Missy Januszko is an independent IT consultant, with more than 20 years of experience as an enterprise hosting architect, large-scale infrastructure designer, and hosted application designer. She specializes in DevOps, automation and configuration management, PowerShell, and Active Directory, and has broad experience across the entire line of Microsoft business technologies. Missy is a co-author of “The DSC Book” with Microsoft MVP Don Jones, and she is also a conference speaker on DSC-related topics. She is a contributor to a number of open-source projects, including “Tug”, the open-source DSC pull server, and “Autolab”, an automated, rapid-install lab build.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Custom PowerShell objects are one way to represent a set of data as a single object and so are PowerShell classes. In this article, take a look at some of the similarities and differences between the two object structures so that you can best define custom objects for your needs.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Take your PowerShell class programming to the next level! Define constructors to simplify the creation of the classes, and use inheritance to create a hierarchy of classes and subclasses that inherit properties and methods.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In part 3 of the PowerShell Class series, Missy Januszko discusses how to define methods to perform actions against an instance of the class.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In the second part of the series on PowerShell classes, learn how and where to declare constant values using Enums and explore the differences between enums and ValidateSet.
Last Update: Sep 11, 2024
Take your PowerShell programming to a new level by learning how to use classes.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Missy Januszko explores the uses of $MyInvocation.
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Missy Januszko uses parameter validation attributes to define the acceptable input without writing a ton of additional code.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Learn how to prevent PowerShell mistakes by adding -whatif and -confirm parameters.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
PowerShell advanced functions provide modularity in automating system administration tasks and by structuring PowerShell scripts as advanced functions, you can transform your scripts and functions into reusable tools.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Learn what a PowerShell provider does and how it allows a common set of cmdlets to interact with differently-structured data stores.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
While other commercial products may be more robust, there are a few different ways Desired State Configuration can be used for software deployment.
Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Missy Januszko provides an overview of PowerShell remoting and explains the use of different cmdlets for managing multiple machines at once.