Writing PowerShell scripts you can trust: ten advanced concepts
Advanced functions, the pipeline, error handling, WhatIf, splatting, parallel runs, secrets, tests and modules, shown with a disk and service check across servers.
Insights
Guides and short notes written from real migrations, upgrades and clean-ups.
The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure, phase by phase
Strategy, Plan, Ready, Adopt, Govern, Secure and Manage: what each phase produces, how landing zones fit in, and how to use the framework on a real programme.
Architecture: MFA for VPN and RD Gateway with the Azure NPS extension
How the NPS extension adds Microsoft Entra MFA to RADIUS sign-ins, with a diagram, the design decisions and the settings that catch people out.
Moving physical servers to VMware: lessons from a large P2V programme
Inventory, waves, rollback and clean-up: what decided whether a programme of over 800 physical-to-virtual conversions went well.
Greenfield Vblock and VxRail deployment: a build checklist
What to have ready before converged or hyperconverged kit arrives, what to check during the build, and what to prove before handover.
Finding hidden dependencies before you retire a Windows DNS server
A practical method for finding the clients that still depend on a legacy DNS server, using debug logs and PowerShell, so you can retire it without surprises.
Planning a Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration
The stages of a tenant-to-tenant migration, from discovery and domain planning to cutover, rollback and validation.