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Online Tech Events- May 2021

Apr 12, 2021 · 2 min read · aws · vmware · microsoft · azure · powershell · dell · vmug ·

The global pandemic of 2020 caused a lot of previously in-person events to go online. This means that even more events are now accessible to a global audience, and often at times that can fit around your work and home schedules. Here’s some upcoming tech events for May 2021.

Setup Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal with PowerShell

Mar 4, 2021 · 1 min read · microsoft · azure · powershell · windows · msignite2021 ·

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Setup Windows Admin Center in Azure Portal with PowerShell

At Microsoft Ignite Spring 2021 it was announced that Windows Admin Center was now available for Azure VMs through the portal. This post covers how to configure that new feature in PowerShell.

Use PowerShell to check WordPress versions

Feb 23, 2021 · 2 min read · wordpress · blogs · powershell ·

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Use PowerShell to check WordPress versions

When running a one or more WordPress sites it’s important to make sure they are running an up-to-date application. This PowerShell function will check if a site is outdated.

Depicting chemicals with Azure Functions

Jan 5, 2021 · 2 min read · microsoft · azure · chemistry · containers · powershell ·

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Depicting chemicals with Azure Functions

A guide to quickly setup an Azure function to draw chemical structures from SMILES strings.

vSphere Reports in Microsoft Teams.

Nov 2, 2020 · 3 min read · microsoft · teams · office365 · vcenter · vmware · powercli · powershell ·

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By joining PowerCLI to interrogate a VMware vSphere environment and the Webhook API to post Microsoft Teams messages, we can send informational reports on the state of a virtual environment to channels in Teams.

PowerShell- Get Usernames from Windows Security Log

Jul 14, 2020 · 1 min read · microsoft · powershell · windows ·

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PowerShell- Get Usernames from Windows Security Log

This snippet takes the export of the Windows Security log and returns a list of user ids from within it.

Check Azure WebApps have Backup Configured

May 22, 2020 · 1 min read · microsoft · azure · powershell ·

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Azure WebApps (depending on tier) come with an optional native backup service. This quick PowerShell snippet looks at all the WebApps in the current subscription and reports back on whether Backup has been set up. This should be helpful for spotting where a configuration has been missed.

Using New-AzureFirewallRule with multiple ports or IP ranges

May 11, 2020 · 1 min read · microsoft · azure · powershell ·

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When creating an Azure Firewall rule with multiple ports or IP ranges using the PowerShell New-AzureFirewallRule cmdlet, you may get an error like this:

Checking Hybrid Benefits in Azure with PowerShell

May 1, 2020 · 1 min read · microsoft · azure · powershell ·

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When using Windows-based Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure, there’s an option to use Azure Hybrid Benefit to re-use existing Windows licenses you own on-premises for workloads now running in the public cloud.

PowerShell Get-Command: finding the cmdlet

Nov 25, 2019 · 2 min read · microsoft · powershell · vmware · powercli · azure ·

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PowerShell Get-Command: finding the cmdlet

A recent Slack chat reminded me that PowerShell’s Get-Command cmdlet is a good way of finding what commands to use when you encounter a new problem. However it goes beyond typing Get-Command and just getting a huge list back- my laptop just gave me 7659 commands to choose from – as this can be unusable. Here’s some …