I love working in AD (Active Directory) with PowerShell. I find that I have had to really dig in to learn some of the syntax nuances that you need to understand to really mine data and change configurations within Active Directory. This puzzle reflects the kind of situation that people have to deal with in […]
Carlo really put a brain-twister out for our March 2016 Puzzle. Also, as a note, we’re eagerly awaiting submissions of next month’s puzzle, so don’t delay in handing that in. Here’s how you can contribute to the community’s favorite scripting game. Official Solution It’s probably easiest just to share his solutions as actual script files, […]
Have you been enjoying our monthly Scripting Games puzzles? Want to keep them going? Then it’s time to jump in and contribute! PowerShell.org is a community site, which means it only works when community makes it work! So come up with your Scripting Games puzzles (you’ve seen the different kinds we’ve done)! Your submission should include: […]
Our March 2016 puzzle comes from Carlo Mancini. We're actively interested in receiving Scripting Games puzzles from members of the community - submit yours, along with an official solution, to us at admin@ via email!
Here’s the official answer to our January 2016 Scripting Games puzzle, provided by Adam Bertram (the puzzle’s author). Official Answer This month’s puzzle made you do some work. Not only did it make you write some PowerShell but it also probably forced you to do some background research on the Interwebz as well. Being able […]
Although we have a couple of puzzles queued up, we’ll be taking a brief break for the month of February 2016. So, no puzzle this month! However, we are in need of puzzles, including sample solutions and explanations. This is a community effort, so if you’ve never contributed – now’s a great time to start! Drop an […]
Our January 2016 puzzle comes from MVP Adam Bertram. We're actively interested in receiving Scripting Games puzzles from members of the community - submit yours, along with an official solution, to us at admin@ via email!
Happy New Year! Here’s the official answer to our December 2015 Games, where PowerShell.org Board Member challenged you to add some code to your holiday spirit. Want to share your own puzzle for a future Games? Drop a line to admin@ via email! Official Answer You started with this here string. $list = @” 1 Partridge […]
Our December 2015 puzzle comes from PowerShell.org board member Jeff Hicks, who wanted to share a little holiday fun for the season.
The November puzzle was all about cleaning up someone else’s code, and came from community member Tim Curwick. Want to share your own puzzle for a future Games? Drop a line to admin@ via email! Official Answer Sometimes things break. Then we have to dive into the code and figure out what it does. Figuring out […]
The October puzzler was a tough one, especially if you’re not used to dragging information from the Web in XML form. Adam Bertram provides our Celebrity Entry. Celebrity Entry Note: Adam’s entry is helpfully posted in his GitHub repo. As Don mentioned in the challenge, putting the functionality of finding items in a RSS feed should […]
Our November 2015 puzzle comes from PowerShell.org user Tim Curwick, who created the puzzle based on a challenge he ran across at work. There's nothing more real-world than this!