Have you wanted to develop binary cmdlets using C# .NET for PowerShell Core on Mac OS X or Linux? If so, you and I are in the same boat. In this document, I’ll cover the steps necessary to develop C# cmdlets and package them up into a PowerShell module. We’ll …
In PowerShell, you can easily create environment variables using a few different methods. However, these are only scoped to the current PowerShell process, and not to any process running inside the user’s profile, or any process running on the system. Here are a few examples of methods that you can …
Microsoft Azure recently introduced a new feature called Azure Functions. This service is, in some ways, very similar to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda service. Both services enable software developers to create scalable microservices using a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) model. In Microsoft Azure, the Functions feature is actually a component …
Introduction You might have heard that PowerShell version 5.0 has introduced support for building .NET classes. Indeed, this is a powerful, new capability that has not previously existed in native PowerShell syntax. Before the new class-building syntax existed, if you wanted to build custom objects in PowerShell, you generally would …
Have you ever downloaded a file from the Internet? Probably. Have you ever downloaded a file with PowerShell? Maybe. Have you ever wondered how fast your download was going? Sure. Have you ever wondered how to get that information when you’re downloading a file with PowerShell? Maybe, but you didn’t …
Hello folks! Today, Microsoft has officially announced the availability of a new PowerShell module to help manage Windows Azure features! In order to obtain this module, you will need to download the Web Platform Installer 4.0 (x64, x86). Once you’ve installed the Web Platform Installer 4.0, you’ll need to search …
One of the core services provided by the Windows Azure “cloud computing” platform is the ability to create first-in, first-out messaging queues. These queues are considered to be part of the Service Bus feature in Windows Azure. In some cases, it may be desirable to automate the creation of these …
If you’re automating Windows Azure using Windows PowerShell, one of the first things you’ll probably notice is that you need a management certificate to connect to the Windows Azure subscription that you’re attempting to view or modify. Management certificates are associated to a Windows Azure subscription inside the Management Portal, …
Introduction To give you a little background, I started a job back in mid-January which has taken me from doing Microsoft infrastructure engineering to doing more software development related work. I’ve never worked in a professional development environment before, and this job has been a real eye-opener for me in …
Update (2012-01-13): Justin Dearing (aka @zippy1981) informed me that it would be more efficient to look at the 13th of each month, and test if it was a Friday. In theory at least, he’s absolutely correct; I wrote the function the first way I thought of it, and I always …
