Scripting Games 2013: Thoughts After Event 1
With Event 1 in the books for the 2013 Scripting Games, we are now in the voting period where the community gets the chance to play judge on all of the scripts submitted by voting and commenting on the...
View ArticleScripting Games 2013: Event 1 ‘Favorite’ and ‘Not So Favorite’ Submissions
As a follow-up to my previous blog post, I plan to pick out a submission or two or three which stood out as my personal favorite and least favorite and tell you why I think this by pointing pieces of...
View ArticleTips on Implementing Pipeline Support
While reviewing Event 1 (and now Event 2) I’ve seen some scripts that don’t quite have the correct pipeline support and others that do a great job with it. Whether it is an unneeded Begin or End...
View ArticleScripting Games 2013: Event 2 ‘Favorite’ and ‘Not So Favorite’
Event 2 is in the books and with that, it is time to take a look at all of the scripts submitted and make the difficult decisions as to which ones I liked and which ones I didn’t quite like. Just...
View ArticleScripting Games 2013: Event 2 Notes
I spent some time last week and this weekend to compile a list of notes of what I have seen with the Event 2 submissions that could show improvement. I touched up on some items with my previous article...
View ArticleScripting Games 2013: Event 3 Notes
Wow, it is hard to believe that we are now halfway through the Scripting Games! As the events have progressed, I have seen a lot of improvement with the techniques as well as seeing new techniques that...
View ArticleScripting Games 2013: Event 4 Notes
It is all downhill from here folks! Event 4 is in the books and we only have 2 more to go! Everyone has been doing an outstanding job with their submissions and it is becoming clear that people are...
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Scripting Games 2013: Event 5 Notes
With week 5 in the books, I can see that everyone just continues to grow and show some great submissions. Of course, nothing is perfect and can always show areas of improvement, but trust me, you are...
View ArticleScripting Games 2013: Event 6 Notes
We have finally hit the final event of the 2013 Scripting Games! The past 6 weeks have given us many amazing scripts and some that were in need of extra work. Regardless, for those of you who have...
View ArticleWorking with the WSUS API and the SUSDB Database using PowerShell
Tthe WSUS API can be used to perform a multitude of WSUS tasks from approving patches, removing clients to creating automatic approval rules to many other things. By diving deeper into the API reveals...
View ArticleWinter Scripting Games 2014 Tip #1: Avoid the aliases
Having been a judge for the previous 2 Scripting Game competitions as well as competing in the 2 before that, I have seen my share of scripts submitted that didn’t quite meet the cut of what I felt...
View ArticleWinter Scripting Games 2014 Tip #2: Use #Requires to let PowerShell do the...
In Version 2 of PowerShell, you had the ability to use #Requires –Version 2.0 to ensure that your scripts/functions would only run at a specified PowerShell version to prevent folks running an older...
View ArticleUsing PowerShell Parameter Validation to Make Your Day Easier
A number of entries in the Winter Scripting Games use parameter validation, but some that I have seen may not be using it correctly or to its full potential. Writing functions or scripts require a...
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