Instructional
ISP Latency Test Script
If you live in the exurbs like I do, your Internet connectivity is likely not entirely reliable. Here is a very simple PowerShell script you can run to test and record the connectivity to and latency from your ISP (internet service provider). You can use it to collect data which can then be graphed and […]
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Building a Pi-Hole Ad Blocker on a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian
This document is a set of notes to help experienced Windows admins setup a Pi-Hole DNS-based ad blocker on a Raspberry Pi running the Raspbian OS.
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Visual Studio Code Quick Guide for PSh Users
Microsoft is supplanting the deprecated PSh ISE editor in favor of the Visual Studio Code editor. VSC is a lot more powerful than ISE, so don’t delay its adoption. Here’s a quick guide to get you up to speed:
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Ignite and Dog Food 2018 Conference Notes
This year I was fortunate to attend both Microsoft Ignite 2018, and Columbus Ohio’s Microsoft Dog Food Conference 2018. Here are some notes I compiled after the conferences, in which I cover: LTSC – long-term servicing channel SAC – semi-annual channel Azure IaaS test lab Admin Center Server Core Azure Security Center IAC – infrastructure […]
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Use Azure to Build your Test Lab
Using Azure to host your personal test lab is a lot simpler, and less expensive than most people realize (if managed properly its cost is truly nominal). In this PDF I will show you how. We will look at: Billing and deallocating Resource Groups Virtual Networks RDP (remote desktop protocol) access Virtual Machines Private and […]
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Business Continuity Planning
We have all seen countless numbers of companies that have reams and reams of BCP that is so burdensome and filled with vague but accepted legal and industry terminology and jargon that no one ever reads it, implements it, or gets any real value from it. When a disruption occurs the BCP lies dusty in […]
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Digital Signatures
This is a very brief explanation and example of how digital signatures work. Digital Signatures
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Certificates on the Internet
This is a very brief explanation and example of how digital certificates work on the Internet, such as when buying a book from Amazon. Certificates on the Internet
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PowerShell in Parallel
Writing your PowerShell scripts to take advantage of parallel execution seems daunting, but it really isn’t and they will run so much faster! Here’s a quick explanation with simple examples of just how to do it. As with any script from the Internet, read these and test them before you use them in production. PowerShell in […]
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DNSSec Explained!
DNSSec is yet neither widely deployed nor well understood, but there is already clear and present need for its use. Just like HTTPS, DNSSec is becoming more common, and will eventually become required. In this video tutorial I diagrammatically show how DNSSec works. We’ll look at DNS functionality, DNS referrals, spoofing and man-in-the-middle attacks, asymmetric […]
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