The original post for this article was back in 2018 but since then I’ve been deploying SQL Server 2017 on …
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The Developer’s Guide to Azure
Another updated version has been released by Microsoft which includes new code samples. This free eBook has new code samples …
Azure VM Images with smaller System Disk
I was trying to deploy managed disks with windows vm’s via ARM template but the default size OS disk is …
API Deployment via CI/CD
Nicolas Masse published a great article on the Red Hat Developer titled “5 principals for deploying your API from a …
Visual Studio Subscribers now get Dev/Test pricing for Azure SQL Database Managed Instance’s
Customers using monthly Azure credits for Visual Studio subscribers automatically receive discounted rates of up to 55 percent on Azure …
New Azure DevTest Labs PowerShell module
Microsoft released a PowerShell module for Azure DevTest Labs. You can create labs query labs update labs delete labs create, …
Breaking down our Version Numbers
From time to time we receive inquires from customers like “what version should we be on?” and “what is the …
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in htaccess file
All web browsers default their initial connection to a HTTP server over an insecure connection. You can always have a …
Add PowerShell user snippet in Visual Studio Code to add comment based help header
I was tired of typing out comment blocks in each of my PowerShell scripts so I decided to create a …
RegEx and PowerShell from the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018
RegEx has been around since the 1950’s and has tremendous support across all platforms and frameworks. A video was posted …
Installing Docker EE on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
Take advantage of Docker EE on Windows Server 2016. So the C drive doesn’t get filled up with docker images, …
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in IIS using URL Rewrite
To redirect all connections which hit a website hosted in IIS on Windows Server, you need to add a rewrite …
Turn on IIS Remote Management
I saw this on docs.microsoft.com and since I was always looking for how to do it, I figured I would …
Deploy SQL Server 2017 using PowerShell DSC
I didn’t get a chance to try this yet, but I will soon. Getting into DSC wasn’t a direct route …
PowerShell on Windows Server 2003
I came across an article on Microsoft’s Support Knowledge Base on how to enable Windows Remote Shell on Windows Server …
Can’t connect to Docker Container?
I found an extremely helpful post while working onsite at a client and docker kept failing to start with an …
Download the Pester Wiki from GitHub
Pester Pester is the ubiquitous test and mock framework for PowerShell. Pester GitHub Repo: https://github.com/pester/Pester To read the Pester Wiki …
Create Bootable ISO file
If you’ve written PowerShell script’s to create virtual machines, attach the ISO file to the virtual machine, boot up the …
DevOps: The Ops Perspective by Don Jones
I came across this free ebook that Don Jones wrote. I’ve gained much insight and understanding from Don Jones’s writing’s …
Reset WordPress Password
For those of you who have forgot your password to get into your WordPress site, we have posted this link …