Tag Archives: Powershell


NuGet Consolidation Report using PowerShell

NuGet Consolidation Report

This post covers a script which allows you to report NuGet package version information over several packages.config files. Given that the tools currently available are slow, I’ve deiced to write this script to generate a simple report.

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Remove unreferenced files in Visual Studio projects

Remove references to missing files in visual studio

This post covers how to remove missing file references within a visual studio project file. Unfortunately, there isn’t anything available in visual studio; however, I was able to get things done with a little bit of PowerShell magic.

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Too many Chefs spoil the broth

Too many Chefs spoil the broth

I’ve recently deiced that it was time to assess my knowledge and skills when it comes to Chef, and a couple of other stuff as well, but focusing on Chef for now. After reading many articles, blog post, documentation and setup small environments, I just wanted to know what my level of understanding is and identify possible knowledge gaps.

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Azure VM Reset admin account

JS Code Coverage Part 2

Recently discovered the option to reset the username and password for the local administrator account for Azure VMs. I found this in Michael Washam’s, Automating Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services, which is a pretty interesting book, however more on that later.

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Azure Automation Schedule Jobs

Azure Automation Schedule Jobs

This post is a follow-up post that covered a brief introduction to Microsoft Azure Automation and can be found here.

Within this post, I will cover how to publish a workbook, schedule the execution of workbooks, enable detailed logging, and a quick view at the dashboard.

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Microsoft Azure Automation 101

Microsoft Azure Automation 101

Before we get started it’s important to know where Microsoft Azure Automation fits in the available automation options for Windows Azure.

Microsoft Azure Automation is a new feature within the Microsoft Azure Platform which allows Cloud Administrators to centrally manage automation assets (scripts, global variables) and schedule automation tasks, with a main focus on manual, long-running, error-prone, and frequently repeated tasks (Release resources, Manage backups, Monitoring etc.).

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PowerShell – Desired State Configuration

PowerShell - Desired State Configuration

Probably one of the most exciting features included within PowerShell 4 is the option to create configuration scripts, also known as DSC. Yes, this is something new – unless you are familiar with Chef and Puppet. And no, this isn’t the same as executing a large provisioning script.

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