All good applications create logs and the more detailed the better. In PowerShell I log everything with Start-Transcript and Stop-Transcript. But what happens if you are generating thousands of detailed…
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I do a lot of work with REST APIs and reporting in PowerShell which means I’m constantly working with arrays. This allows me to calculate, combine and store the results…
Let’s say you’ve been driving the same car for the past 20 years. It wasn’t a cheap car to begin with, it requires constant maintenance, and the bills have skyrocketed.…
What if I said you could use PowerShell to update PowerShell? No this isn’t inception, there are legitimate use cases that could save you a lot of time and effort.…
Since first releasing my post on PowerShell REST API authentication back in Jan 2018 it has become one of the my most popular posts on virtuallysober.com. But that covers authentication,…
What if I told you there is a completely free way to automatically detect any ransomware infection in your environment, for free, and it takes 5 minutes to configure? BS?…
I’ve recently been working on finishing our basement and building out a new home office. From painting to laying laminate flooring, to putting up a TV much larger than I…
If you’re a regular reader, or just happened to come across my blog from google (90%+ of traffic), then you might be interested in attending the webinar I’m presenting on…
Top 3 questions to identify if an Integrated Data Protection Appliance really is an appliance or integrated
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Since its launch back in May 2017, the Dell/EMC IDPA (Integrated Data Protection Appliance) product range has been something a joke in the industry for not really being an appliance…
A couple weeks ago somebody challenged me to see how I’d approach a series of tasks in PowerShell, each time adding a layer of complexity. The main crux of the…