Category: Tips and Tricks

If you work from home, even part time, the setup of your desk matters more than most people think. A cluttered workspace and too many windows competing for attention can quietly drain energy and slow down every task. Over time, those small frustrations add up. That is why multiple monitors are one of the simplest

There is something deceptively powerful about saving a file. For most of us, saving a file means we\'re finished with something: a document, a script, a configuration, a report. We save it and move on. But what if that file could recreate an entire environment? What if the file wasn\'t simply a description of what

Talking About New Features in PowerShell I recently had the opportunity to join Run As Radio once again to discuss the latest innovations in PowerShell and where the platform continues to evolve for IT professionals, administrators, and automation engineers. As someone who spends a significant amount of time helping customers modernize operations through automation, PowerShell

A simple keyboard shortcut that makes rearranging code quick and effortless Small editing shortcuts can make a big difference over the course of a day. In Visual Studio Code, Alt+Up and Alt+Down let you move the current line, or an entire selected block, without cutting, pasting, or fixing indentation afterward. How It Works Place the

I will speaking at Live! 360 Tech Con in Orlando, November 15-20, 2026 If you have not been, here is what makes this one different: it is six co-located conferences for the whole tech team, under one roof and one ticket: Visual Studio Live!, Data Platform Live!, AI Live!, AI Enterprise Architecture Live!, Cybersecurity &

You can now relax the PowerShell throttling in your tenant, following these steps. Just like the EWS throttling change, you can do the same task for PowerShell. To request a relaxation of the PowerShell throttling, follow these steps. When logged into the O365 admin portal, simply select the ‘Need help?’ icon at the bottom right

Another day to reflect on the labor of system administrators. What will a system administrator job look like in the future. One guess is, more of a developer than a server administrator. A system administrator role in Information Technology (IT) has certainly changed over the years and will continue evolve. Back in the day, there

Up until recently, the process to get a relaxed throttling limit during an O365 onboarding migration, was to open a Microsoft Support case. This process is now available as a self-service option. During an O365/M365 data migration, there are several performance best practices to follow. But even after following the guidelines, sometimes the cloud service

This is a common discussion, who should be in charge of High Availability (HA), the host virtualization operating system or the application? If you ask an electrician how to fix something, they’ll tell you to rewire it. If you ask a carpenter what is wrong, they will say rebuild it. If you ask a virtualization

I’ve had this conversation at least once a week for the past several months. Customers ask, how can they use PowerShell scripts to assign/control O365 licensing workloads assigned to end users? Don’t use a script, use Azure group-based licensing. The problem with a script is, you must assign all workloads, then remove the ones you