Sept 11, 2001 2,997 Dead (1 day) Spanish flu 50 million dead, more than died in both WW1 and WW2 combined. Americans died from the Spanish flu =670,000 (1-year); Spanish flu infected 1/3 of the world’s population US combat deaths (Major foreign wars) – 666,441 (many decades) World War I. […]
I have done hundreds of events and there are always obstacles to onboarding the attendees/students. I decided to create a succinct help document. I hope this helps PowerShell Everything after a “#” pound sign is a not and can be ignored; no need to paste that into the PowerShell window. […]
I wanted a way to save credentials to a file but I did not want it to be a plain text password. To solve this challenge, I captured the name & password at the command prompt (or parameter), converted it to a secure string then saved it out to XML. […]
Followers of the ITProGuru blog are likely interested in DevOps. Those that are advancing in their DevOps journey will undoubtedly want to apply DevOps processes to leverage Bots. One of my peers, Jamie Dalton has written an excellent blog post to pull together the best information to help you on […]
<# ========= Connect-AzureRm.ps1 ======================================= Name: Connect-AzureRm.ps1 Purpose: Connect to Azure from Powershell. Includes installing modules, importing modules, authenticating (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Author: Dan Stolts – dstoltsµsoft.com – http://ITProGuru.com Script Home: http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts Syntax/Execution: Copy portion of script you want to use and paste into PowerShell (or ISE) Disclaimer: […]
<# ========= Connect-AzureRm.ps1 ======================================= Name: Connect-AzureRm.ps1 Purpose: Connect to Azure from Powershell. Includes installing modules, importing modules, authenticating (including multi-factor) and selecting the subscription Author: Dan Stolts – dstoltsµsoft.com – http://ITProGuru.com Script Home: http://ITProGuru.com/Scripts Syntax/Execution: Copy portion of script you want to use and paste into PowerShell (or ISE) Disclaimer: […]
On June 13-14, 2017 Microsoft put on an invite-only event for many of our customers. This was scaled back to invite only as a trial and proof of concept. Our attempt was to hone in on the technology education that these customers need to get their Architects, Developers and IT […]
DevOps, Containers and Next Generation Microservices Microsoft Reactor at Grand Central Tech 335 Madison Ave, New York, NY (map) Register on Meetup https://www.meetup.com/nysoftware/events/240246817/ AGENDA · 6:30 PM – PIZZA & NETWORKING: Doors open, head to the Microsoft Reactor on the 4th floor. Food & drinks will be served, courtesy of Microsoft. […]
PowerShell in Action – June 2, 2017 – Microsoft Burlington – 5 Wayside Road, Burlington MA Join us for a day of PowerShell. Just as it is a tool for you to do amazing things, we are going to use it as a tool to explore amazing technologies. If you […]
ITProGuru Session: Azure & Windows Nano Server with Docker; Hybrid is possible (Track: Azure)Containers, the next wave of virtualization, are changing everything! Add it to an ultra-small and supper efficient OS like Nano and you have an incredible platform. Now with Docker running on Windows and Docker Containers built into […]
I struggled a bit today trying to find out how to change the date of a meetup. I needed to postpone an event and the edit event page would not allow me to make changes to the date field. The date field is there but when you click on […]
Here are the steps. 1) ssh to the linux host (using SSH or Putty, or whatever) change to Super User sudo su enter su credentials if required. If you cannot switch to su mode, then just add sudo in front of all the below commands. 2) confirm docker is running… […]
Markdown Preview VS Code supports Markdown files out of the box. You just start writing Markdown text, save the file with the .md (.html works too) extension and then you can toggle the visualization of the editor between the code and the preview of the Markdown file; obviously, you can […]
This is an AWESOME Event. I have been attending all VTUG events for years. They provide a wealth of knowledge on many topics. This is a not your typical user group event. It is more like a small scale national event but it is put on by the community for […]
Hands on Lab Guide for Free Online Labs at: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Working with Containers on Windows 10 Access machines from: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Objective In this lab, you will gain fundamental knowledge for managing Windows Server containers on Windows 10 by using Docker commands. You will learn how to: Install the pre-requisites […]
Hands on Lab Guide for Free Online Labs at: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Working with Containers on Windows 10 Access machines from: https://labondemand.com/Launch/40A59076 Objective In this lab, you will gain fundamental knowledge for managing Windows Server containers on Windows 10 by using Docker commands. You will learn how to: Install the pre-requisites […]
Incredibly simple; if you know how…. First how to launch vim From the command prompt: change to path where file is located with “cd” vi filename This will edit filename starting at line 1. ========================= To exit without saving changes made: Press <Escape>. (You must be in insert or append […]
Managing Docker on Windows with Hyper-V Virtual lab Microsoft recently launched a free, virtual hands on lab Managing Docker on Windows in partnership with Learn on Demand Systems, a training partner within the Microsoft family. This virtual lab was created as an educational offering to engage, inspire […]
Hands On Lab Event coming to Burlington MA Friday, November 18, 2016 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Microsoft Corporation 5 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA (edit map) The Boston Area Windows Server User Group (www.WindowsBoston.com) is sponsoring a training class “DevOps, Containers, Windows Server 2016 and Azure” for their members and […]
Docker Cheat Sheet For those just getting started with Docker and for me to have an easy place to go back and get this basic information…I wanted to create a cheat sheet. The electronic version of this document can be found at https://wp.me/p6B4pe-oP5 A couple URGENT basic notes… the $ […]
