Adam the Automator

Building an Azure Devops Pipeline [Soup to Nuts]

When you search online, you will find various blog posts, documentation and tutorials on Azure DevOps. All of these items are valuable resources but rarely does one walk you through a real-world scenario. Many skim over the security aspect leaving passwords in clear text for simplicity or an end product that essentially does nothing. Let's change that.

Adam Bertram

15 min. read

PowerShell

PowerShell Write-Host: Do you Need It? Maybe.

Write-Host is probably one of the most popular PowerShell cmdlets out there. Do you still need to use it? Find out in this article!

Adam Listek

4 min. read

PowerShell

PowerShell Splatting: What is it and How Does it Work?

PowerShell splatting is the strange phrase that can turn your script from a mess of code to a nicely structured work of art. Learn how in this tutorial!

Adam Listek

4 min. read

Microsoft Azure

How to Set up Azure File Sync

Need to set up Azure File Sync? Look no further than this detailed, step-by-step guide!

Francisco Navarro

9 min. read

PowerShell

How to Trim Strings in PowerShell

Need to know how to use the PowerShell trim() or PowerShell trimend() method? If so, be sure to check out this tutorial!

Adam Listek

5 min. read

PowerShell

How to Run PowerShell as Administrator

Need to know how to PowerShell run as administrator? There are a lot more ways than what you might realize! Learn about them all in this tutorial.

Arman Castillote

7 min. read

PowerShell

How to Survive Refactoring a PowerShell Script from Hell

Have you inherited a mess of a PowerShell script? Learn how to build it into a fresh, well-behaved automation engine!

Adam Bertram

7 min. read

Azure AD

Azure AD Premium P1 vs P2: Which One to Choose?

Compare Azure AD Premium P1 vs P2 and choose which is better if you want protection features for your users in the cloud.

Vignesh Mudliar

7 min. read

PowerShell

How to Get a Computer Name with PowerShell

Learn how to use PowerShell to get a computer name in many different ways using this informative tutorial. Read on.

Adam Bertram

5 min. read

PowerShell

Back to Basics: How to Manage Windows Services with PowerShell

Windows services is one of those topics nearly every Windows sysadmin has to work with. To manage Windows services you could fire up the services.msc MMC snap-in for one-off tasks but what if you need to build some kind of automation with PowerShell? Learn how to use PowerShell to get a service, use PowerShell to start a service, use PowerShell to stop a service, and use PowerShell to restart a service in this tutorial!

Adam Bertram

9 min. read

How to Run Jenkins in Docker using Docker Compose with Volumes

Learn the ins and outs of running Jenkins inside a Docker container using volumes in this handy guide!

June Castillote

9 min. read

Writing an Extension Vault for PowerShell SecretManagement Preview 4

Learn how to build an extension vault using the PowerShell SecretManagement module, step-by-step with a great example!

Adam Listek

12 min. read

Microsoft Teams

Creating Adaptive Cards via Teams Incoming Webhooks Using PowerShell

Customize the look of Teams by creating your own cards in channels. Create them with incoming Teams webhooks and a little PowerShell!

Adam Listek

8 min. read

PowerShell

How to Set Up and Manage Scheduled Tasks with PowerShell

Use PowerShell to create and manage scheduled tasks made possible with the use of the Scheduled Tasks module.

June Castillote

10 min. read

PowerShell

How to Use PowerShell to Reboot Remote Computers

Learn ALL the ways to use PowerShell to reboot a remote computer in this example-driven tutorial. By the end, you'll be using PowerShell to restart all computers!

Adam Listek

6 min. read

Getting Started in Web Automation with PowerShell and Selenium

Learn how to get started in web automation with PowerShell and Selenium and automate web-related tasks on web browsers.

June Castillote

9 min. read

Active Directory

How to Recover Objects with the Active Directory Recycle Bin

Learn, by example, how to recover deleted objects from Active Directory with the Active Directory Recycle Bin in this tutorial (including both GUI and PowerShell).

Adam Listek

7 min. read