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pscookiemonster
PowerShell for Admins

2018 Community Lightning Demos

Rambling Last year’s PowerShell + Devops Global Summit was a roller coaster. On one hand, I spoke for the first time - it was terrifying. Getting up in front of a local user group had helped, but it’s not quite the same as a room full of PowerShell-ers, including MVPs and PowerShell team …

Richard Siddaway
Announcements

Iron Scripter 2018 Prequel: Puzzle 3 – a commentary

My notes and commentary on puzzle 3 - working with a web feed - are now available: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 3 - A commentary As with previous commentaries I’ve not presented the faction specific solutions - view the forums and Slack channel to see what your faction and maybe more …

Richard Siddaway
Announcements

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4

You’re a quarter of the way to Iron Scripter. In this challenge - Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 4 - you’ll be asked to find a way to make legacy command line tools work with the PowerShell pipeline . In all things remember the goal of your faction. Please remember that we’re not …

Richard Siddaway
Announcements

Summit 2018 registration status

The speed at which places at Summit are being purchased has been amazing. We’re down to our LAST 25 places. At present rates I expect those to be gone by this time next week. If you want a place at Summit 2018 - BUY NOW. If you know of anyone who wants a place at Summit 2018 - tell them to BUY …

Don Jones
PowerShell for Admins

Help us Recognize Amazing PowerShell Contributors!

First: Please share this as widely as possible in your social media channels, so we can get the most number of suggestions possible! We’re working with the PowerShell team at Microsoft to identify individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the PowerShell community. Perhaps …

Duffney
PowerShell for Admins

PowerShell Story Continued Becoming a Craftsman

My journey started off by figuring out how to automate a daily disk space report on the mailserver, which ran most of the company, and emailing the report to my boss at the time. After PowerShell sent that first email, something clicked. I sat back in my chair and thought to myself, “Wow, I don’t …

Richard Siddaway
Announcements

Iron Scripter Prequel: Puzzle 2 – a commentary

A discussion and possible solution to puzzle 1 is now available at Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 2 - A commentary Remember this isn’t presented as a definitive solution. It’s my view of the solution. I’ve not provided faction specific code but rather a list of points the factions …

Richard Siddaway
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Iron Scripter 2018 Prequel: Puzzle 3

You have overcome 2 challenges so far both involving code from the archives. In this challenge you’ll be called upon to create your own code. You’ll be presented with a task to perform in Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 3 How you approach this challenge is up to you but remember the goals …

Richard Siddaway
Announcements

Summit 2018 registration update

As an update to the registrations for Summit 2018 - we’ve sold 75% of the available places. As Don explained we won’t be able to add further places like we did last year. This is our biggest (and hopefully best) Summit yet with more sessions and nearly double the number of speakers. If …