The Lonely Administrator

A new whitepaper I wrote for Quest Software has finally made it’s public appearance: PowerShell in the Enterprise: Best Practices and Recommendations. The paper discusses some best practices for using PowerShell in an enterprise environment. Essentially, getting the most from your PowerShell “investment”, especially when you might have multiple PowerShell-based administrators. Although certainly the suggestions [...]

I just finished reading a terrific essay (or short book) on the nature of operating systems and how we interact with them. The book is In the Beginning…was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson. The book was written about 10 years ago so some of the material might seem a little dated. But for those [...]

The first chapter of my new eBook from RealTime is now available online. The Executive Guide to Service Management in an Uncertain Economy is a 4 part series on developing an effective service management strategy. The series is intended to demonstrate what steps you can take to align IT and business goals, cut costs, [...]

SAPIEN Press is now taking pre-orders for the latest edition of the popular Windows PowerShell: TFM. The new version, Windows PowerShell 2.0: TFM is really the 3rd edition of our original book. Don Jones and I have worked very hard to make this the most comprehensive PowerShell resource you can have on your book [...]

Way, way back in the day professionals would hang out a painted shingle indicating they were open for business. Even if your literacy skills were lacking you could distinguish between a doctor and an undertaker. Although I think sometimes he did both, but that’s another story.
I thought I should officially hang out my “shingle”. [...]

In case you didn’t see the Technet article 77 Windows 7 Tips I hope you’ll take a few minutes to check it out. Hopefully you’ll pick up at least one new tip. I bet you’ll find more than that.
I didn’t write it, but did contribute a number of tips. There really is a great deal [...]

My first project with RealTime Publishers is now available. I wrote a short 3 part series on strong authentication: Architecting the Right Solution for Strong Authentication sponsored by Imprivata.
Synopsis
“Insufficient security is a hidden problem that many businesses are not fully aware of until it is too late. Weak authentication, silos of compliance reporting, a [...]