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174 entries

$ ls 2026/ (35)

  1. Hyper-V to Talos: Rethinking the Virtualization Stack
  2. Google Cloud: IAM Least Privilege in Practice, Not Just in Theory
  3. Windows Management: A Discovery Inventory Nobody Maintains by Hand
  4. Talos Linux: Upgrading a Cluster Without a Maintenance Window
  5. Data Warehouse: Reusable SQL Models for IT Operations Metrics
  6. Azure: Cost Governance Without Killing Developer Velocity
  7. Intune: Conditional Access Policies That Don't Lock Out Your Help Desk
  8. Infrastructure: What a Real Disaster Recovery Test Actually Reveals
  9. Infrastructure: Documenting an Undocumented Network, Discovery First
  10. Kubernetes: Running Talos Alongside a Legacy Hyper-V Estate
  11. Windows Server: TCP Stack Tuning for a 10GbE Storage Network
  12. Windows Server: Disabling IPv6 Company-Wide — What Actually Broke
  13. Windows 11: A Debloat and Hardening Baseline for New Deployments
  14. Hyper-V: Migrating VMs Off an Aging Cluster Without Downtime
  15. Hyper-V: Deploying a Two-Node Failover Cluster on a Budget
  16. Data Warehouse: When to Stop Querying Production and Build a Warehouse
  17. Data Warehouse: Building a Reporting Layer Without a BI Team
  18. Google Cloud: Organization Policy Constraints That Actually Matter
  19. Google Cloud: Choosing Between GKE and Cloud Run for an Internal Tool
  20. Azure: What We Got Wrong Moving File Servers to Azure Files
  21. Azure: Landing Zone Design for a Mid-Size Company, Three Years In
  22. Intune: Autopilot Provisioning Failures and How to Actually Debug Them
  23. Intune: Migrating From Group Policy to Cloud-Native Management
  24. Talos Linux: What Immutable Infrastructure Buys You in Production
  25. Talos Linux: Bootstrapping a Three-Node Cluster on Bare Metal
  26. Node.js: Discovery – Diffing Two Network Scans to Flag New Hosts
  27. Node.js: gcloud – Rotating Service Account Keys Before They Expire
  28. Node.js: Data Warehouse – Streaming ETL Rows Without Buffering Them
  29. Node.js: Azure – A Slack Bot for Resource Group Budget Alerts
  30. Node.js: Discovery – Scanning a Subnet for Open RDP and SSH
  31. Python: Talos – Health-Checking a Kubernetes Cluster from a Cron Job
  32. Python: Discovery – Crawling DNS Zones for Orphaned Records
  33. Python: Data Warehouse – Catching Schema Drift Before an ETL Run
  34. Python: gcloud – Audit IAM Bindings Across a GCP Organization
  35. Python: Discovery – Fingerprint Every Device on a Subnet

$ ls 2025/ (37)

  1. Python: Azure – Cost Anomaly Alerts from the Cost Management API
  2. Python: Data Warehouse – Incremental Loads from Postgres to BigQuery
  3. Python: Discovery – Inventory VMware Hosts and VMs via pyVmomi
  4. PowerShell: Active Directory – Report Group Membership Sprawl
  5. PowerShell: Windows Server – Disable SMBv1 Fleet-Wide and Verify
  6. PowerShell: Azure – Audit Who Has Owner Role Across All Subscriptions
  7. PowerShell: SCOM – Alert When a Custom Event Log Source Goes Silent
  8. PowerShell: Windows 11 – Strip Preinstalled Apps from an Image
  9. PowerShell: Intune – Force Compliance Re-Evaluation Fleet-Wide
  10. PowerShell: Hyper-V – Automate VM Checkpoints Before Patch Tuesday
  11. PowerShell: Windows – Discover Local Admins Across Every Workstation
  12. PowerShell: Active Directory – Bulk Password Reset with Forced Change
  13. PowerShell: Azure – Tag Every Untagged Resource in a Subscription
  14. PowerShell: Windows Server – Harden RDP Without Breaking Access
  15. PowerShell: Intune – Remediation Script for Stuck BitLocker Encryption
  16. PowerShell: Exchange Online – Report Mailboxes Approaching Their Quota
  17. PowerShell: Windows – Inventory Installed Software Across a Domain
  18. PowerShell: ConnectWise – Sync Configurations from Discovery Scans
  19. PowerShell: NetApp – Discover Every Volume Over 80 Percent Capacity
  20. PowerShell: Entra ID – Audit Conditional Access Policy Drift
  21. Service Portfolios & Productization: Defining, marketing, and managing IT services
  22. PowerShell: Windows 11 – Debloat a Golden Image Before Sysprep
  23. PowerShell: Hyper-V – Script a Failover Cluster Deployment End to End
  24. Service Knowledge & Configuration: Building a system of record that helps
  25. PowerShell: Active Directory – Find and Disable Stale Computers
  26. Change Enablement in a DevOps World: Replacing fear of change with velocity and trust
  27. Infrastructure as a Product: Treating core systems with the same rigor as software
  28. Modern Service Desk Operations: From ticket takers to business enablers
  29. Guiding Principles as Decision Filters: Making faster, more intelligent choices across teams
  30. The Service Value Chain: Using Engage, Plan, Build, and Support to run your ops
  31. Governance Without Gridlock: Balancing agility and accountability in service delivery
  32. The Service Value System: How to connect strategy to execution through value streams
  33. Why ITSM Still Matters in a Cloud-Native, Agile, Multi-Framework World
  34. PowerShell: Azure – Rotate Storage Account Access Keys on a Schedule
  35. PowerShell: Intune – Bulk Assign App Protection Policies by Group
  36. PowerShell: Windows Server – Tune the TCP Stack for 10GbE Workloads
  37. PowerShell: Windows – Disable IPv6 Fleet-Wide via GPO Startup Script

$ ls 2024/ (12)

  1. Customer-Centric Innovation: Leveraging Feedback for Product Development
  2. The Unsung Heroes: Recognizing the Backbone of Your Organization
  3. Developing a Tech Roadmap: Aligning IT Strategy with Business Goals
  4. Part 3: The Strengths of In-House Teams and Strategic In-Housing
  5. Part 2: Implementing and Managing Outsourcing Relationships
  6. Newsletter Series: Navigating the Outsourcing vs. Internal Resource Dilemma
  7. Living in the Moment: The Power of Adaptive Project Management
  8. Leveraging API Gateways for Microservices Orchestration: A Strategic Guide
  9. Driving Innovation from the Top: CTOs and the Culture of Experimentation
  10. Decision-Making in High-Stakes Tech Environments: Balancing Data and Intuition
  11. The Power of Feedback: Building Effective Communication Channels within Tech Teams
  12. Aligning Visions: Crafting Mission Statements for Team and Company Synergy

$ ls 2023/ (4)

  1. Fostering Growth: Cultivating Continuous Learning and Setting Personal Leadership Goals
  2. Setting the Stage for Success: Strategic Planning and Vision for the Future
  3. Insights at the Intersection: Leadership and Technology in Focus
  4. The Remote Work Revolution: Adapting to the New Norm

$ ls 2022/ (1)

  1. PowerShell: Autotask – Enable Client Portal for All Users

$ ls 2021/ (1)

  1. PowerShell: Get Exchange Mailboxes Over XXGB

$ ls 2019/ (1)

  1. PowerShell: ConnectWise Documents API, Uploading a Document or Attachment to a Ticket

$ ls 2018/ (2)

  1. PowerShell: ConnectWise REST API Query Contacts by Email Address
  2. First post in a long time — changing hosting providers

$ ls 2016/ (1)

  1. PowerShell: Connect to LogicMonitor’s REST API

$ ls 2015/ (1)

  1. PowerShell: Autotask – Get Picklist Values

$ ls 2014/ (4)

  1. PowerShell: NetApp – Gather Volume Information
  2. PowerShell: OnCommand Core – Delete All Information Events
  3. PowerShell: NetApp – Gather Snapshot Details
  4. cisco WS-C4900M: Set SSH

$ ls 2013/ (13)

  1. PowerShell: Download VMX File, Rename, Upload, Add to Inventory
  2. PowerShell: List All VMs with Datastore
  3. Windows Folder Locations
  4. Create bootable USB from ISO – Rufus
  5. PowerShell: Find Installed NetApp Products
  6. vol maxfiles
  7. NetApp: cli vol create – match SM2.2 vols
  8. Android: Push file to sdcard with adb
  9. VMware dump collector and remote syslog
  10. Update Disk Label
  11. Unown Disks – Remove Disk Ownership
  12. SnapManager for Exchange: Backup Tasks
  13. Check for queued autosupports

$ ls 2012/ (5)

  1. VMware 5.x, set drives to SSD
  2. 300k IOPS – NetApp Flash Pools
  3. NetApp DS4486 Shelf Released in June
  4. OnCommand Core – Changing default http port and report images not working
  5. NetApp Disk Shelf Model Breakdown

$ ls 2011/ (3)

  1. Update: New Job! Systems Engineer at CDW
  2. More to come… but a new job is on the horizon
  3. New hosting provider

$ ls 2010/ (8)

  1. SCOM: Alert Generating Rules vs Collection Rules
  2. ISY Python Script for controlling media lights via xbmc
  3. PowerShell: Schedule a URL into Maintenance Mode
  4. First iphone 4 post
  5. Designing Disaster Recovery … on a budget
  6. OpsMgr 2007 – No graphs in emailed reports
  7. OpsMgr 2007 – Author Privileges
  8. NetApp OnTap 8.0rc2 Filerview

$ ls 2009/ (11)

  1. Remotely reboot a server
  2. Greyed out Domain Controllers
  3. NetApp DS4243 Disk Shelves
  4. Mint.com
  5. Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode RC released
  6. NetApp VFM Email Alerts
  7. Script: Check for Orphaned HomeDirs
  8. New Theme
  9. NetApp OnTap 8.0
  10. backup and restore dfs structure
  11. NetApp GX Monitoring and Cacti

$ ls 2008/ (18)

  1. OnTap GX Monitoring: Update
  2. Photos – yea, not storage related, but still cool
  3. Cacti – NetApp OnTap GX Monitoring
  4. New Camera – CANON EOS 50D
  5. My first Cacti Template – UptimeDevices SH2/Pro Templates
  6. Easy OnTap Upgrades (NDU)
  7. HOW TO: Use DFS on a Server Cluster to Maintain a Single Namespace
  8. NetApp OnTap 7.3 Released
  9. Blog Change in Direction
  10. Storage resource management (SRM) – Products
  11. Upgraded internet.
  12. blog error
  13. Datacenter Storage
  14. Preparing for SCCM – enabling Secure Key Exchange
  15. datacenter build
  16. ratemynetworkdiagram.com
  17. Theft at home
  18. Fun at work

$ ls 2007/ (17)

  1. Microsoft System Center Acronyms
  2. picasa plugin for windows live writer
  3. Using Windows Live Writer
  4. Change SMS Cache Size
  5. Left brain/right brain optical illusion
  6. Extents and the Mystery
  7. All collections for specific machine
  8. List all databases and their files on MS SQL
  9. error code is 80070005
  10. Check for reboot
  11. Response Buffer Limit Exceeded
  12. Ping a list of machines from txt
  13. WinZip count with version
  14. VMware / MS VM / Real / Total Count
  15. SMS Site Status
  16. # of updates per month
  17. Site