Under The Stairs

Get-ChildItem and the–Include and –Filter parameters

Under The Stairs — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:00 GMT

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)

Windows PowerShell PowerCamp–Helsinki March 10-11

Under The Stairs — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:05:00 GMT

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)

PowerShell PowerCamp Weekend–London–April 21-22 2012

Under The Stairs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:00 GMT

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)

Two New PowerShell PowerCamp Events Coming Soon

Under The Stairs — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:05:00 GMT

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)

Lync 2010 Lync Mobile Client

Under The Stairs — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:14:00 GMT

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)

PowerShell ISE Script Explorer–Get it Today

Under The Stairs — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:30:00 GMT

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)

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

Under The Stairs — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:47:00 GMT

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)

Microsoft Begins Shipping the Lync Mobile Client

Under The Stairs — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:34:00 GMT

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)

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

Under The Stairs — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:34:00 GMT

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)

PowerShell 3.0 CTP2 Released for Windows 7/Server2008R2

Under The Stairs — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:57:00 GMT

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)

Using the PowerShell ISE–two cool finds

Under The Stairs — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:37:00 GMT

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)

PowerShell PowerCamp–A great weekend!!!

Under The Stairs — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:39:00 GMT

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)

Performance with PowerShell

Under The Stairs — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:30:00 GMT

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)

PowerShell PowerCamp Soon Come!

Under The Stairs — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:32:00 GMT

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)

Introduction to WMI and PowerShell – A NEW Pluralsight Course

Under The Stairs — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:47:00 GMT

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)