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As you may be aware, we posted Practice Events for the 2013 Scripting Games, in an effort to give people an idea of what the events would look like and involve. There’s been a lively discussion in the PowerShell.org forums about the Beginner Practice, so I thought I’d weigh in. …
Please make sure you’re following this announcements category as you travel to, and attend, the Summit. It’s the best way for us to get out late-breaking news. Registration begins at 8am on Monday, April 22nd, in the lobby of Building 40. Now, sometimes the lobby doors open a wee bit …
I’m putting together a list of common “gotchas” for PowerShell, mainly things that affect newcomers. So far, I’ve got: Piping the output of a Format cmdlet to nearly anything else Using -contains instead of -like Selecting a subset of object properties and then trying to …
We’ve made some minor fixes and clarifications to the 2013 Scripting Games Competitors’ Guide and Instructions booklet. I encourage you to download them and review them once more before we kick off next week. In addition, we have some additional prizes for our winners in each event - …
If you’re attending the Summit and are arriving Sunday afternoon, drop by the Azteca restaurant on 148th. I’ll be there with some of the Board from 5pm, in the bar. It’s informal, pay-your-own-way, and a chance just to say hi before we kick off on Monday. Safe journey!
We’ve finalized the prizes! Overall Winners These are the folks who do the best overall. This prize will be awarded in mid-June. The overall winners from both the Advanced and Beginner events will win a free pass (travel expenses not included) to TechEd North America 2014 or TechEd Europe 2013 …
If you’ve been on the site today, you’ve doubtless noticed some of the visual changes. In addition to providing a simpler theme that - over time - will be more mobile-friendly, we’re also lining up for a major move of our discussion forums. That’ll probably happen after …
I’ve posted an instruction booklet for the 2013 Scripting Games. Although you can’t register until April 22nd, you can get a sneak peek at what the new Games Web site looks like, and start preparing yourself to compete. READ THE FRIENDLY MANUAL. There are some one-time decisions …
Manning have released another set of chapters in their early access program for PowerShell Deep Dives. If you have an interest in PowerShell I would strongly urge you to buy a copy. It has chapters from a number of well known PowerShell authors together with some very good material from new authors. …
A very busy time coming up in PowerShell land with the first PowerShell Summit kicking off in just over a week"™s time. The 2013 Scripting Games will also be starting very soon. I"™ll try and post about both of them as time allows
