Setting up a place to store files in the cloud isn't quite as easy as doing it on-prem. That's where Microsoft's Azure Files service comes in.
- By Adam Bertram
- 11/15/2018
When you need a SQL database fast, the cloud is the best way to go. Azure provides a SQL database as a PaaS that eliminates the need to get an entire SQL Server deployment up and running.
- By Adam Bertram
- 11/06/2018
Disk2Vhd is a little Microsoft utility that does one thing and one thing well: convert physical computers to virtual disks.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/25/2018
For the longest time, the open source community had a concept called "public package repositories." Microsoft never had the same -- until the PowerShell Gallery.
- By Adam Bertram
- 10/11/2018
Azure Automation can be an excellent PowerShell script orchestration tool, though it has just a limited number of PowerShell modules. Luckily, we can upload our own modules, too.
- By Adam Bertram
- 09/27/2018
In today's IT organizations, it's critical for system admins to know how to automate processes. Luckily, we have tools like Azure Automation to help us out.
- By Adam Bertram
- 08/28/2018
By using the various history commands in PowerShell, you can search for and easily execute any command that you have previously run in the same session.
- By Adam Bertram
- 08/20/2018
Whether the string you're looking for inside a text file is a single word or a complicated pattern, PowerShell has the ability to find and replace just about anything.
- By Adam Bertram
- 08/08/2018
Native support for Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) isn't in PowerShell, but that doesn't mean it's not capable.
- By Adam Bertram
- 07/19/2018
You may not think too often about how text is displayed in your PowerShell console, but under the covers, there's quite a bit going on.
- By Adam Bertram
- 06/13/2018
Making code adaptable is a key skill for any coder. Here's a primer on how to stretch function parameters to fit a variety of situations.
- By Adam Bertram
- 05/16/2018
Sometimes using ValidateSet isn't enough -- for instance, when you have multiple functions with the same parameter that you need to perform a task on.
- By Adam Bertram
- 05/03/2018
Synchronous code execution is fine for small scripts, but for more time-consuming scripts, consider running your code in the background as a job. Here's how.
- By Adam Bertram
- 04/18/2018
Using these three commands, PowerShell allows you to read and manipulate just about every aspect of your command history.
- By Adam Bertram
- 03/29/2018
The next time you need to wait on a step in your script, don't just add a delay. Instead, use a Wait-Action function to wait just the right amount of time.
- By Adam Bertram
- 03/16/2018