In which Adam demonstrates the truth in the old PowerShell adage: "The more you can limit the number of objects returned to the pipeline, the faster you code will run."
- By Adam Bertram
- 01/16/2018
Microsoft last week announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0, which is notable for being a cross-platform DevOps tool for Windows, Linux and macOS.
PowerShell is more than just scripting and automation. Given the right functions, you can also use it to solve numerical equations -- from the simple to the complex. Here's how.
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of its new Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines.
The Pester PowerShell module allows for some flexibility in how tests are written, but as Adam notes, there are still a few key points to consider.
- By Adam Bertram
- 12/20/2017
Microsoft Intune is now able to provide "conditional access" security compliance protections to Mac devices courtesy of a partnership between Microsoft and Jamf, a provider of management solutions for Apple devices.
Using Azure's "virtual machine agent," you can reset the local administrator password without even hitting the Windows OS itself. Here's how.
- By Adam Bertram
- 12/13/2017
While we've covered how to add users to the database, let's take it one step further and designate specific roles.
Microsoft broke down some of the details of updating "classic" model SharePoint site customizations to the "modern" SharePoint Framework Extensions (SPFx).
PowerShell helps us to turn the time-intensive process of creating new users into a quick and easy task.
Microsoft this week previewed Azure Location Based Services, a new set of services with APIs for developers that lets applications tap geographical information.
Microsoft and SAP have expanded their 20-year partnership by engineering SAP's cloud and enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions to run on Microsoft Azure datacenter infrastructure.
VMware doesn't have kind words for Microsoft's recently announced preview of a "bare metal" VMware stack that runs on Azure hardware.
Since CSVs are so easy to work with, it doesn't take long to organize and process large sets of data.
- By Adam Bertram
- 11/16/2017
Azure Active Directory now supports the setting of macOS device conditional access policies using Microsoft Intune, Microsoft announced on Tuesday.
Microsoft announced a preview of a new Azure ExpressRoute monitoring capability last week.
Save time for accounting for changes in your scripts with this handy tip.
- By Adam Bertram
- 11/09/2017
Microsoft this week announced that protection services from Bitdefender, Lookout and Ziften will be added to its Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) service.
Microsoft showed off how the Windows Analytics tools can support getting ready for Windows 10 deployments.
Microsoft has added new troubleshooting capabilities to its Intune service, as managed using the Azure Portal.