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Automate Smarter: PowerShell for Automation

By Matthew Dowst | February 4, 2026

Learn how PowerShell plays a key role in modern Microsoft automation strategies, helping teams automate faster and manage environments efficiently.

ARM & Bicep – Modern Infrastructure as Code for Azure

By Matthew Dowst | November 14, 2025

Get to know Microsoft’s automation tools, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Bicep, which act as foundational technologies for an Azure Infrastructure as Code approach.

Event handling for automations

By Matthew Dowst | November 5, 2021

Learn how to make adaptable automations in PowerShell.

Detecting the SolarWinds Compromise Signals with Active Directory PowerShell

By Matthew Dowst | December 14, 2020

In this blog, you’ll see a few scripts that may help you quickly identify suspicious activity using Active Directory PowerShell.

Manually Deregister Linux Hybrid Runbook Worker

By Matthew Dowst | July 30, 2019

I recently ran into an issue where a Linux based Hybrid Runbook Worker

Azure Update Management – Fix Failed to Start Status

By Matthew Dowst | July 29, 2019

I’ve experienced an issue where an Azure Update Management deployment will fail to run on several servers.

Creating an inexpensive Ping monitor for Azure Monitor

By Matthew Dowst | March 4, 2019

If you are looking for a cost-effective method to provide notifications when systems or devices are not responding…

Find and Remove All WSUS Deadlines

By Matthew Dowst | November 2, 2018

Discover how in my blog below

Create Direct Link to a Log Analytics Query

By Matthew Dowst | October 22, 2018

All you need to get started is a Log Analytics Workspace and a little bit of PowerShell.

PowerShell Scripts Searcher

By Matthew Dowst | June 19, 2018

I’ve written a function that I can use to search all the PowerShell scripts on my computer for a specific word or phrase.