Category: Microsoft
Run PowerShell in Windows Containers with Docker Desktop
Run Multiple Versions of PowerShell Side-by-Side using Docker Desktop
Monitor AWS Auto Scaling Activities with PowerShell
Parsing HTML Tables with PowerShell for BIOS Update Notifications
Update Default Payment Method for Microsoft Azure Subscriptions
Automatically Launching Cloud-based Linux Desktops with PowerShell and Amazon WorkSpaces
Introduction Amazon WorkSpaces provides a mechanism to rapidly deploy cloud-based desktop systems that can be used by software developers, call center representatives, knowledge workers, and nearly any other role. They’re great for short-term contractor roles as well, since they don’t require physical procurement of any new hardware. In the rest …
Find the Main Route Table of a VPC with PowerShell
In Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), each VPC has a default route table, known as the “main” route table. If you want to identify the route table that is considered the “main” route table, it can be a little challenging. Using the Get-EC2RouteTable command, you might notice …
Keep AWS PowerShell Module Updated on Mac OS
Are you on Mac OS and need to keep your AWS PowerShell module up-to-date? As you’ve probably noticed, there are frequently new versions of the AWS PowerShell module being released, to keep pace with new services and service features being added to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Updating PowerShell modules …
CloudFormation YAML: EC2 Instance with PowerShell UserData
Someone recently was asking for an AWS CloudFormation template, in YAML format as opposed to JSON, that would deploy an EC2 instance running Windows Server, and supported a PowerShell-based UserData script. In response to this, I created the YAML snippet below. Note that the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID is …