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Validating ARM Templates with ARM What-if Operations

by Tao Yang on 26th April

Tao Yang tries to explain the new preview feature “What-If” in validating the ARM templates.

Documenting with PowerShell: Using PowerShell to create faster partner portal

by Kelvin Tegelaar on 27th April

I love having the ability to manage all clients from a single portal. My only issue is that the partner portal is quite error prone and sluggish, and it seems to get worse with each added client.

Deploy and Manage Azure Infrastructure Using Terraform, Remote State, and Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML)

by Brad Wyatt on 28th April

n this article, I will be showing you how to create an Azure DevOps CI/CD (continuous integration / continuous deployment) Pipeline that will deploy and manage an Azure environment using Terraform. Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure safely and efficiently.

How to Configure WinRM over HTTPS for Ansible

by Adam Bertram on 29th April

If you want to configure Windows with Ansible you are probably going to use WinRM. Learn how to set it up.

Backing Up Windows Terminal Settings with PowerShell

by Jeff Hicks on 30th April

With the terminal constantly changing Jeff shares his method for backing up Terminal settings with PowerShell.

Reddit /r/PowerShell - Most Popular Weekly Post

The purpose of this post is to share a batch script wrapper for powershell scripts with the goal that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel and write one yourself.

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First demo of PowerShell on WebAssembly

Youtube: Serverless Event-based Automation with PowerShell & Azure Functions

Automate and manage your cloud-native, hybrid, and even on-premises resources using PowerShell. Eamon O’Reilly, who’s leading the efforts at Microsoft for serverless automation, shows you how to get started.