Powershell on The IT Hollow

AWS PowerShell Console with XAML

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:05:49 +0000

I’ve always liked the idea of taking a series of Microsoft PowerShell scripts and putting them behind a user interface so that I can give the tool to other users. I’m not sure why this idea appeals to me, but probably because it makes me feel like a programmer, if only for a little while. I came across this post by Stephen Owen and I had to try it out.

The project that I picked for this was based on the AWS PowerShell tools that I hadn’t used yet. Let’s face it, this is a good way to check out two different things, I didn’t have much experience with: The AWS PowerShell Tools and XAML for creating GUIs.

Install PowerShell on Mac

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:10:58 +0000

It’s a weird thing to say, but we can install PowerShell on Mac after the announcement from Microsoft that PowerShell will be available for both Macintosh and Linux. It’s pretty easy to accomplish but having a great scripting language like PowerShell available for Mac is really cool and deserves a blog post. I mean, now I don’t even need to fire up my Windows virtual machine just to run PowerShell!

To get started, download the OSX .pkg file from the github page: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/

Get Started with Azure PowerShell

Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:35:02 +0000

Microsoft Azure has its own command line that can be used to script installs, export and import configurations and query your portal for information. Being a Microsoft solution, this command line is accessed through PowerShell.

Install Azure PowerShell

Using PowerShell with Microsoft Azure is pretty simple to get up and going. The first step to getting started is to install the Azure PowerShell modules. Open up your PowerShell console and run both “Install-Module AzureRM” and then “Install-Module Azure”.

Before You Start PowerShell

Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:21:36 +0000

PowerShell is an amazing tool that has limitless potential for Administrators, Engineers and Architects to automate routine tasks or do reporting on things their system management applications aren’t built for. Whenever there is a task to be done on multiple systems and it might need to be done more than once, I find myself reaching for this valuable tool.

The problem with PowerShell, just like a programming language is that it can be intimidating to get started. This post is to give you a basic understanding of what you’ll be getting into before you start running PowerShell cmdlets.

Dynamically Assigned Static IP Addresses...Huh?

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:08:12 +0000

After a long day of working with Microsoft’s IPAM feature, I found that it might be possible to deploy my virtual servers with a static IP Address without going to look up an IP from an Excel spreadsheet or some other log.

OK, let’s address the elephant in the room first. I know that there is this thing called DHCP and that I can already automatically assign an IP addresss, but with that solution, my IP Address could change from time to time. Typically, I create a DHCP Scope for servers that I’m just testing out, or need some dummy VMs with IP Addresses. This way I don’t have to worry about looking up stuff before deploying a VM that I’m going to destroy again shortly afterwards. I also use DHCP for PC’s, where I almost never care about the IP Address.