Archive

These are all my older blog posts that I have archived. You can find my most recent blog posts here.

Windows 10 Build 10586 - PowerShell Problems

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PowerShell Direct and DSC problems in Windows 10 Build 10586.

Pester as an Operation Validation Framework

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A quick article about Pester as an Operation Validation Framework.

WFAS Firewall Rules Group vs. DisplayGroup

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A quick article about the relationship between the Group and DisplayGroup parameters of a Firewall Rule.

How to tell if a PowerShell variable has not been Declared

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A quick PowerShell snippet to check if a variable has not been declared.

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) Classifications DSC Resource

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A quick article about the new cFSRMClassifications DSC resource for configuring FSRM Classifications.

NanoServer Container Base Image - It does Exist...Somewhere!

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A really interesting video from Microsoft was just released with Mark Russinovich (CTO of Azure if you don’t already know) demonstrating Windows Server Containers.

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) File Screen DSC Resource

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A quick article about the new cFSRMFileScreen DSC resource for configuring File Screens, File Screen Templates and File Screen Exceptions.

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) Quotas DSC Resource

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A DSC Resource for managing FSRM Quotas.

DSC Resource Kit Updates are Available

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The Microsoft DSC Resource Kit has been updated with a bunch of new stuff.

IPv6, DHCP and Get-NetIPInterface - DHCP State can be WRONG!

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A quick article about a bug in Get-NetIPInterface that misreports the DHCP state of IPv6 interfaces.