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In This Episode





Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jim Britt from Microsoft about Service Management Automation

News





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    Details are being posted for [PowerShell Summit Europe](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/powershell-summit-europe/)





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    [DSC Resource Kit Wave 2](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/07/need-more-dsc-resources-announcing-dsc-resource-kit-wave-2.aspx) has been released





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    The PowerShell team has posted a [DSC Diagnostics Module](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2014/02/11/dsc-diagnostics-module-analyze-dsc-logs-instantly-now.aspx)





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    Don Jones is teaching a [PowerClass in April](https://powershell.org/2014/02/03/my-2014-public-powerclass-is-now-open-for-registration/)

Interview





Guest - Jim Britt from Microsoft about Service Management Automation

Links





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    [Intro to SMA](http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA)





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    [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx)





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    [http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx)





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    [http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/](http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/)





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















Chatroom Highlights:





 [https://powershell.org/2014/02/04/up-next-jim-britt-from-microsoft-talks-about-sma/](https://powershell.org/2014/02/04/up-next-jim-britt-from-microsoft-talks-about-sma/)





 yeah, I scheduled the hangout using the Events page: [https://plus.google.com/events](https://plus.google.com/events) because that's where last month's event shows up...





 Instead ... even though you want an event ... you have to go to the on air page [https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair](https://plus.google.com/hangouts/onair)





 By the way, Hal ... if you want to share the event link, the recording is up, but be sure to share THIS link, and not the other one. [https://plus.google.com/events/cnj9o1b8sem1bcv1odc7haa6kgc](https://plus.google.com/events/cnj9o1b8sem1bcv1odc7haa6kgc)





 [http://nyr.kr/1e7VRgB](http://nyr.kr/1e7VRgB)





 we probably talked about SCORCH on this show: [https://powershell.org/2012/10/23/episode-204-santos-martinez-on-mastering-configuration-manager-2012/](https://powershell.org/2012/10/23/episode-204-santos-martinez-on-mastering-configuration-manager-2012/)





 [http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx?nv1if5=1#fbid=iYMAZB7bUvJ](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack/default.aspx?nv1if5=1#fbid=iYMAZB7bUvJ)





 [http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you-had-one-job](http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/you-had-one-job)





 @BrianK [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/02/08/deployment-introducing-powershell-deployment-toolkit.aspx)





 [http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA](http://aka.ms/IntroToSMA)





 [http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/10/23/automation-service-management-automation-sma-runbook-toolkit-spotlight-smart-for-runbook-import-and-export.aspx)





 [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-had-one-job](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-had-one-job)





 [http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx](http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2013/10/29/using-the-service-management-automation-feature-of-orchestrator-in-system-center-2012-r2.aspx)





 [http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/](http://www.systemcenteruniverse.com/)





 [http://www.canistream.it/search/movie/516312edf5f807cc42000009/europa-report](http://www.canistream.it/search/movie/516312edf5f807cc42000009/europa-report)





 [https://twitter.com/JimBrittPhotos](https://twitter.com/JimBrittPhotos)





 [http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds](http://aka.ms/BuildingClouds)





 [http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=you+had+one+job](http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=you+had+one+job)





 [http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Moon/70059639?strkid=1585735354_42_4&strackid=6d0257187cc57b58_42_srl&trkid=496833](http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/In-the-Shadow-of-the-Moon/70059639?strkid=1585735354_42_4&strackid=6d0257187cc57b58_42_srl&trkid=496833)

The Question -





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  Create wormholes - teleportation