Documentation made easy
I’m going to tell you a way that you can make change management documents with ease, build ‘run documentation’ for your IT staff in seconds, generate user training articles effortlessly, and it’s all FREE! That’s right. Build, create, and share documentation for free. How you ask? With the Windows built-in psr.exe application. What? Haven’t heard
FieldNote: Secure password in file?
Sometimes you must store a password for an account in a PowerShell script file. One option is to leverage the ConvertTo-SecureStringcmdlet. By running this cmdlet on a machine, with a specific password, a secure string is generated. You put that value into your file, and then you can run a ConvertFrom-SecureSting to run the script securely. However, I
RunAs Radio: Stories from the Field
I was interviewed for a ‘RunAs Radio’ episode which was posted on August 29, 2019 with a 30 minute discussion about stories from the field. Ready for a chuckle? Richard chats with Mike O'Neill about a number of stories from his work as a Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft. While it's best to always be kind, some
Introduction
Hello, my name is Mike O’Neill and I’m a Senior Premier Field Engineer (PFE) working for Microsoft. I am currently working within the Messaging (Exchange) discipline but also work with PowerShell and Active Directory. I have the opportunity to visit many different companies in my profession. While I may not post a lot of blogs