Yesterday I pushed my first real project to a public repository on GitHub. It’s small right now though I hope to flesh it out over time, and it is very niche, but I hope it helps others who come across it. Regardless I’m proud of it. If you like, you can check it out here, I’d love …
So we’ve talked about Azure Automation DSC and the extensive reporting we can get from it. With the pricing as it is, it would be hard to argue as to why you would want to use anything else. But I’m a completionist, and there may be some edge cases that might come up where you …
Last week we talked about modifying and uploading our configurations to Azure Automation DSC. We were able to import credentials from Azure’s Automation Account Credential store, and then compile the .mof files in the automation account for deployment. This week, we’ll be looking at how …
Today we’re going to be talking about adding configurations to your Azure Automation Account. In this article, we’ll be discussing special considerations that we need to take into account when uploading our configurations. Then we’ll talk about compiling the configurations into …
I’ve been wanting to do this series for a while, and with some of the recent changes in Azure Automation DSC, I feel like we can now do a truly complete series. So let’s get started! Compliance is hard as it is. And as companies start moving more workloads into the cloud, they struggle …
Microsoft recently published a “Future of DSC” post that I thought deserved some independent commentary.
It’s been a long road, but we’re almost there! A couple of weeks ago we looked at how we can create an Azure Automation Account and add our own custom modules to the solution to be used in Azure Automation. Last week, we took a deeper dive into configuring a runbook to take in webhook …
So last time we learned how to upload our custom modules into Azure Automation so we can start using them in Azure Automation Runbooks. This week we’re going to take a look at configuring a runbook to see what kind of data we can ingest from OMS Webhook data, and how we can leverage that data …
Microsoft’s Operations Management Suite provides some exceptional tools for monitoring and maintaining your environments in both the cloud and in your datacenter. One of it’s best features, however, is its ability to leverage the tools that you’ve already developed to perform tasks …
We’re pleased to announce general availability of our PowerShell Saturday Booster Program, as announced at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2017. The goal of this program is to help enthusiasts build sustainable one-day, small-format technical events worldwide. We can provide organizing …
