Articles from February 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!

Iron Scripter Prequel: Puzzle 6 commentary

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:03:29 +0000

Puzzle 6 has some interesting aspects when you dig into determining system up time: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 6 - A commentary
I’ve not presented full faction specific solutions as usual - view the forums and Slack channels to see how the factions are solving this puzzle.
Puzzle 7 will be available around the time you read this.
Enjoy.

Iron Scripter Prequels: puzzle 7

Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:01:07 +0000

You’re past half way on journey to iron Scripter. Only a few more training opportunities will be available to you before the ultimate competition.
In this week’s challenge Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 7 you’ll be working with PowerShell classes.
In all things remember the goals of your faction.
Please remember that we’re NOT grading the submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter prequel forums or on the Summit Slack channel.
If anyone is really stuck or doesn’t understand something in the puzzle leave a comment here or on the Slack channel. I’ll try and answer but can’t guarantee timeframes.
If there is sufficient interest I’ll run a Q&A side session on the prequel puzzles at Summit. Let me know either here or on the Slack channel if you’re interested.
Good luck

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5 – a commentary

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:03:27 +0000

Puzzle 5 involves working with performance counters. My notes and commentary are available: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 5 - A commentary
As with previous commentaries I’ve not presented the faction specific solutions - view the forums and Slack channels to see what the factions are doing and join with your faction.
Puzzle 6 will be available around the time you read this.
Enjoy.

Iron Scripter Prequels: Puzzle 6

Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:01:13 +0000

This is your half way challenge. This week your challenge involves discovering the time a system has been running - Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 6

In all things remember the goals of your faction.

Please remember that we’re NOT grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forums or on the Summit Slack channel.

If anyone is really stuck or doesn’t understand something in the puzzle leave a comment here or on the Slack channel. I’ll try to answer but no guarantees about timeframe as I’m finishing off work on Summit 2018 and starting Summit 2019!

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4 – a commentary

Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:03:04 +0000

Puzzle 4 is all about working with legacy utilities. My notes and commentary are now available: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 4 - A commentary
As with previous commentaries I’ve not presented the faction specific solutions - view the forums and Slack channels to see what the factions are doing and join with your faction.
Puzzle 5 will be available around the time you read this.
Enjoy.

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5

Sun, 11 Feb 2018 00:01:37 +0000

You’re approaching the half way point on your journey to Iron Scripter. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, involves performance counters and multiple ways of presenting data. The details are here: Iron Scripter Prequel Puzzle 5
In all things remember the goals of your faction.
Please remember that we’re NOT grading submissions for these puzzles. You can comment, and discuss the puzzle on the Iron Scripter Prequel forums or on the Summit Slack channel
If anyone is really stuck or doesn’t understand something in the puzzle leave a comment here or on the Slack channel. I’ll try to answer but no guarantees about timeframe as I’m finishing off work on Summit 2018 and starting Summit 2019!
Good luck.

Updated Summit Pre-Arrival InfoDump

Thu, 08 Feb 2018 19:26:20 +0000

We sent out a big email blast to everyone this morning (noon Eastern time), and if you didn’t get it it’s because (probably) your corporate email is block-block-blocking us. You’re welcome to sign up a personal email address at http://eepurl.com/cEcNlT, if you’d like. We’ll also continue to post communications in the #summit-events channel in the Slack team. A PDF of this morning’s email is here, although this’ll be the last one we post publicly.
Important Pre-Summit Information
That mailing list and our Slack team are going to be our best way to communicate with Summiteers, so make sure one of them is working for you.

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018 Registration Status

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:21:11 +0000

As I write this, we’ve sold out. Here’s what happens next:
We need to finish reconciling our speaker slots and PowerShell team seats, which will take about a week. That may result in a free seat or two, which we will place on sale. Watch @PSHSummit on Twitter for that announcement.
A WAITLIST IS AVAILABLE ON THE REGISTRATION PAGE. Sign up if you’d like first notice of released inventory and a 24h window to claim a seat
Beyond that, monitor the Summit discussion forum here. We often have last minute cancellations, and while we don’t permit refunds, we do permit ticket holders to transfer their tickets. We will advise them to post in the forum to solicit transferees. Financial arrangements for such transfers are private; we cannot facilitate those
That will do it for registration - aside from a possible small handful of seats coming out of our final reconciliation, and the opportunity of purchasing a ticket from a cancellation, there won’t be additional inventory. We’re not looking to increase attendance for 2019, either; we will be sticking at the current attendee count for the foreseeable future.
Big thanks to our returning and new Summiteers! We are looking forward to seeing you in April!

PowerShell Summit Pre-Arrival Information Dump

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:49:05 +0000

This is a bit of a long post, but we promise - it’s important, and it’s worth it.
Refunds & Transfers
Because this is the time of year when it starts to come up, remember that we don’t offer registration refunds. You’re welcome to transfer your membership, however, at no fee. Just log into EventBrite (if someone else registered you, they’ll need to do this) and change the attendee information. Voila!
Pre-Arrival
For the love of all that is good and just in the world, make sure you have your EventBrite ticket. That can be printed, in the EventBrite phone app, in an email on your phone, or whatever - we just need the barcode. If you don’t have this, there will be a Sad Summiteer line for you to stand in, where we can look you up by name or order number.
Speakers! You’re not in EventBrite yet, but you will be. Right before Summit, we’ll be registering you, so be sure to watch your email. If you haven’t provided Richard with a good email address (we STRONGLY suggest a personal one to avoid corporate spam-traps), please do so NOW.
Registration Process
When you get to the Meydenbauer Center, go DOWNSTAIRS to Center Hall A and B. This is not where we’ve been in the past. Do not go upstairs.
Step 1 will be to get your EventBrite ticket scanned. Don’t have yours? Sad panda, you’ll need to stand in Sad Summiteer line for a manual name lookup. Then…
Step 2, find your badge (organized by last name), and insert it into a badge holder. Then, on to…
Step 3 is T-Shirt pickup. This must be done right then - we won’t have this set up later, and leftovers will be donated to a local charity. If you’re skipping Monday for some reason, you will not get your shirt. We will have tables set up for each shirt size. Go to the table corresponding to your pre-selected choice in EventBrite, where your name will be checked against a list. You shirt size is also printed on your name badge for your convenience.
This is a good time to double-check your EventBrite shirt size selection. You can change it until March 5th or so (if someone else registered you, they will need to make the change for you as well). You cannot change your mind later because we’re ordering the exact quantities indicated in EventBrite. Speakers! We collected your shirt size during the Call for Topics; check with Richard Siddaway on your shirt size, if you need to. Do this RIGHT NOW if you’re not certain.
Step 4 is breakfast. Enjoy. And wear your badge at all times, please.
Venue Layout
Monday, we’ll be downstairs in Center Hall A and B all day. All day! Tuesday-Thursday, we’re back in our traditional space upstairs (rooms 401-409) for all sessions; meals will remain downstairs in Center Hall. During meal times, all escalators will run in the direction of food; about halfway through meal breaks, we’ll run them all back int he direction of sessions. If you want to go the opposite direction for some weird reason, take the elevators. Do not run wrong-ways on the escalators.
GET THE SCHEDULE APP!
If you hustle to the schedule website (linked from PowerShellSummit.org), we suggest you bookmark it. Then, get our iPhone or Android app for your phones. If you need a Windows Phone app, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The app is where ALL schedule changes will be reflected. Install it. Examine it. Love it.
CHOOSE YOUR FACTION!
If you haven’t already been participating in Iron Scripter Prequel on PowerShell.org, jump in. And use the #faction- channels in our Slack team to find the faction whose style fits you best. Locate members of your faction all week, and get to be friends - because you’ll need each other for the epic, annual IRON SCRIPTER tournament Thursday afternoon! (And we may have some faction-logo rubber stamps wandering around, if you’d like to indicate your faction loyalty on your name badge!)
Open Spaces / Side Sessions
Tuesday-Thursday, rooms 407 and 408 will be available for ad-hoc “Side Sessions.” We do not provide A/V in these rooms, but you can suggest a session anytime you like. Email your suggestions to sidesessions@powershell.org. If you have a time slot request, or a time you don’t want your session to be, just mention it. We’ll do our best to accommodate, reply to you, and add you to the schedule. We’ll announce sessions each morning, so try to schedule at least by the day before.
Session Reviews
THESE ARE IMPORTANT. DO THEM. You can do so right from within our app, or the Sched.com website. Reviews end on Thursday afternoon, so you can’t save these up and do them a week later, sorry.
Power Cord Policy
Do not under any circumstances WHATSOEVER drag a power cord across any walkway. Do not leave your electronics leaning against the wall in an attempt to avoid running a cord across the walkway. This is serious, Fire Marshal business. Do not poke the Fire Marshall - his office is literally across the street.
Slack
People often use the Slack team to coordinate dinners and more; we recommend getting their mobile app and logging into the DevOps-Summit workspace.
Hug Jason
Hugs are an important part of Jason Helmick’s personal economy, and as this is his last year serving as our CFO, please take a moment to thank the big bald goofball for his service.
Spouse / Guest Passes
Please bear in mind that only paid attendees are permitted to any and all Summit activities - this is as much about insurance requirements as it is our costs. We did offer Spouse/Guest passes on the main registration site - those provide access to our Monday and Wednesday evening events only. Please ensure your guest brings their EventBrite ticket (barcode) with them to each event. We cannot accommodate early admission for guests.

2018 Community Lightning Demos

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 02:45:42 +0000

Rambling

Articles from February 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!

Iron Scripter Prequel: Puzzle 6 commentary

Iron Scripter Prequels: puzzle 7

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5 – a commentary

Iron Scripter Prequels: Puzzle 6

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4 – a commentary

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5

Updated Summit Pre-Arrival InfoDump

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018 Registration Status

PowerShell Summit Pre-Arrival Information Dump

2018 Community Lightning Demos

Iron Scripter 2018 Prequel: Puzzle 3 – a commentary

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4

Summit 2018 registration status

Help us Recognize Amazing PowerShell Contributors!

Articles from February 2018 on PowerShell.org - Welcome Automaters!

Iron Scripter Prequel: Puzzle 6 commentary

Iron Scripter Prequels: puzzle 7

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5 – a commentary

Iron Scripter Prequels: Puzzle 6

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 4 – a commentary

Iron Scripter 2018 prequel: Puzzle 5

Updated Summit Pre-Arrival InfoDump

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018 Registration Status

PowerShell Summit Pre-Arrival Information Dump

2018 Community Lightning Demos

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