https://sqltechmike.com/tags/how-to/Recent content in How To on Chief Engineer's LogHugoen-USTue, 20 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0400https://sqltechmike.com/post/get-winget-install-script/Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:00:00 -0400https://sqltechmike.com/post/get-winget-install-script/<p>I recently bought a new laptop, my first new personal machine since 2015, and with that comes the joy of setting up all of my utilities and applications again. My good friend Rob Sonders (<a href="https://twitter.com/RobertSonders">Twitter</a>|<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-f-sonders">LinkedIn</a>) has been raving about WinGet and how it has simplified his life, so I figured this was the perfect time to try it out. So far I have been really impressed with how simple it makes installing software from all kinds of different sources. I immediately recognized how easy this can be used to script the setup of new workstations, and decided to start maintaining a running list of all the applications I&rsquo;ve installed with WinGet.</p>https://sqltechmike.com/post/accessing-the-pep/Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0400https://sqltechmike.com/post/accessing-the-pep/<p>As a Cloud Operator responsible for managing an Azure Stack Hub system you need to be familiar with how to use the Privileged Endpoint (PEP). The <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-privileged-endpoint?view=azs-2002">Microsoft Documentation</a> is a great place to get started, but there are a couple additional tips that I&rsquo;ve gathered that aren&rsquo;t covered in the documentation.</p> <h2 id="tip-1-you-dont-need-get-credential">Tip 1: You don&rsquo;t need Get-Credential</h2> <p>Instead of taking the step if acquiring the credential and storing it in a variable, just pass the CloudAdmin user name to the New-PSSession cmdlet in the -Credential parameter. When the command runs it will prompt you for the password.</p>