macOS Archives - Thomas Maurer Cloud and Datacenter Blog focusing on Microsoft Azure Fri, 16 Jul 2021 08:42:55 +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 macOS 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 Stop typing PowerShell credentials in demos using PowerShell SecretManagement https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/04/stop-typing-powershell-credentials-in-demos-using-powershell-secretmanagement/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/04/stop-typing-powershell-credentials-in-demos-using-powershell-secretmanagement/#respond Fri, 16 Apr 2021 08:39:32 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=21349 We all sometimes create presentations with some PowerShell demos. And often, we need to use credentials to log in to systems for example PowerShell when delivering these presentations. This can lead that we don’t use very strong passwords because we don’t want to type them during a presentation, you see the problem? So, here is …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/04/stop-typing-powershell-credentials-in-demos-using-powershell-secretmanagement/feed/ 0 21349 Get System Uptime with PowerShell https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/03/get-system-uptime-with-powershell/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/03/get-system-uptime-with-powershell/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2021 08:24:42 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=20150 Sometimes you want to know how long your system is running. There are multiple ways to get the uptime of your system using the GUI or command line. PowerShell also offers a simple way to get the system uptime. If you are running PowerShell 6 or PowerShell 7 you can get the uptime with this …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2021/03/get-system-uptime-with-powershell/feed/ 3 20150 Enable PowerShell SSH Remoting in PowerShell 7 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/04/enable-powershell-ssh-remoting-in-powershell-7/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/04/enable-powershell-ssh-remoting-in-powershell-7/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:29:01 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=15071 In this blog post, we will have a look at how you can enable and set up PowerShell SSH Remoting or PowerShell Remoting over SSh with PowerShell 7. With PowerShell Core 6, Microsoft introduced PowerShell 7 Remoting over SSH, which allows true multiplatform PowerShell remoting between Linux, macOS, and Windows. PowerShell SSH Remoting creates a …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/04/enable-powershell-ssh-remoting-in-powershell-7/feed/ 8 15071 What’s new in PowerShell 7 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/03/whats-new-in-powershell-7-check-it-out/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/03/whats-new-in-powershell-7-check-it-out/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:29:18 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=14827 As you know, the PowerShell team just released the new PowerShell version called PowerShell 7. PowerShell 7 will brings a couple of new features and enhancements not only for users who used PowerShell Core 6 but also for people who are currently using Windows PowerShell 5.0. I want to quickly give you an overview of …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2020/03/whats-new-in-powershell-7-check-it-out/feed/ 6 14827 How to Install and Update PowerShell 7 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-7/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-7/#comments Wed, 10 Jul 2019 06:39:58 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12481 The PowerShell team just announced PowerShell 7. PowerShell 7 is built on .NET Core 3 and brings back many APIs required by modules built on .NET Framework so that they work with .NET Core runtime. While PowerShell Core 6 was focusing on bringing cross-platform compatibility, PowerShell 7 will focus on making it a viable replacement …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-7/feed/ 49 12481 How to Install AzCopy for Azure Storage https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/05/how-to-install-azcopy-for-azure-storage/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/05/how-to-install-azcopy-for-azure-storage/#comments Tue, 28 May 2019 13:13:21 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=12231 AzCopy is a command-line tool to manage and copy blobs or files to or from a storage account. It also allows you to sync storage accounts and move files from Amazon S3 to Azure storage. In this blog post, I will cover how to install AzCopy on Windows, Linux, macOS, or in update the version …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/05/how-to-install-azcopy-for-azure-storage/feed/ 3 12231 How to Install and Update PowerShell 6 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/03/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-6/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/03/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-6/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:25:24 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=11762 Today Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019 ship with Windows PowerShell 5.1 as the default version. PowerShell Core 6 is a new edition of PowerShell that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, and Linux), open-source, and built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud. PowerShell 6 today is a side by side version next to Windows PowerShell 5.1. …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/03/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-6/feed/ 7 11762 PowerShell Core 6.0 for Windows, Linux and macOS General Available (GA) https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2018/01/powershell-core-6-0-for-windows-linux-and-macos-general-available-ga/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2018/01/powershell-core-6-0-for-windows-linux-and-macos-general-available-ga/#comments Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:25:50 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=9084 Microsoft yesterday announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0. PowerShell Core 6.0 is a new edition of PowerShell that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, and Linux), open-source, and built for heterogeneous environments and the hybrid cloud. PowerShell Core uses .NET Core 2.0 as its runtime. PowerShell Core also exposes the API set offered by .NET Core 2.0 …

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]]> https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2018/01/powershell-core-6-0-for-windows-linux-and-macos-general-available-ga/feed/ 1 9084 Microsoft Surface Precision Mouse Review https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2017/12/microsoft-surface-precision-mouse-review/ https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2017/12/microsoft-surface-precision-mouse-review/#comments Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:22:10 +0000 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/?p=8975 Last week I got the Microsoft Surface Precision Mouse delivered. The Surface Precision Mouse will become the replacement mouse for my Microsoft Sculpt Mouse, which I used for the last couple of years. Now I want to give you some impressions about the Surface Precision Mouse, since I am very happy and very surprised about the …

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