During this video, we'll explore the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) PowerShell module, enabling us to manage the Microsoft Azure DNS Service!  We'll start by authenticating to Azure, selecting the appropriate subscription, and then move on to creating a Resource Group, a DNS Zone, a DNS Record Set, and...

During this short video, we will explore the free Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer from Red Gate Software!  We can use this Storage Explorer to connect to an Azure Storage Account, create and remove Blob Containers, and upload and download files from our local filesystem to those Blob Containers! 

During this video, we will introduce the PowerShell "configuration" keyword, which enables us to build declarative configuration documents that will help us to declare our "infrastructure as code."  Once we build a basic DSC configuration document, we will invoke it to generate the...

During this video, we will explore the locally installed DSC Resources, and then look at the PowerShell Gallery, which contains addition Desired State Configuration (DSC) Resources, enabling you to manage different types of entities in your environment.  You can easily use the PowerShellGet module to...

In this video, we explore Visual Studio 2015 and the PowerShell Tools extension for it!  PowerShell Tools is developed by Adam Driscoll (PowerShell MVP), and enables the development of PowerShell projects inside Visual Studio.  You automatically get all of the benefits of the Visual Studio environment,...

I completely agree, launchers are generally unnecessary.  No idea why people feel the need to install third-party software, when the built-in solution works perfectly fine.  Whenever I need to launch a program or document, I simply press {WIN} + Q, and start typing.  The only reason I do this instead of simply pressing {WIN} is because {WIN} + Q is a little bit less intrusive. 

Speaking of desktop icons, I disable them as a practice on all my computers.  I don't need desktop icons when I can simply search for what I need with {WIN} + Q.

Glad to see Mark Russinovich putting his face out in front of Azure, and own up to human error.  It's okay - I realize that people make mistakes, and that this is being taken seriously.  I still trust Azure, and will continue to fully support it in front of my customers.