With the inaugural Microsoft Ignite conference fast approaching, I thought I’d tie together technology and the city in which it’s going to be held, given the news from the other day.

These three lines of PowerShell will get the crime data, and present it to the user in a PowerShell GridView.

The user will then be able to select a category (or categories), and view the individual crime details.

PowerShell really is a powerful tool for sysadmins. There are currently 34 PowerShell-related sessions scheduled at Ignite.

Regardless of the city’s reputation, I’m really looking forward to attending Ignite. I’m especially looking forward to the talks by Jeffrey Snover, inventor of PowerShell.