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Episode 260 – PowerScripting Podcast – MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick on The Scripting Games and More

Jonathan Walz
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Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to PowerShell MVPs Don Jones and Jason Helmick

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Guests - Don Jones, Jason Helmick

Links





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    [https://powershell.org/](https://powershell.org/)





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    Learn more about the [PowerShell Summit](https://powershell.org/community-events/summit/)





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    [Lean IIS in a Month of Lunches](http://www.manning.com/helmick/)









**Chatroom Highlights:**





 ## How many teams total?





 ## @ Jason - How cool was it making that MVA JumpStart videos with jsnover?





 ## Watch out for the ScriptingGuys Forum





 ## The one year I had problems was one of the challenges required Hyper-V





 ## Don, where are these videos?





 I'm having to learn .NET C## at work yuk!





 ## Jason what's your favorite type of Steak?





 ##is there going to be a DSC in a month of lunches book?





 ## Why was Don underwhelmed by workflow?





 ##Will DSC be a major component of the upcoming Summit?





 ## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?





 ## I feel like DSC is important to large enterprise, but how much value is there in it for small-medium businesses?





 ## I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there any benefit to looking into DSC if you're already running SCCM?





 ## yeah do that question jon





 ## So what do you manage with Group Policy vs DSC?





 ## So you can patch with DSC?





 ##small guys really do want more scripting options. Anything coming down the line to make small/mobile office scripting work for us.?

Fun Fact: http://www.mrfa.org/ssn.htm

 [http://arstechnica.com/science/2009/07/social-insecurity-numbers-open-to-hacking/](http://arstechnica.com/science/2009/07/social-insecurity-numbers-open-to-hacking/)





 rcookiemonster: [http://www.sqlsaturday.com/303/eventhome.aspx](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/303/eventhome.aspx) only $10 to cover lunch, the rest of the day is free





 JonWalz: for shownotes [https://powershell.org/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/](https://powershell.org/2014/02/19/free-ebook-from-microsofts-scripting-guy-windows-powershell-networking-guide/)





  JonWalz for shownotes [http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/02/19/another-important-milestone-powershell-magazine-has-published-500-posts/](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2014/02/19/another-important-milestone-powershell-magazine-has-published-500-posts/)





 JonWalz: for shownotes [http://www.manning.com/helmick/](http://www.manning.com/helmick/)





 [http://www.manning.com/helmick/](http://www.manning.com/helmick/)





 Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches: [http://manning.com/helmick/](http://manning.com/helmick/)





 [https://powershell.org/forums/topic/download-all-files-error/](https://powershell.org/forums/topic/download-all-files-error/)

https://powershell.org/2014/02/17/what-should-the-scripting-games-look-like-next-time/

 [http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start#?fbid=WMDOzBs5L7r](http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/getting-started-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start#?fbid=WMDOzBs5L7r)





 [http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/advanced-tools-scripting-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start#?fbid=WMDOzBs5L7r](http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/advanced-tools-scripting-with-powershell-3-0-jump-start#?fbid=WMDOzBs5L7r)





 [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPxcTs1F2k-NeZ-igDHvnQ](http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPxcTs1F2k-NeZ-igDHvnQ)





 Are you following Dave Wyatt on Twitter? You should be: [http://twitter.com/SnookieBjorn](http://twitter.com/SnookieBjorn)





 [http://donjonesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tattoos.png?w=300&h=95](http://donjonesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tattoos.png?w=300&h=95)





 [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249922.aspx](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249922.aspx) look what it says for the ConfigurationMode Property and look at the example

http://jdhitsolutions.com/blog/2013/09/building-a-mini-hyper-v-server/

 [http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Compact-i7-4500U-Processor-GB-BXi7-4500/dp/B00FNPCKUU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392954973&sr=8-3&keywords=gigabyte+brix](http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Compact-i7-4500U-Processor-GB-BXi7-4500/dp/B00FNPCKUU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1392954973&sr=8-3&keywords=gigabyte+brix)





 [http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT960M500SSD1/dp/B00BQ8RGL6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1392955060&sr=8-4&keywords=crucial+m500](http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch-adapter-Internal-CT960M500SSD1/dp/B00BQ8RGL6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1392955060&sr=8-4&keywords=crucial+m500)





 [http://www.anandtech.com/show/7648/gigabyte-brix-pro](http://www.anandtech.com/show/7648/gigabyte-brix-pro)





 How about some Louisiana Hot Sauce? [http://www.louisianapepper.com/](http://www.louisianapepper.com/)











**The Question - Mars Mission**





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  Jason - Hot sauce