I have completed refactoring the dxExchange.WebServices module. It is at greater than feature parity to the previous release. Notable changes: Complete help Custom output formatting Pester tests! Deployed to the PowerShell Gallery!!! With that said, assuming a relatively modern version of PowerShell (4.x+): Install-Module dxExchange.WebServices Get-Command -Module dxExchange.WebServices The repository is on GitHub dxExchange.WebServices.
I wrote a post about Help Driven Development (HDD) some time back. To summarize, HDD builds on top of what I have since come to understand as Behavioral Driven Development (BDD) and Test Drive Development (TDD). The aim of the paradigms are to improve code and invert the normal process, prioritizing the tasks that often … Continue reading Help Driven Development with dxExchange.WebServices
I recently purchased a 2015 BMW i3 REx for a steal of a price to replace my aging 2002 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. The Jetta still has at least 170,000 miles of life in the engine after the short 230,000 miles it has on the odometer now. At the peak, I was able to average about … Continue reading Charging an Electric Vehicle at Home
It has appeared to me that international tensions over privacy and data residency have had their roots in an attempt to slow cloud adoption. GDPR looms as an emerging specter and Germany, the powerhouse of Europe, China, and the US Government have their own Microsoft “cloud.” However, my gut tells me that data residency and … Continue reading Regulation Will Drive Cloud Adoption
I often times write up a never ending While loop in PowerShell to run something every X minutes. Usually, I do this if I have manually deleted a user from Azure AD and I am waiting for it to synchronize back up: https://gist.github.com/dustindortch/3c2b865f5cbf49248b09e8836d564ec1 When I am done, I just [Ctrl]+[Break], or maybe I insert a … Continue reading Focusing on Help Driven Development
Advanced Functions have been around for quite a while now and they still aren’t being used ubiquitously. It isn’t just a more complicated function, it is a defined thing. When you use out of the box cmdlets, they come with many common parameters, like Verbose. This is one of the things that Advanced Functions provide, … Continue reading PowerShell Advanced Functions and Verbose Mode
I have begun preparations for the (ISC)2 CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) examination. This would become my second (ISC)2 certification, supplementing my current CISSP and further reinforcing my knowledge as it relates to both the “cloud” and security. I will be reviewing one of the introductory concepts covered in the material relating to the cost/benefits … Continue reading Cost Benefits to Embrace the Cloud
