on-premises or Azure VMs to the fully-managed PaaS database service Azure SQL Database Managed Instance. In this post you will see how to create PowerShell scripts that automate migration to Managed Instance using Azure PowerShell and DbaTools.

you have a new server on which you want to deploy DHCP, just run the PowerShell command:

tasks such as managing servers, endpoints or processes, more streamlined and efficient. However, since the proliferation of cloud technology, we’re now facing a new challenge, managing and automating the cloud environment.

on their automation journey, but for more advanced practices, it helps to attend a conference, such as the PowerShell Summit.

operating systems, hardware and of course software. Typically, machines are managed and configured with group policy and SCCM, or perhaps other more modern methods like Chef or Puppet. One of the symptoms of an unhealthy Windows computer is the amount of time it takes to boot up.

properties in the?Export-MailboxDiagnosticLogs?cmdlet. The properties record different kinds of mailbox activity and I included a script to generate a report based on the properties. The output is a CSV file that can be opened in Excel or imported in Power BI. All is well.

excited to share the first preview of the new Visual Studio terminal. This new preview experience is part of Visual Studio version 16.3 Preview 3.

hard disks. It falls under physical data security and it prevents data breaches from stolen hard disks (physical & virtual). If it is a Windows machine, we can simply use BitLocker for disk encryption. Also, there are other third-party vendors such as Thales e-Security which provides disk encryption solutions for organizations.

PowerShell to get a history of USB drive usage.

all platforms (PowerShell Core). With PowerShell 7 (which is the latest PowerShell version as of this writing), we’re now looking for all platforms to be equal in the PowerShell they can deliver (both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core).

menu and sub menus in the systray bar.

script to perform a fully automated unattended setup of Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 or Exchange Server 2019 (Desktop and Core) is supported).

users. So here is my first module for Remotedesktop Messaging. If you liked it you may also want to have this cmdlet permanently on your rdserver for notifying your users every time there is a problem or maintenance. I?ve converted the PS Script into a module so that it is much easier to import and use it. In this article I ?ll describe how to install it.

information in your MSI/MSTs? I?ve developed a Powershell script in which you can configure a template (properties and summary information) and apply it to MSIs, already done MSTs or you can create an MST with this script.

to identify chars or chains of text by including them into the scripts. There are basic examples where the regex are applied like in the credit cards or maybe in power ingestors, that are used to search through emails. The application of these regular expressions reaches several levels within the operating system while using them in PowerShell, allowing the users to set instructions to interact with almost any section of the software.

after we finished all the work the teach gave us, I decided to make him some extra work. Since they are learning double digit addition I wrote a quick script that will generate a page with 25 problems on it. I kept printing him off new sheets until the end of the regular school day. I posted the script to r/PowerShell if others had done something similar, and it turned into a pretty fun post.