Monthly Archives: April 2012

PowerShell news April 2012

Posted on Sunday 29 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

As April comes to close so does the extension for grading scripts in the recent games. I’ve been so busy grading haven’t had time to blog about the games. I’ll start to catch up on the backlog over the next … Continue reading →

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UK PowerShell Group–April 2012 slides and recording

Posted on Tuesday 24 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

The slides, demo script and recording are available from https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=43cfa46a74cf3e96#cid=43CFA46A74CF3E96&id=43CFA46A74CF3E96%212957 Thank you again to everyone who attended the Live Meeting this evening

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Reminder–UK User group 24 April

Posted on Monday 23 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

Quick reminder that 24 April sees the first of 2 sessions on new PowerShell functionality in Windows 2012 – Windows Server 8 Details from http://msmvps.com/blogs/richardsiddaway/archive/2012/04/13/uk-powershell-group-24-april-2012.aspx

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Scripting Games 2012 comments: #10 Advanced event 5

Posted on Saturday 21 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/04/06/2012-scripting-games-advanced-event-5-list-errors.aspx This is the one I was asked to supply a commentary for http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/04/20/expert-commentary-2012-scripting-games-advanced-event-5.aspx   This one has raised an interesting interpretation issues.  The last design point asks: Your output should be organized such that the largest source of errors … Continue reading →

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Scripting Games 2012 comments: #9 Beginners event 5

Posted on Tuesday 17 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

Beginners event 5 http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/04/06/2012-scripting-games-beginner-event-5-provide-a-source-and-errors.aspx Looking for problem applications. Need report from each server form application log listing source and number of errors. Requirements: should be capable of running against remote machine doesn’t need to run remotely for this scenario don’t … Continue reading →

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PowerShell and WMI

Posted on Sunday 15 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

My latest book – PowerShell and WMI – has gone to the printers. Expect it soon at a book shop near you. http://www.manning.com/powershellandwmi for more details

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Manning PowerShell book offer

Posted on Sunday 15 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

Manning are offering 50% off PowerShell in Practice using code dotd0415cc in the promotional code box at http://www.manning.com   The same code gets you 50% off PowerShell and WMI AND Advanced PowerShell   This is FOR TODAY ONLY

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Scripting Games 2012 comments: #8 Beginners Event 4

Posted on Saturday 14 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/04/05/2012-scripting-games-beginner-event-4-compare-two-folders.aspx Makes sure you run the script provided with the event to get the right folders. The script randomly removes 1 file from each folder – sneaky. After last nights head scratching this one is much simpler. It’s solvable with … Continue reading →

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Scripting Games 2012 comments: #7 update on beginners event 3

Posted on Friday 13 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

It was bugging me that I couldn’t get try-catch work on the folder where I didn’t have permissions. Finally thought of the reason – set the ErrorAction to Ignore. Heres the revised script [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string]$path = “C:\2012sg\event3”, [string]$file … Continue reading →

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Scripting games 2012 comments: #6 Beginners event 3

Posted on Friday 13 April 2012 by richardsiddaway

Onto event 3 http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/04/04/2012-scripting-games-beginner-event-3-create-a-file-in-a-folder.aspx where we have to create a file in a folder. Simple – well yes but not with the twists the Scripting Guy throws at you. The requirements: save file in c:\2012sg\event3 file contains process name and … Continue reading →

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