MCPmag

A Look at JSON and PowerShell

If you are not familiar with JSON, it stands for Java Script Object Notation and is an open standard format that uses human readable text for data interchanges. Despite its name, it is separate to ...
MCPmag

How To Modify Azure ARM Templates with PowerShell

It's widely known that PowerShell can deploy Microsoft Azure ARM templates using the New-AzResourceGroupDeployment cmdlet, but it's not so common to use PowerShell to create and modify existing ARM ...
Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 1: The Basics

Recently, I have been hard at work, creating some really complex PowerShell scripts related to a few projects that I have been working on. One of the big lessons that I have learned through all of ...
Redmond Magazine

Using Configuration Files to Control PowerShell Scripts, Part 2: Building Blocks

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Releases PowerShell 7.0 With New Features, Update Alerts

Microsoft released PowerShell 7.0, the latest version of its cross-platform automation and configuration tool with new features including automatic new version notifications, bug fixes, and ...