Adam Bertram
Adam Bertram is a 25+ year IT veteran and an experienced online business professional. He’s a successful blogger, consultant, 6x Microsoft MVP, trainer, published author and freelance writer for dozens of publications. For how-to tech tutorials, catch up with Adam at adamtheautomator.com, connect on LinkedIn or follow him on X at @adbertram.
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How to Build a Function in PowerShell
Functions are a common occurrence in PowerShell and to truly understand the PowerShell language, it's important that you know how functions work. In this article, we're going to show how a PowerShell function evolves from basically nothing all the way to having...
What is SaltStack?
SaltStack/Salt is a configuration management (CM) and orchestration tool that enables system administrators to automate server provisioning and management tasks. Salt is comparatively a newcomer in the CM segment as it was launched in 2011, at a time when Puppet and Chef...
Understanding PowerShell Scriptblocks
If you're not already familiar with scriptblocks, after reading this article, you'll begin to see them all over the place in PowerShell in the form of an opening and a closing curly brace.
Automation First Thinking: Succeeding at IT Automation
If you’re in IT, chances are you’ve automated some task before. Whether it’s writing a script, building an application yourself or leveraging an off-the-shelf solution from a vendor; you’ve automated.
How to Use AWS Systems Manager to Keep Your Windows Servers Patched
Windows patching is an unfortunate requirement for all Windows administrators. Patch Tuesdays keep coming with no end in sight.
Getting Started with Microsoft Azure's Cloud Shell
When you need to get access to a command line console like PowerShell or Bash, where do you go?
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