Tag: PowerShell

Instead of dropping in a bunch of computer names into a file, I strongly encourage you to think about how you’re getting those computer names and set that criteria in the script.

If you commonly work with multiple PowerShell modules on different computers, this article is for you.

In this article, you’re going to learn how to create a simple Azure ARM template and deploy it into Azure using the Azure CLI.

One of the best ways to stay in contact with your remote team is a team collaboration service like Slack.

The Windows registry can be a goldmine for attackers and clueless employees. There’s no place better suited for introducing security vulnerabilities or completely screwing up a Windows system than the registry.

In this article, I’m going to show you how you can build an entire Azure lab setup with a single line of PowerShell.

When an Exchange organization is made available for external and internal access, the proper SSL certificate must be installed on the server. 

In this article, we’ll look at the ways to publish your draft runbook and to trigger it to run manually and linking it to a schedule. We’ll also look at how we can check the logs of the previous runbook executions.

In this article, you will learn about Azure Automation Assets. You will also learn how to add assets to your automation account that your runbooks can then use at runtime.

In this article, you will learn about the different types of runbooks (yes, there’s more than one of them), how to create a new runbook, and how to add code to that runbook.

One of the best ways to protect your servers and workstations from malware is to limit the execution of untrusted files.

In this post, PowerShell expert Tim Warner shows you how you can create a custom Azure Resource Role with PowerShell.

PowerShell provides two similar management interfaces for accessing data on a computer: WMI and CIM.

Azure Blueprints provide a "one-stop shop" for Azure governance. By implementing JSON templates and a controlled, unified workflow, Azure administrators can define, deploy, enforce, and maintain standardized Azure environments.

For many Microsoft IT professionals, one of the first things they do with PowerShell is using it to perform tasks in Active Directory.

Once you start rolling with Azure AD Connect and hybrid identity between local Active Directory and Azure Active Directory, one of your first thoughts is, "What happens if my Azure AD Connect server goes offline?"

By integrating this REST API in, not only does it show how you can leverage AirTable and Azure, but how you can integrate just about any REST API out there into Azure DevOps.

Once upon a time back in 2006, PowerShell was introduced to the world. The scripting language thought up by Jeffrey Snover and distributed by Microsoft with Windows would soon turn into a ubiquitous part of IT automation and scripting, replacing the aging VBScript as the...

One of the nice things about having a simple Windows file share on a local file server is that the support to transfer files to/from it is built into Windows. Since the share is created for SMB, you can map Windows drives to it, navigate to it’s UNC path and so on. When...

Azure File Sync is a fairly new service that allows users to sync on-premises files to Azure Storage. Think of this service as DropBox for business. Now, we can simply drop files into a folder on an on-prem server and automatically upload those files to Azure!