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 …
If you’re looking for a solution to find large files (high disk utilization) on Windows 10, you’re in luck! In fact, you can even do this from the Ubuntu on Windows Bash console. There’s a tool called ncdu, which is short for nCurses du. “du” refers to the “disk utilization” tool …
Check out this post over at Art of Shell that talks about supporting emojis in PowerShell! The post starts out … We all use emojis, to some extent, on a daily basis. We write smiley faces in text messages, e-mails, on Twitter, on Facebook, and other social media platforms. These …
The Azure PowerShell Extensions module (AzureExt) for Windows PowerShell has seen another interesting update! Let’s take a look at some of the high-level changes: External dependencies have been completely removed The module now supports PowerShell ISE Snippets for Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Resources New command: Remove-AzureRmResourceGroupGui New command: Start-AzureRM Check …
Art of Shell has just published its first training course covering the core topic of Microsoft Azure Resource Manager (ARM) (direct purchase link)! If you’re deploying any kind of cloud resources on Microsoft Azure, then you’ll definitely want to check this out. The course covers: Microsoft Azure Resource Manager (ARM) …
I recently tried publishing a very small, simple PowerShell module to the PowerShell Gallery. I ran into a few errors that were rather cryptic. To get more debugging information, I ran Publish-Module with the -Verbose switch parameter. The main errors I noticed were as follows: Invalid URI: The format of the …
This morning, I received the coveted, diamond-like e-mail that most people anticipate with fervor. For the third year in a row, I have been awarded the Microsoft MVP award for contributions to the community. I very much enjoy, and am passionate, about being involved in various IT communities, locally, nationally, …
Office 2016 for Mac was updated on January 12th, 2016. One of the great, new features that they’ve brought into this update is the Selection Pane in PowerPoint! Moving from Windows to Mac, it was hard for me, at first, to not have this feature to help build my PowerPoint …
Vim Keyboard Shortcuts Some of you are aware that I’ve been using a Mac lately. I recently spent some time getting familiar with the vim text editor, and put together a printable quick reference PDF document of some of the common Vim keyboard shortcuts. I tested these all out on …
Do you have a lot of large photos that you’d like to resize, to reduce upload times, and make more friendly for the web? Check out this free picture re-sizing extension for Windows! I’ve been using this on Windows 10 Enterprise RTM (Build 1024), and it works great! It’s an …
