Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), also known as Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, is nothing short of a game-changer! If you are ready to check out what the hype is all about, read on. (more…)
Author: Øyvind Kallstad
Senior Partner at FIFTEEN AS.
My MVP award, and about giving recognition for community work
As my followers on social media may have seen already, I have been awarded the Microsoft MVP award in the “Cloud and Datacenter Management” category. For this I’m deeply humbled and grateful.
Getting any kind of recognition for work done is of course highly rewarding in itself, but I’d like to take the opportunity to write down my thoughts on the act of giving and receiving recognition for community work. (more…)
Calculate CRC32 in PowerShell
Calculating checksums are perhaps not the first thing you would think of needing to do in PowerShell. But if you ever are in a situation that you need to calculate a checksum using the CRC32 algorithm, I got you covered with this small function. (more…)
Getting git to work through a proxy server (in Windows)
2016 in review and a peek at 2017
Last year WordPress created ready-made years end summaries for its hosted blogs, but alas this year I have to do it myself 🙂 Let’s take a look at 2016 and compare it to my post from last January as well as try to make some predictions and goals for 2017. (more…)
Quick tip: Access local environment variables
Just a quick tip on how to get and set environment variables using PowerShell, compared to how it is done in DOS. (more…)
Quick tip: Open explorer at location
If you need to open Windows Explorer from your current location while working in PowerShell, simply use this command: (more…)
Using custom Functions and Types in PowerShell Runspaces
ConsoleExtensions update – now with more colors!
In the latest preview build of Windows 10 (14931) the console have been updated to (finally) support more colors! I have updated my Console Extensions module. Read on to learn about the new features. (more…)
Test-WebRequest
If you need to verify a web address, it’s natural to look into Invoke-WebRequest, capturing the results and check the StatusCode if the request was successful. There is just one problem… (more…)
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