Monday 29 December 2008

Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 6 - (Ben Pearce - Microsoft Premier Field Engineer)

This is Episode 6 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about Powershell.

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Intro:


Ways to learn Powershell - Part 6
:
  1. Powershell TFM book 2nd edition.
  2. Powershell releated blogs we read

Interview:

Ben Pearce's blog

Ben's 6 tips for learning Powershell:

#1 - Don't use cmd.exe anymore
#2 - Ed Wilson's Powershell Step-by-step book
#3 - Scripting Guy's Powershell Week
#4 - Beginner's Guide to WMI
#5 - Powershell Cheat Sheet
#6 - Channel 9 quick start


Eureka Script:

Add custom fields to VI client


Christmas scripts:
write-host ("Christmas Day in " + ( (get-date -date 25/12/2008) - (get-date)).TotalDays.tostring('0') + " Days")
write-host ("Christmas Day in " + ( (get-date -date 25/12/2008) - (get-date)).TotalMinutes.tostring('0') + " Minutes")
write-host ("Christmas Day in " + ( (get-date -date 25/12/2008) - (get-date)).TotalSeconds.tostring('0') + " Seconds")

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