Use PowerShell to Download Ignite Session Contents

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

October 4, 2017

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Where there is a will there is a way.

Microsoft Ignite wrapped up a huge week of content last Friday and the vast majority of the content has made its way onto the web for on-demand viewing and downloading the slide decks that were used during these sessions.

Right now the most straight forward way to grab these videos is to visit the Microsoft Ignite On-Demand Video page and browse through the content.

However, if you have the bandwidth you can use this handy PowerShell script created by Michel de Rooij over on TechNet to grab as many of the sessions in one fell swoop.

There are multiple switches available with the script so that you can refine the search for Ignite content including:

  • Keyword Only retrieve sessions with this keyword in their session description.

  • Title Only retrieve sessions with this keyword in their session title.

  • Speaker Only retrieve sessions from this speaker.

  • Product Only retrieve sessions for this product.

  • NoVideos Switch to indicate you only want to download the slidedecks

  • ScheduleCode Only download contents listed in a published MyIgnite schedule; usethe code after the last slash in the URL.

The author of this script has revised it almost 20 times to make sure it works most effectively for users.

Visit the Get Microsoft Ignite session information or contents site for further details and to download the script.

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About the Author(s)

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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