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Advanced Use of Azure Virtual Machine DSC Extensions

December 28, 2015 Dec 28, 2015 12/28/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Matthew Hitchcock, Microsoft MVP, takes us through a deeper look at Azure DSC. Today we have the first part of a two-part series by Matthew Hitchcock. Here’s a bit about him: Matthew has deep experience in identity and directory services, including hybrid identity for Office 365, and Azure Active Directory federation and ...

Use PowerShell to Archive a Folder and Copy to Server

March 15, 2015 Mar 15, 2015 03/15/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create a .zip archive folder and copy it to a server.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder that contains scripts. I update these scripts from time-to-time. I like to store the scripts on a central shared server. To save bandwidth, I would like to zip the ...

Use PowerShell DSC to Configure the Registry

February 6, 2015 Feb 6, 2015 02/6/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell and Desired State Configuration to configure the registry. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I thought I would piggy-back a bit on the excellent posts that Windows PowerShell MVP, Richard Siddaway, wrote this week about working with the registry with ...

Weekend Scripter: Where Is the DSC Documentation?

January 11, 2015 Jan 11, 2015 01/11/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about where to find documentation for Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC). Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things that sometimes surprises me, is when I am talking to IT pros and I hear something like, “I really like Windows PowerShell, but I wish...