My Early Challenges with Ansible on Windows

When I was getting started with Ansible back in 2017, I ran into issue after issue.  Coming from a Windows background, trying to use a tool that was primarily used on Linux meant there was little documentation to reference.  You might be saying, "Why didn...

Many of us, Windows Admins and DBAs struggle with automation. We often cobble together PowerShell and T-SQL scripts to manage our environments, or worse, we remote into machines to perform repetitive tasks manually.  These approaches create problems:

• Scripts become difficult to maintain
• Document
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Introduction:

If you're someone tasked with server provisioning, OS installations/configurations, or setting up a home virtual sandbox, this blog series is for you.  In it, you'll learn about Hashicorp Packer and how it can make your job easier.  We'll end the series with a set of scripts and an ...

Imagine being a systems administrator and being asked to configure 100s of new servers or desktops due to a recent company merger.  This is a daunting task even for the most experienced admins.  Fortunately, there are tools that exist which make these types of tasks streamlined and repeatable. 

In ...