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Windows Administration and Trends in (PowerShell) Scripting

Here is a Run As Radio chat with Jeffery Snover . Jeffery Snover is the person most responsible for PowerShell, which revolutionized my approach to database administration. He has a background in scripting going back to VMS (IIRC), which is how he came to create PowerShell. His Twitter bio lists "Microsoft Technical Fellow/ Lead Architect for Enterprise Cloud Group/ Azure Stack Architect/ PowerShell Architect / Science fan". From my point of view, he directs strategy for Windows administration. I listen to him because the things he talks about are likely to influence my work life and they give insight into how the PowerShell team expect people to use their product. The podcast covers a variety of things in a light way. The thing that grabbed my attention the most was that Snover seems to be saying that Windows will be implementing things similar to what linux does with root and sudo. (My linux experience is limited but my two takeaways are: You never log in ...