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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
Azure PowerShell vs. Azure CLI 1 week, 5 days agoIn your work in Microsoft Azure, should you focus your energies on Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, or both? This lesson presents a comprehensive comparison of the two primary scripting languages in the Azure cloud.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Use Azure Storage for backup 1 month ago
Because of its relatively low cost and flexibility, Azure Storage is a great target for cloud-based backup. Learn the most efficient ways to perform blob and file data backup in Azure.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Azure Data Studio vs. SQL Server Management (SSMS) 1 month, 2 weeks ago
If your Windows systems administration work touches SQL Server products, you need to know when Azure Data Studio is the right fit over the time-tested and venerable SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, PowerToys for Windows 10 and Windows 11 1 month, 3 weeks ago
If you haven’t yet begun using the PowerToys tools for Windows 10 and 11 to accelerate your workflows as a Windows system administrator, you should. Let Tim show you how and why.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Azure Recovery Services vault: Ironing out the confusion 2 months ago
Microsoft Azure offers a variety of backup and disaster recovery solutions. Let Tim iron out some common confusions about these entities and services: Azure Recovery Services vault, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup, and Azure Backup vault. In addition, you will learn important concepts for working with the Azure Recovery Services vault: Azure region dependency, content portability, and deletion workflow.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Regex in VSCode 2 months, 1 week ago
Learn how Visual Studio Code (VSCode) implements regular expressions (regex) to help you perform your complex pattern-matching duties more effectively. In addition, I will introduce a few useful regex extensions to VSCode.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Migrate a SQL Server Database to Azure SQL Database 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Learn how to assess and migrate your on-prem SQL Server databases to Azure SQL Database by using Microsoft’s Data Migration Assistant and Azure Migrate products.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, GitHub Copilot for the Windows systems administrator 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Learn how the AI-powered GitHub Copilot pair programming engine can accelerate your Windows administration work by providing intelligent suggestions while you type.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Work in Microsoft Azure with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Learn the many ways you can make your Microsoft Azure work easier by integrating with Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Microsoft’s free, open-source, cross-platform code editor.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
Interact with Azure Cosmos DB with PowerShell 1 year, 6 months agoLearn how to perform core administrative tasks on the Azure Cosmos DB using Azure PowerShell.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Azure health services: Track Microsoft cloud outages and maintenance 1 year, 6 months ago
Get familiar with Azure Status dashboard, Azure Service Health, Service Health Alerts, Azure Resource Health, and Azure Resource Graph to ensure you’re never surprised by a planned or unplanned outage that could affect your Microsoft Azure deployments.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
Powerline: Customize your PowerShell console 1 year, 6 months agoLearn how to customize your PowerShell console to display meaningful metadata in your Windows command shell with Powerline.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, What's the difference? Azure AD registration vs. Azure AD join 2 years, 1 month ago
In Microsoft Azure-based endpoint management, when would you choose Azure AD registration versus Azure AD join? Read on and find out!
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Configure hybrid identity with Azure AD Connect cloud provisioning 2 years, 1 month ago
Microsoft’s Azure AD team has made dramatic updates to its Azure AD Connect service. You can now control your hybrid identity centrally and implement fault-tolerant sync configurations as well.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
Two ways to integrate GitHub with Azure DevOps 2 years, 2 months agoNow that Microsoft owns GitHub, you may be wondering whether your teams should use GitHub or Azure DevOps for their software development projects. Why not both?
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
PowerShell 7.2: New features in the Preview 2 years, 2 months agoOn December 15, 2020, Microsoft’s PowerShell development team released PowerShell 7.2 Preview 2 to GitHub. Learn what’s new and what’s changed in this build, and receive some guidance concerning prerelease PowerShell. If you’re the kind of systems administrator who likes to “kick the tires” with prerelease software to get a head start on new functionality, then read on!
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
PowerShell v5 vs PowerShell v7—Which to use and when 2 years, 3 months agoWindows systems administrators who are newer to PowerShell may feel confused as to which PowerShell version to use and when. Let’s differentiate Windows PowerShell v5.1 from PowerShell v7 and iron out any potential difficulties.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post,
Install PowerShell remoting over SSH 2 years, 3 months agoPowerShell 7.x supports SSH for cross-platform remoting. Learn how to configure and test PowerShell remoting between Windows, Linux, and macOS systems.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Understand the UPN and sAMAccountName User Account Attributes 2 years, 3 months ago
The user principal name (UPN) and SAM account name user naming attributes in Active Directory are often confused by administrators. After all, aren’t we past Windows NT domains and single-label names? Let’s sort out the mystery right away.
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Timothy Warner wrote a new post, Specops Password Auditor v7.2: New features 3 years, 6 months ago
The most important new feature in Specops Password Auditor is integration with the Specops Blacklist Service, which screens your Active Directory users’ passwords against public credential breaches.
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