Microsoft Outlook Classic - Error reading rules from server.
Troubleshoot and resolve the error from Microsoft Outlook “There was an error reading the rules from the server. The format of the server rules was not recog...
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Upgrade from Pester v4 to v5
Upgrading Pester from version 4 to 5 is not easy. Many things are broken and this post is about discussing what to expect and what to do.
PlantUML tips and tricks
Tips and tricks for PlantUML
Enhance PowerShell tracing and logging for the console and transcriptions
PowerShell tracing capabilities are very much lacking. XWrite offers the means to enrich the output of each line with tokens such as the invoker’s type, invo...
Add semantic versioning capabilities to PowerShell
The SemVerPS PowerShell module offers the ability to work with Semantic Version in PowerShell
Creating a private Facebook Messenger chatbot
If you need a bot for your personal home automation, then this post describes how to achieve what is perceived as a private bot on Facebook’s messenger platf...
Creating a private Telegram chatbot
If you need a bot for your personal home automation, then this post describes how to achieve what is perceived as a private bot on Telegram.
Low (No) Code tools from a software engineer’s perspective
I’ve always had reservations for such tools and decided to take a look into this world of low (no) code tools. If you are looking for a light weight look int...
First impressions with using the Visual Studio Online preview environments
First impressions with using the Visual Studio Online preview environments.
Configure Ruby and Jekyll in VisualStudio online environment
Configure Ruby and Jekyll on a Visual Studio Online environment to access from your browser or local Visual Studio Code.
Monitors in Windows 10 don’t turn off
Background option in the lock screen setting in Windows seems to break the power settings for turning the screens off
Create/Save functions in application insights log analytics
When in logs analytics of application insights, you might notice under the sources one “fx functions” without any UI options. So what is it?
JSONPath for composite types in PowerShell with extra tools for debugging
JSONPath is like XPath for XML. It is a great way to navigate and query complex data types. JSONPath is a powershell module that enables JSONPath resolutions...
Improved SOAP proxies management in PowerShell
SOAPProxy, currently part of 1ASAOP, is a PowerShell module to help manage proxies created by New-WebServiceProxy.
A few words about relational databases, poorly performing data access layers and overall performance.
In a world of NOSQL databases, relational databases are often pointed out as the problem but when digging a bit deeper, there are other factors at fault like...
Introduction to posts about JSONPath, SOAP and Amadeus with PowerShell
This is an introduction to upcoming posts on how to use JSONPath syntax with PowerShell, consume Amadeus SOAP API and in general
Tracing manual changes on servers
Track changes of consistency between servers, especially when Remote Desktop is allowed
Configure language in office.com
This post explains how office.com is organized in terms of configuration and how to change the language
A high-level overview of DevOps
After reading a book about DevOps, it became clear to me that DevOps has been the new hype word and very often misunderstood and misused.
Alternative perspective on talent drain or team attrition
When a team member announces his or her resignation, then everyone is focusing on the loss of capacity and knowledge. Lost of quality in the team is the most...
New versions for ISHServer v1.5 and ISHBootstrap v1.0
New release versions for PowerShell automation modules ISHServer (v1.5) and ISHBootstrap (v1.0). Support for Amazon Machine Image (AMI), Docker containers, V...
Trust and confidence are usually overlooked when discussing automation
Automation as part of a continuous integration and delivery pipeline is rarely discussed from the perspective of the gained trust and confidence. This post i...
Using Visual Studio Code for PowerShell Development
Visual Studio Code for PowerShell looks like the replacement IDE of PowerShell ISE.
Out of memory exception with windowsservercore container on Windows 10
While investigating an out of memory exception when building a microsoft/windowsservercore based container for SDL’s Knowledge Center Content Manager, I came...
New versions for ISHServer and ISHBootstrap
New release versions for PowerShell automation modules ISHServer (v1.2) and ISHBootstrap (v0.8).
Experimenting with a Full .NET application with Docker and Windows containers
I love the concept of containers and I’m very excited with the support for windows containers. As there are so many cheers with very little useful informatio...
Build and deliver your service within the same medium (container).
When moving to container technology one would think that the CI builds the software, adds it in docker file and and triggers it’s build. What if we didn’t ne...
The impact of containers to application life cycle management (ALM)
Containers are such an innovative technology for many reasons but the one I like the most is how it has the potential to redefine the application life cycle ...
Why is Jekyll and github pages my engine choice for this blog
Recently this blog moved from Hugo to Jekyll. This post explains my reasons and provides some additional insight.
Novice guide for Jekyll on Windows and github pages
As a novice to Jekyll follow this guide to quickly solve the certain issues you will face and get some insight on how it works.
New versions for ISHServer and ISHBootstrap
New release versions for PowerShell automation modules ISHServer (v1.1) and ISHBootstrap (v0.7).
Moving blog from Hugo to Jekyll
Blog is moving from Hugo to Jekyll
Disable Visual Studio hosting process (vshost.exe)
Disable the Visual Studio hosting process (vshost.exe) in Visual Studio.
ISHDeploy and ISHBootstrap have new versions
PowerShell modules ISHDeploy and automation repository ISHBootstrap for SDL’s Knowledge Center Content Manager are moving forward with new versions.
Import-Module behaves wrongly when different versions are installed to different scopes
Import-Module is supposed to load the highest version of a module. But when there are different versions installed in local and global profile it seems to al...
PowerShell and Visual Studio Team Services
Latest developments for Visual Studio Team Services and PowerShell. Troubleshooting and feedback to the development teams.
Get-Github.ps1 script on Powershell gallery
A PowerShell script available in the gallery to help quickly download and use source from public GitHub repositories
ISHBootstrap v0.3 pre release and easy demo
Go over the ISHBootstrap repository changes with the v0.3 pre-release and discuss how to run a simple demo.
Introducing ISHRemote automation for SDL Knowledge Center Content Manager
ISHRemote is a PowerShell business automation module on top of SDL Knowledge Center Content Manager (LiveContent Architect, Trisoft InfoShare)
Update PowerShell system module
With the introduction of PowerShell 5 we got a future proof modular environment. What happens when the system modules become outdated?
ISHBoostrap enhancements and pre-release v0.1
Enhancements for ISHBoostrap and release of version 0.1
Bootstrap VM with certificates issued by your active directory certificate authority
On most professional environments, there is an active directory certificate authority. Use it to bootstrap a VM with certificates issued by this free service.
Hyper-V automation
Automate Hyper-V with PowerShell
Modify windows network hosts entries with pshosts
Modify the windows network hosts entries with Powershell.
ISHDeploy stable version 1.1 is available
Announcing stable version 1.1 for SDL Knowledge Center 2016 Content Manager
ISHDeploy pre-release version 0.9 is available
Announcing pre release version 0.9 for SDL Knowledge Center 2016 Content Manager
Do not ask for a password, be considerate.
When you ask someone for their secret/password/pin please consider that you are also asking him/her to reveal part of their private life to you.
ISHDeploy pre-release version 0.2 is available
Announcing pre release version 0.2 for SDL Knowledge Center 2016 Content Manager
Toggle debug, verbose and information level output on and off with a short-cut
Toggle $DebugPreference, $VerbosePreference and $InformationPreference in PowerShell between Continue and Silently Continue with a short-cut.
Announcing ISHBootStrap Content Manager Automation
A SDL Knowledge Center Content Manager automation repository. What led to its development and how you can benefit.
AppDomain SetData for APP_CONFIG_FILE on PowerShell v5.0
Powershell v5.0 behavior difference to v4.0 for [System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE",$configPath)
Background task, the centralized queue to replace MSMQ
Design a highly unbalanced queue with focus on stability, fairness and efficiency.
Windows10 Multi Monitor Font Corruption Fix
A laptop with Windows 10 often ends up with a disrupted font when changing external monitors/devices. A quick fix
PowerShell remoting caveats
I’ve mentioned a couple of times that the remoting functionality of PowerShell is just amazing. If I would summarize in one sentence then
What is ISHDeploy?
What is PowerShell module ISHDeploy? Code as configuration and automation for SDL Knowledge Center Content Manager deployments.
Import and use module from a remote server
Consume a module installed on a remote server. Develop clean Code as configuration scripts that target remote servers.
Read a module’s help from a browser
A simple solution to view each cmdlet’s help from your browser.
RyanAir Weekend - Behind the scenes
This the storyline, artefacts and pitfalls of creating a RyanAir parser, data renderer and hosting tp github pages.
RyanAir Weekend
Look easily for weekend excursions with Ryan Air.
Announcing ISHDeploy.12.0.0 pre release version 0.1
ISHDeploy.12.0.0 is a PowerShell module that enables the code as configuration concept for SDL’s Knowledge Center 2016 Content Manager 12.0.0.
enhanced invoke-command for local and remote execution
To use Invoke-Command for local and remote targets we need conditions around in the script and some additional overhead in each script block. In this post I’...
disconnect remote users
Find logged on users on remote computers. Create a script to disconnect your user from each computer.
hide username password from script and demo
Hide username/password from scripts. Safely do demos without worrying about revealing credentials. Automate scripts that require credentials.
wcfps
PowerShell module to work with SOAP endpoints
simple markdown web server for windows
Use NodeJS MarkServ module and NSSM - the Non-Sucking Service Manager to create a simple markdown enabled web server for windows.
Invoke script blocks locally or remotely.
Invoke-Command has not transparent mechanism to invoke a script block locally or remotely. Invoke-CommandWrap wraps the Invoke-Command to bridge the gap.
code as configuration
Code as configuration: A discipline to describe intention and not technical implementation.
Windows 10 stop unwanted wake up and boots
Windows 10 wakes up unexpectly. What is the reason and how can you stop it?
CertificatePS
Small PowerShell module to enhance certificate management
Build and publish Hugo from Visual Studio Services
Automating Hugo build and publish to github pages in Visual Studio Services
PowerShell in Visual Studio Services
PowerShell differences in Visual Studio Services and how to do old school debugging/experimantation
Computer state badges
Render a computer badge with name and state in markdown.
How to execute git.exe from PowerShell and visual studio services
Execute git from a powershell script with Visual Studio Services compatibility to automate pull and push.
Shields.io badges with powershell MarkdownPS
Render badges with PowerShell MarkdownPS and shields.io
markdownps
PowerShell module to render markdown
The I/O operation has been aborted..
Troubleshooting the I/O operation has been aborted
Building the site with Hugo
Why I chose Hugo as this sites engine?