I recently finished a very large project to automate the deployment of physical servers on the HPE platform without using DSC, Puppet, or Chef. This series will be not only to document this process for myself but also for others who work with HPE servers and are looking to automate their server deployments and keep them consistent and quick.
Read MoreNormally there is not an issue importing the Active Directory module when using Exchange Remoting, but once in a while there are conflicts which cause the Windows PowerShell instance to crash. Sometimes unconventional workarounds fix the issue temporarily, at least enough to do your work. There were some good reminders that came out of this as well for the future.
Read MoreSetting up a home lab for testing things out no longer needs to be a time consuming headache. In fact, it can be as simple as two commands thanks to PSAutoLab.
Read MorePowerShell uses .NET and because of this .NET methods are easily accessible - including methods to be able to read and access a file while it is being written to by another process.
Read MoreI often let loops exit and terminate themselves when writing my scripts, but once in a while I want to be able to exit out of the script and let the rest of the script continue on. It’s not difficult to implement this, and with a few lines can easily be implemented.
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