming enjoyment, here's a NASA launch: [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.UuHIzmQo45I](http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html#.UuHIzmQo45I)





 [http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Best-Practices-Wilson/dp/0735666490](http://www.amazon.com/Windows-PowerShell-Best-Practices-Wilson/dp/0735666490)





 @jonwalz enjoying some pre-show tunes: [http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc](http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc)





 [http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/powershell.do?code=WKPWERS&cmp=tw-na-books-videos-info-promo_powershell](http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/powershell.do?code=WKPWERS&cmp=tw-na-books-videos-info-promo_powershell)





 [http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/recovery-manager/?loc=zTS2z&prod=zWAz&tech=zvirtz&prog=zOTprogz&type=zOTtypez&media=zOTmediaz&country=zUSz](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/recovery-manager/?loc=zTS2z&prod=zWAz&tech=zvirtz&prog=zOTprogz&type=zOTtypez&media=zOTmediaz&country=zUSz)





 ## Bring on the nostalgia!  [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings(v=vs.110).aspx](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.visualbasic.strings(v=vs.110).aspx)





 MattHitchcock - it's a bit buggy IME, but there is this: [http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-ISE-VariableExpl-fef9ff01](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/PowerShell-ISE-VariableExpl-fef9ff01)





 [http://www.sapien.com/software/changevue](http://www.sapien.com/software/changevue)





 They also have VersionRecall [http://www.sapien.com/software/versionrecall](http://www.sapien.com/software/versionrecall)





 [http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+does+the+fox+say+video&qpvt=what+does+the+fox+say+video&FORM=VDRE](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+does+the+fox+say+video&qpvt=what+does+the+fox+say+video&FORM=VDRE)





 [http://scriptcop.start-automating.com/](http://scriptcop.start-automating.com/) Scriptcop





 && [http://open.spotify.com/track/0aDmudjjboRLuCaf93k2JJ](http://open.spotify.com/track/0aDmudjjboRLuCaf93k2JJ)





 [http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter)





 [http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/512f2371-96e4-423f-8596-58578aa7db31](http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/512f2371-96e4-423f-8596-58578aa7db31)





 [http://www.yelp.com/biz/zeitouni-grill-charlotte#hrid:ViSQ6ZeUoBBVV_rC1KrqTg](http://www.yelp.com/biz/zeitouni-grill-charlotte#hrid:ViSQ6ZeUoBBVV_rC1KrqTg)





 [http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc](http://youtu.be/qPzBC3vnIcc)

The Question - Favorite Vacation Spot





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  Europe