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March 19th is the [International PowerShell User Group Day](http://ipugd.org/)
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Adam Driscoll is writing [Microsoft Windows PowerShell 3.0 Firstlook](http://csharpening.net/?p=897) which should be out in May
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[Sarasota has its first IT Pro Camp Feb 18th](http://itprocamp.com/sarasota/) with several PowerShell sessions!
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[Techstravaganza](http://techstravaganza.wordpress.com/) is coming March 30th
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James Brundage will present at the [Atlanta PowerShell User Group on Feb 21st ](http://powershellgroup.org/content/atlanta-powershell-user-group-february-meeting)
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The Rochester PowerShell usergroup is also [meeting on Feb 21st ](http://powershellgroup.org/Rochester.NY/February2012)
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The UK PowerShell group [meets on Feb 28th](http://powershellgroup.org/content/february-meeting-uk-powershell-group-sql-server-and-powershell)
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[Mark Minasi"™s 6th annual conference is coming](http://minasiconference.wordpress.com/minasi-2012-timetable/) week of April 29th and will be featuring Ed Wilson and Don Jones
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The 2012 Scripting Games [have been announced!](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/01/30/scripting-guys-announce-the-2012-powershell-scripting-games.aspx)
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[PowerShell Saturday is happening!](http://powershellgroup.org/content/powershell-saturday)
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It"™s time for another [PowerShell Deep Dive](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2012/01/27/it-s-time-for-another-powershell-deep-dive.aspx)
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[New PowerShell user group is starting up in Boston, MA](http://powershellgroup.org/boston.ma)
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The [SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour](http://specialops.sqlpass.org/#fbid=1HZqTDNh6DA) kicks off in Atlanta March 5th
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Jan Egil Ring posted his PowerShell [sessions from the NIC conference](http://blog.powershell.no/2012/01/22/demos-slides-and-videos-from-nordic-infrastructure-conference-2012-sessions/)
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PowerShell PowerCamp
[Helsinki March 10-11](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2012/02/windows-powershell-powercamphelsinki.html)
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[London April 21-22](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2012/01/powershell-powercamp-weekendlondonapril.html)
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The PowerScripting Podcast will be at [SQLSaturday #111](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/111/eventhome.aspx) in Atlanta on Apr 14th!
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[New version of the Cisco UCSPowerTool v 0.9.6 recently shipped](http://www.vtesseract.com/post/16935246673/ucspowertool-new-build-0-9-6-0-released) and it has 1400 cmdlets!
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Also new from NetApp: [Data ONTAP PowerShell Toolkit v 1.7 was just released](https://communities.netapp.com/community/netapp-blogs/msenviro/blog/2012/02/02/data-ontap-powershell-toolkit-17-released-962-cmdlets) (962 cmdlets)
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Columbus, OH gets the world"™s first PowerShell Saturday event! Block out March 10th on your calendar. Details [will be announced here soon](http://powershellgroup.org/central.oh)!
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Version 2.7 of PowerWF and PowerSE [are now available](http://poshoholic.com/2012/01/24/powerwf-and-powerse-2-7-are-now-available/)
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Version 1.1 of the [iLO PowerShell Library is out](http://practicaladmin.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/ilo-powershell-library-1-1-update/)
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Don Jones is [looking for a few good learners](http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/donjones/archive/2012/01/16/looking-for-a-few-good-learners.aspx)
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[Welcome PowerShellGroup Sweden!](http://powershellgroup.org/sweden)
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[PowerCLI Android and iOS Apps](http://www.virtu-al.net/2012/01/19/powercli-android-app/)
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[http://ipugd.org/](http://ipugd.org/) coming on March 19th!
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The Scripting Wife [blogged about it too](http://scriptingwife.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/international-powershell-user-group-day-march-19-2012/)
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Idera has a new PowerShell webcast coming up Jan 26th: [Tobias Weltner - "PowerShell Essentials - Become a PowerShell Wiz, Too!"](http://www.idera.com/Education/PowerShell-Webcasts/?s=sm_twitter_pswc)
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[UK PowerShell Group"“January 2012 - PowerShell v3](http://powershellgroup.org/content/uk-powershell-group%E2%80%93january-2012-powershell-v3) -Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -19:30 - 20:30
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[Live Lunch Meeting with Jeff Hicks](http://powershellgroup.org/virtual/2-12) -Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:00
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MVP Jonathan Noble will be presenting[ "What's New in PowerShell v3" January 18th](http://www.jonoble.com/blog/2012/1/6/powershell-v3-at-nebytes-2nd-birthday.html)
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SQL Saturday #111 comes to Atlanta, and the [PowerScripting Podcast is going to be there](http://www.sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=111&sessionid=6880)!
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Joel Bennett posted about the[ DLR and PowerShell v3](http://huddledmasses.org/powershell-3-finally-on-the-dlr/)
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Code golf contest is on from PowershellMag! Your task: [Find an unused drive letter with PowerShell](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2012/01/12/find-an-unused-drive-letter/)
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Trevor Sullivan has[ updated the PowerEvents Module](http://trevorsullivan.net/2012/01/11/powershell-powerevents-module-update-to-0-3-alpha/)
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Boe Prox has[ released PoshWSUS 2.0](http://learn-powershell.net/2011/12/30/poshwsus-2-0-released/)
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Congrats to MCC Rich Prescott for hitting 10,000 downloads on the Technet Script Gallery. He"™s done a [guest blog post ](http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/01/06/powershell-community-and-the-windows-system-administration-tool.aspx)and was [interviewed recently](http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/archive/2012/01/09/interview-with-a-wiki-ninja-rich-prescott-mcc-powershell-amp-windows-engineering.aspx) on microsoft.com
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Don Jones [announces that the Windows Server GUI is coming to an end](http://redmondmag.com/blogs/it-decision-maker/2012/01/the-gui-on-the-way-out.aspx)!
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Welcome our new PowerShell MVPs!
Alexander Chebotov
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[Steven Murawski!](http://blog.usepowershell.com/2012/01/starting-2012-with-a-bang/)
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Yusuf Ozturk
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MVP Jim Christopher [has released version 1.2 of his StudioShell project](http://www.beefycode.com/post/StudioShell-12-Released.aspx)
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Don Jones posted a [PowerShell ISE comparison paper](http://library.concentratedtech.com/)
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User group news:
[NYC Meeting 1/9/11 - Oisin Grehan - PowerShell Providers ](http://powershellgroup.org/content/nyc-meeting-1911-oisin-grehan-powershell-providers)Monday, January 9, 2012 -18:00 - 20:00
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[Midlands PASS](http://midlands.sqlpass.org/) with The Scripting Guy January 10, 2012
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[January Pittsburgh Powershell User Group Meeting ](http://powershellgroup.org/content/january-pittsburgh-powershell-user-group-meeting)Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -18:00 - 19:30
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[The PowerShell Code Snippet Monthly Session #5 ](http://powershellgroup.org/content/powershell-code-snippet-monthly-session-5)Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 11:30 - 12:00
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[UK PowerShell Group"“January 2012 - PowerShell v3 ](http://powershellgroup.org/content/uk-powershell-group%E2%80%93january-2012-powershell-v3)Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -19:30 - 20:30
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Orlando has a [full-day IT Pro Camp](http://itprocamp.com/orlando/) coming up on Saturday, Jan 21st with 5 tracks of content!
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The PowerShell Team has [gifted us with "Getting Started with PowerShell Workflow"](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2011/12/22/another-holiday-gift-from-the-powershell-team-powershell-3-0-ctp2-getting-started-with-windows-powershell-workflow.aspx)
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The PowerShell ISE [Script Explorer](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2011/12/powershell-ise-script-explorerget-it.html) is finally out (sort of)
[Alternate invite code from James](https://connect.microsoft.com/site1064/InvitationUse.aspx?ProgramID=7431&InvitationID=JB10-WFVG-87RJ)
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VMware releases a [PowerShell plugin for vCenter Orchestrator](http://blogs.vmware.com/orchestrator/2011/12/vco-powershell-plug-in.html)
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The Arposh Windows System Administration tool 2.0 [has been released](http://blog.richprescott.com/2011/12/arposh-windows-system-administration.html)
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ATLSMUG [meets Jan 19th ](http://om2012.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/atlsmug-meeting-jan-19th-2012/)to talk about System Center 2012 releases
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Try PowerShell V3 CTP2 now, [says Jeffrey Snover on Twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/jsnover/status/142820683553046528). Link roundup:
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[Download it](http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27548)
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[Table of fixes and changes from Jonathan Medd](http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2011/12/powershell-v3-ctp2-now-available.html)
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[First impressions from Thomas Lee](http://tfl09.blogspot.com/2011/12/powershell-30-ctp2-released-for-windows.html)
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[ISE screenshot on Jason Helmick"™s blog](http://www.jasonhelmick.com/2011/12/03/powershell-v3-ctp2-ise-wow/)
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[PowerShellMagazine.com Call for Writers and giveaway](http://www.powershellmagazine.com/2011/11/29/call-for-writers-share-your-experiences-and-help-new-users/)
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[Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Windows PowerShell 2.0 Expert Cookbook](http://www.ravichaganti.com/blog/?p=2353&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RavikanthChaganti+%28From+Ravikanth%27s+Blog%29)
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[Ravikanth is presenting a PowerShell 3.0 first look](http://www.ravichaganti.com/blog/?p=2371&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RavikanthChaganti+%28From+Ravikanth%27s+Blog%29) on December 15th
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