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Steve Parankewich
DevOps

Connect to all Office 365 Services with PowerShell

If you are not on Office 365 or have a tenant set up with Microsoft yet, now is the time to reserve your tenant name! With utilizing Office 365, a lot of administration is only available from a PowerShell session. There is a mix of outdated information on what you actually need to install and …

Don Jones
PowerShell Summit

PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2016 Registration Status

A quick status update on Summit: We’re currently past our 50% registration point. Right now, only 4-day registrations are available. Register at https://eventloom.com/event/home/PSNA16. In just a few days, on February 1st, we’ll open all remaining seats for both 3- and 4-day …

Matthew Hodgkins
DevOps

Using PowerShell to enable ChatOps on Windows

ChatOps is a term used to describe bringing development or operations work that is already happening in the background into a common chat room. It involves having everyone in the team in a single chat room, then bringing tools into the room so everyone can automate, collaborate and see how …

Steve Parankewich
DevOps

Create Windows Shortcuts or Favorites With PowerShell

Creating windows shortcuts are usually done through the New Shortcut Wizard, MSI files, Group Policy Objects, or even a simple file copy. Shortcut files are .lnk files that Microsoft Windows uses for shortcuts to local files while .url is used for destinations such as web sites. As we all are aware, …

timpringle
PowerShell for Admins

Using Local Functions in a Scriptblock with Existing Code

When you are wanting to run code remotely, it’s common to do this via the use of Invoke-Command (though other options exist, such as through Start-Job for example). The biggest downfall to date i’ve found with remoting is the lack of an option to combine the use of your local functions …

Steve Parankewich
Announcements

New Boston PowerShell User Group

Its a new year with new goals and I hope to provide even more assistance and value to the PowerShell community in 2016. I have created a new Boston based PowerShell user group and will be working hard on creating sessions as frequently and regularly as possible. If you are in the greater Boston or …