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How to Manage Hyper-V VM Checkpoints with PowerShell

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 07:23:00 +0000

In this blog post we are going to have a look at how you can create, manage, apply, and remove VM Checkpoints in Hyper-V using PowerShell. Hyper-V virtual machine (VM) checkpoints are one of the great benefits of virtualization. Before Windows Server 2012 R2, they were known as virtual machine snapshots. VM Checkpoints in Hyper-V …

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Run Azure Container Instances from the Docker CLI

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:46:41 +0000

Earlier Docker announced the partnership with Microsoft to bring support to run Azure Container Instances (ACI) from the Docker CLI. Yesterday, Docker announced and released the first Docker Desktop Edge version (2.3.2), which allows you to try out that new feature. Azure Container Instances (ACI) allow you to run Docker containers on-demand in a managed, …

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Create and Manage Azure VMs from VS Code

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 06:11:12 +0000

With the new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), you can now create and manage Azure VMs directly from VS Code. This is a great new extension if you are working with VS Code and Microsoft Azure. The extension is currently in preview and lets you view, create, delete, start …

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How to Create Great Tech Demos and Presentations

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:04:10 +0000

I didn’t keep track of the exact number, but I did many presentations at different conferences around the world. Since I am doing a lot of tech presentations and demos, I am always looking at how I can improve and get better. I start to realize that there are a lot of things you need …

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Create GUID on Windows using PowerShell

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:45:43 +0000

For many different scenarios, you need to create or generate a new GUID on Windows. With PowerShell, you can simply create and generate a new GUID on Windows, but also on Linux. Create GUID using .NET Before we had this cmdlet we had to use the .NET command to create a new GUID: [guid]::newguid() Create …

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Microsoft WebMatrix and Microsoft WebPlatform Installer

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:30:50 +0000

For a project at KTSI we needed a platform to quick deploy PHP and MySQL applications. There are a lot of solutions out there in the web, for example XAMPP. After testing some options I had a closer look at the Microsoft WebPlatform Installer and Microsoft WebMatrix. Those two tools do exactly what I need. With the …

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Powershell: Working with XML part 2

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:42:04 +0000

After my first post (Powershell: Parsing XML part 1) about working with XML and Powershell, I have create this second post which describes how to create a XML file, Add content to the XML file, remove content from the XML file and save the XML objects as a file. While I was writing a script …

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How to create a Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 Install USB Stick

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:36:58 +0000

Its very simple to create a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 bootable USB Stick. Microsoft provides a tool called Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool. This tool also works for Windows Server 2008 R2. Download Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool and install it Start the programm and choose the .iso Image (Windows 7 or Windows Server …

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