Module Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:51:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-icon1024-32x32.png Module Archives - Thomas Maurer 32 32 71605618 Getting started and Learn PowerShell on Microsoft Learn! https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/04/getting-started-and-learn-powershell-on-microsoft-learn/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/04/getting-started-and-learn-powershell-on-microsoft-learn/#respond Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:28:19 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=21417 I remember running my first commands and building my first automation using Windows PowerShell back in 2006. Since then, PowerShell became one of my daily tools to build, deploy, manage IT environments. With the release of PowerShell version 6 and now PowerShell 7, PowerShell became cross-platform. This means you can now use it on even more systems like Linux and …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/04/getting-started-and-learn-powershell-on-microsoft-learn/feed/ 0 21417 Learn about Windows Server on Microsoft Azure https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/learn-about-windows-server-on-microsoft-azure/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/learn-about-windows-server-on-microsoft-azure/#respond Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:07:41 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=17375 As many of you know, Microsoft Azure is the best cloud to run Windows Server workloads. Last week the team published two new Microsoft Learn Learning paths, where you can learn more about how to run Windows Server on Azure. The first two learning paths available are “implement Windows Server IaaS VM networking” and “implement …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/07/learn-about-windows-server-on-microsoft-azure/feed/ 0 17375 Update PowerShellGet and PackageManagement https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/02/update-powershellget-and-packagemanagement/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/02/update-powershellget-and-packagemanagement/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:05:53 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=11716 Since I am just setting up a new work machine, I wanted to share some information how you can update PowerShellGet and PackageManagement to the latest version. This will give you the usual bug fixes and performance enhancements. Since you don’t get the latest version in Windows PowerShell nor PowerShell Core, you will need to …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/02/update-powershellget-and-packagemanagement/feed/ 8 11716 How to Install the Azure PowerShell Module https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/05/how-to-install-the-azure-powershell-module/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/05/how-to-install-the-azure-powershell-module/#comments Wed, 18 May 2016 20:00:30 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=7829 This blogs post describes how you can install the Azure PowerShell module. Microsoft a couple of weeks ago released version one of their new Azure PowerShell module on .NET Core called the Az module. The Az module will replace the AzureRM module over time. however, the AzureRM module is still supported. The new Az module …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/05/how-to-install-the-azure-powershell-module/feed/ 1 7829 Manage Windows Azure AD using Windows PowerShell https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/11/manage-windows-azure-ad-using-windows-powershell/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/11/manage-windows-azure-ad-using-windows-powershell/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:05:13 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=5746 Well I am a huge fan of Microsoft Office 365 and we are not only using this in our company, I am also using Office 365 for my mothers restaurant. It helps us organzise stuff very easily and allows us to work from everywhere. Now the great thing about using Office 365 and Windows Azure …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2013/11/manage-windows-azure-ad-using-windows-powershell/feed/ 0 5746 Hyper-V: “Version 3 kills them all” https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/hyper-v-version-3-kills-them-all/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/hyper-v-version-3-kills-them-all/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:12:18 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2537 Microsoft showed the latest version of Hyper-V at build conference together with Windows 8 and Windows Server 8. Microsoft showed a lot of new Hyper-V features which turn Hyper-V in really powerful hypervisor. Some days ago I posted a blog post about new features which Microsoft showed before the build conference, now it’s time to extend the list of …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/09/hyper-v-version-3-kills-them-all/feed/ 14 2537 Office 365 – How to connect with Powershell https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/07/office-365-how-to-connect-with-powershell/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/07/office-365-how-to-connect-with-powershell/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:52:45 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=2332 In Office 365 you can do and automate a lot with Windows Powershell. Now this small post shows you how you can connect to Office 365 with Powershell. Install the Microsoft Online Services Sign-In Assistant 32-bit 64-bit Install the Microsoft Online Services Module for Windows PowerShell 32-bit 64-bit Open Powershell and import the MsOnline Module …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2011/07/office-365-how-to-connect-with-powershell/feed/ 6 2332 How to create a Powershell v2 Module https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/08/how-to-create-a-powershell-v2-module/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2010/08/how-to-create-a-powershell-v2-module/#respond Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:00:08 +0000 http://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=937 If you need some functions a lot in different scripts you create maybe external function files. This is a good way to clean up your code. To get this functions running in your mainscript.ps1 you can call this other file “dotsourced”: . C:\PSscript\output\sayhello.ps1 If you have more than one external function you have to call …

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