Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun

I just noticed that last week was the 20th anniversary of my first Microsoft certification. I had to travel nearly 500 miles (from Fortaleza to Recife) to reach the closest official testing center available in Brazil in August 1995. You’re probably thinking that I started by taking the Windows 95 exam, but it was … Continue reading Twenty years as a Microsoft Certified Professional – time flies when you’re having fun →

Drive Performance Report Generator – PowerShell script using DiskSpd by Arnaud Torres

Arnaud Torres is a Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft in France who sent me the PowerShell script below called "Drive Performance Report Generator".He created the script to test a wide range of profiles in one run to allow people to build a baseline of their storage using DiskSpd.EXE.The script is written in PowerShell v1 and … Continue reading Drive Performance Report Generator – PowerShell script using DiskSpd by Arnaud Torres →

Using PowerShell and Excel PivotTables to understand the files on your disk

Introduction I am a big fan of two specific technologies that usually don’t get mentioned together: PowerShell and Excel PivotTables. It started when I was explaining PivotTables to someone and the main issue I had was finding a good set of example data that is familiar to everyone. That’s when it hit me. People … Continue reading Using PowerShell and Excel PivotTables to understand the files on your disk →

New PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2016 TP2 (compared to Windows Server 2012 R2)

1. State the problem With the release of Windows Server 2016 TP2 a few weeks ago, I was wondering what new PowerShell cmdlets are now included (when you compare to Windows Server 2012 R2). However, the list of cmdlets is so long now that it is hard to spot the differences by hand. … Continue reading New PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2016 TP2 (compared to Windows Server 2012 R2) →

Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage PowerShell cmdlet popularity

If you follow the blog, you probably saw a little PowerShell script I published a while back to measure the popularity of the cmdlets in a certain module using a Bing search. As an example, that blog showed the popularity of the cmdlets in the SmbShare module. Now I got curious about how the cmdlets … Continue reading Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage PowerShell cmdlet popularity →

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 PowerShell cmdlet popularity

If you follow the blog, you probably saw a little PowerShell script I published a while back to measure the popularity of the cmdlets in a certain module using a Bing search. As an example, that blog showed the popularity of the cmdlets in the SmbShare module. Now I got curious about how the cmdlets … Continue reading Microsoft SQL Server 2014 PowerShell cmdlet popularity →

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 PowerShell cmdlet popularity

If you follow the blog, you probably saw a little PowerShell script I published a while back to measure the popularity of the cmdlets in a certain module using a Bing search. As an example, that blog showed the popularity of the cmdlets in the SmbShare module. Now I got curious about how … Continue reading Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 PowerShell cmdlet popularity →

Do you have a suggestion? Check the User Voice sites for several Microsoft products and services

Several teams at Microsoft are now using a User Voice site as your place to suggest ideas on how to improve specific products and services. These sites make it easier for the teams to receive your suggestions and listen to what you say. Here are the User Voice sites that I could find: ASP Net … Continue reading Do you have a suggestion? Check the User Voice sites for several Microsoft products and services →

Microsoft Ignite 2015 sessions related to OneDrive and SharePoint

Microsoft Ignite 2015 was a great event, but there were so many sessions that it was truly impossible to watch everything that looked interesting. However, all sessions were recorded and by now they should be available on Channel 9 for streaming. Even with all the recordings available, it's hard to find the links to all … Continue reading Microsoft Ignite 2015 sessions related to OneDrive and SharePoint →

PowerShell script used in the Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS demo at MSIgnite

This is the Windows PowerShell script I used in the Microsoft Ignite 2015 session on Storage QoS: Hyper-V Storage Performance with Storage Quality of Service. You can also find that demo video by itself at Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS: Managing with a PowerShell script. The script is fairly straightforward, but there … Continue reading PowerShell script used in the Windows Server 2016 TP2 Storage QoS demo at MSIgnite →