Author: Adam Bertram

With Microsoft Azure's API Management service, you can easily proxy an existing API and modify the input and output before that data is received or sent.

Windows is notorious for the number of system updates that are necessary and how often they come out. These updates are important, not only to keep your system running well, but also to keep your system secure. Of course, managing these updates can sometimes be a pain, especially if you aren't aware of what is… Read More

PowerShell isn't just a command-line tool for system administrators. Even savvy Windows 10 users can take advantage of the capabilities built-in to make changes to their OS.

There are many ways to configure Microsoft Terminal to fit your needs. Each release has refined or expanded upon the available customization options.

PowerShell function that supports the WhatIf parameter and how you can use it to make your PowerShell functions even more solid

Why you should use the EXOv2 PowerShell module and how it can benefit you as an Office365 administrator.

One of the most popular tools for managing multiple remote desktop connections has been the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Manager.

Most system administrators need to connect to many different systems, often in a variety of ways. There are several tools out there that offer this ability, but one of the more popular tools available is that of mRemoteNG. Originally a fork of mRemote, mRemoteNG adds many new features to mRemote. Features To support the many… Read More

File Servers - We all have them in one form or another. These servers tend to grow exponentially more critical than what we imagined when deploying them. They were also quite cumbersome to migrate until Microsoft released its Storage Migration Service. But there is one important scenario that it does not cover - consolidating multiple… Read More

Any terminal output in PowerShell is controlled by formatting files. Oftentimes, it is very useful to display more information about a given object than the default views offer. Since the early days of PowerShell, there has been an option to modify this display by using Format.ps1xml files. The biggest change to formatting, in recent years,… Read More

With the introduction of PowerShell Core and now PowerShell 7, the cross-platform capabilities of PowerShell have also brought new challenges. System administrators used to working on Windows systems that now operate cross-platform need to be able to handle permissions in similar ways.

There have always been a few options for running background asynchronous tasks within PowerShell. Traditionally, PowerShell (PS) Jobs was the go to method as a job could be started and then control returned to the console. PS Jobs were always heavy, in regards to resource usage, and depending on what needed to be run, this… Read More

What's changed in PowerShell 7 to enhance support for JSON? There are no new cmdlets, but there have been some functionality changes to the existing cmdlets.

Do you have that one PowerShell command you use constantly? If that command has parameters, you have to manually specify the parameter values every time. If you find yourself passing the same parameter values to a command frequently, this post is for you.

As with any programming language, code will have errors and troubleshooting those problems can be difficult. Thankfully, PowerShell has a rich error object and several powerful tools to help debug your code. With PowerShell 7, these tools become even more useful and error handling even easier. As the language evolves and becomes used in more… Read More