Under The Stairs

Get-ChildItem and the–Include and –Filter parameters

2012-02-08T17:31:00Z

I saw a good question the other day in the PowerShell.Com Learn PowerShell Forum which related to using –Include when calling Get-ChildItem (or DIR, or LS!). The OP had a bunch of files in a folder (C:\Data) and wanted to get at just the *.txt files as Read More......(read more)

Windows PowerShell PowerCamp–Helsinki March 10-11

2012-02-01T21:05:00Z

Arrangements for this event in Helsinki are moving along nicely. Those very nice people at Sovelto, who are hosting the event, have put up a new web page around the event: see http://www.sovelto.fi/kurssit/Pages/PowerShell-PowerCamp.aspx (or to see this Read More......(read more)

PowerShell PowerCamp Weekend–London–April 21-22 2012

2012-01-23T14:19:00Z

As I noted in an earlier bog post, I ’m pleased to be able to bring you a PowerShell PowerCamp weekend events in London in the not too distant future. Here’s the details! What is A PowerShell PowerCamp? This fast paced weekend event Read More......(read more)

Two New PowerShell PowerCamp Events Coming Soon

2012-01-23T14:05:00Z

I’m pleased to be able to bring you two more PowerShell PowerCamp weekend events in the upcoming months: HELSINKI – Weekend of March 10-11 2012 – takes place in the offices of Sovelto, at Ratapihantie 11 (1st floor) in Helsinki. I do not have pricing Read More......(read more)

Lync 2010 Lync Mobile Client

2011-12-16T17:14:00Z

Earlier this week, I blogged about the new Lync mobile client – i.e. client software for smart phones and the iPad. As of mid afternoon today, the client sets for WP7 and Android are shipping. From the comments I hear from users – this software is fairly Read More......(read more)

PowerShell ISE Script Explorer–Get it Today

2011-12-13T18:30:00Z

Microsoft has just released the latest CTP release of the Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell. This is an add-in to the ISE that enables you to search for scripts within the PowerShell ISE. With this release, you can: Search online repositories Read More......(read more)

PowerShell’s ++ and -- Operators (Redux)

2011-12-13T12:47:00Z

A couple of days ago, I posted an article on PowerShell’s ++ and – operators. I grew up using programming languages that never implemented the auto increment/decrement operators, this was a neat new feature for me. But I have had a couple of comments Read More......(read more)

Microsoft Begins Shipping the Lync Mobile Client

2011-12-13T12:34:00Z

For those of us in the Lync world, the release of a Lync client for mobile phones has been long awaited. Although Microsoft released Lync 2010 to the market over a year ago, there has been no mobile client up till now. The lack of a mobile client has Read More......(read more)

Using PowerShell’s ++ (and–) operator–Take Care

2011-12-12T11:34:00Z

I got a great question the other week in a PowerShell class regarding the ++ operator. The delegated to know if there was any difference between $variable++ and ++$variable . In PowerShell, the operator ++ says, effect to add one to the variable it’s Read More......(read more)

PowerShell 3.0 CTP2 Released for Windows 7/Server2008R2

2011-12-07T20:57:00Z

I’ve been on the road a bit lately, and missed last week’s shipment of the PowerShell V3 CTP2. This is the second ''beta'’ of the upcoming PowerShell Version 3. At present this only works in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. There are, as I understand Read More......(read more)

Using the PowerShell ISE–two cool finds

2011-11-12T13:37:00Z

I’ve been using PowerShell’s Integrated Scripting Environment ever since it was in beta. Despite being relatively slow to load, it sure beats using Notepad for simple script development/debugging. The colour coding alone makes it even more useful! I love Read More......(read more)

PowerShell PowerCamp–A great weekend!!!

2011-11-09T14:39:00Z

I’m now recovered from the most recent PowerShell PowerCamp – an intense two days of PowerShell training. I ran the event in London last weekend, and had 21 booked. Sadly there were two very last minute cancellations, so we we ended up with 19 eager souls Read More......(read more)

Performance with PowerShell

2011-11-09T14:30:00Z

Over the weekend, at the most recent PowerShell PowerCamp, I got to discussing the performance of PowerShell. The point I was making was that PowerShell made doing some things very easy, even though they were not performant. Two examples are the early Read More......(read more)

PowerShell PowerCamp Soon Come!

2011-11-03T12:32:00Z

We’re locked and loaded for this week-end’s PowerShell PowerCamp event in London this Saturday and Sunday November 5 and 6 in London Victoria. We had a few last minute cancellations, but in all we have 19 folks signed up (and room for 2 more late bookers Read More......(read more)

Introduction to WMI and PowerShell – A NEW Pluralsight Course

2011-11-01T12:47:00Z

I am quite pleased to be able to announce I’ve finished my first video class for Pluralsight , Introduction to WMI and PowerShell. It’s now available for viewing for Pluralsight subscribers . I’ve been watching it a bit this morning and it’s not Read More......(read more)