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PowerShell Magazine Article on UpdateServices Module

My latest article on the PowerShell Magazine went live today. I talk about working with the new UpdateServices module on Windows Server 2012. Check it out!   Client and patch management using the UpdateServices module

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Guest Blog on “Hey, Scripting Guy!” About Scaling Background Jobs and Rebooting Systems

My 5th guest blog on Microsoft’s “Hey, Scripting Guy!” is out today .In this article I talk about using background jobs and scaling them to perform a monitored reboot of systems. Link to the article is here. Enjoy!

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Guest spot on the PowerScripting Podcast

I had the excellent opportunity to be a guest on the PowerScripting podcast earlier in September (1SEPT2011) to talk about my latest project: PoshPAIG. For anyone who hasn’t checked out the podcast, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. There is … Continue reading

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Don’t assume a Cmdlet has -WhatIf

Imagine that you are writing a script, or preparing to run a command that will perform a change on your domain. For instance, you are running the FailoverClusters module and want to move a cluster group on a given condition. … Continue reading

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Guest Blogger on Hey, Scripting Guy! for PoshPAIG

Yep, that is right! My articles on PoshPAIG 1.6 are live at the Hey, Scripting Guy! site. I have 2 articles this weekend talking about the latest updates and issues I ran into while working on this update. I will … Continue reading

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