Mike F Robbins Tag Archive

TechSession Webinar: The Top 10 Considerations When Writing #PowerShell Advanced Functions

Announcements, Events, Training

On Wednesday, September 2nd at 2pm EDT (1pm CDT), I’ll be presenting the September TechSession Webinar for PowerShell.org. The topic for this month's session is: “The Top 10 Considerations When …...

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Walkthrough: An example of how I write PowerShell functions

PowerShell for Admins

A couple of days ago I posted a blog article titled "PowerShell function: Test-ConsoleColor provides a visual demonstration of the foreach scripting construct" and today I thought I would walk you …...

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PowerShell Tip from the Head Coach of the 2014 Winter Scripting Games: Design for Performance and Efficiency!

Scripting Games

There are several concepts that come to mind when discussing the topic of designing your PowerShell commands for performance and efficiency, but in my opinion one of the items at …...

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PowerShell Tip #3 from the Winner of the Advanced Category in the 2013 Scripting Games

Scripting Games

In my previous blog article (PowerShell Tip #2), I left off with the subject of inline help and stated there was a better way. I’m fast-forwarding through lots of concepts …...

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PowerShell Tip #2 from the Winner of the Advanced Category in the 2013 Scripting Games

Scripting Games

Tip #2 - Comment (Document) your code! This is another one of those tips that probably isn't very popular, but regardless of how good you are at writing PowerShell scripts …...

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PowerShell Tip #1 from the Winner of the Advanced Category in the 2013 Scripting Games

Scripting Games

In case you haven't heard, the 2014 Winter Scripting Games are just now getting started. Regardless of your skill level with PowerShell, it couldn't be a better time to participate …...

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Introducing the Coaches of the 2014 Winter Scripting Games

Scripting Games

A few weeks ago, just before the announcement to start recruiting your team for the 2014 Winter Scripting Games, I was contacted by Don Jones and Richard Siddaway about an …...

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People Who are Blogging About the 2013 Scripting Games

Scripting Games

I'm sure that most people can easily find any of the blogs of the official judges from the 2013 Scripting Games. I recommend reading those blogs whether you're competing in …...

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