So to be up front, this is not a tutorial for setting up Packer to capture images to MDT, it is more of a postmortem on my experience doing so. There was a lot of trial and error involved in this, and my memory sucks so the exact steps involved Read more…
There once was a time where the worlds of Microsoft and Linux were greatly at odds. Each faction trying to destroy the other and win the war of the operating systems. Times have changed. That war may still be happening, but at least from the perspective of Microsoft, an olive Read more…
Unless you have some prior programming experience, starting to learn scripting can be a bit daunting at times. One of the key concepts to understand in my opinion, is a foreach loop. This not something that is particular to PowerShell, as you will find foreach loops in every programming language. Read more…
Have you ever wanted to get fired quickly? If so, here is a great way to go out in a blaze of disruption and destruction. Using one PowerShell command, we can bring down all Windows machines in Active Directory at once. Using -Force will ensure even if a user is Read more…
In this article, I will show how to deploy the Chocolatey Agent Service which allows end users to use a GUI to choose what packages to install or uninstall. Of all the cool technology I have come across the last few years in the Windows world, Chocolatey is still my Read more…
If you manage both Windows and Linux in your environment (which almost everyone does) why would you want to use more than one method to remotely manage computers? The correct answer is, you shouldn’t. Most PowerShell users currently use WS-Management for remoting into their Windows machines, but this is a Read more…
My final day at Summit was filled with more great presentations by some brilliant community leaders. First was the talk by Jeff Hicks on CSV, JSON and XML. Jeff pointed out and demo’d many interesting ways to deal with these data formats and the advantages/disadvantages to each. Next, I caught Read more…
Day 3 of Summit for me was largely more great breakout sessions, hosted by some brilliant presenters. First off was Lee Holmes who discussed “Defending against PowerShell attacks”. I think Lee is probably one of the few people who can retain my attention for an hour and 45 minutes straight. Read more…
On Tuesday, the breakout sessions and deep dives really start. I started the day by having the grand idea of getting up and going to the gym to workout. This is one of those things that sounds like a great idea, but sometimes you realize was a horrible idea. In Read more…
My morning started early (4 AM) as my brain and body was still operating on EST. During my morning, I decided to write my first blog post on Summit. After this and quick Facetime chat with my wife and daughter, I was off to breakfast and pick up my badge. Read more…