Category Archives: Opinion

IT Professional?

Posted on Sunday 30 April 2017 by richardsiddaway

Way back when we were known as Administrators. Then the term IT Professional (often irritatingly shortened to IT Pro) appeared. We’re doing the same job but have a fancy new title. Are System Administrators really professionals in the true sense … Continue reading →

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Abandoned technologies

Posted on Tuesday 4 April 2017 by richardsiddaway

Why do some technologies become widely adopted and others are seemingly abandoned – often without any real testing. What do I mean by abandoned technologies? Things like Server Core for instance. And I suspect that nano server and even containers … Continue reading →

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Is PowerShell just for administration?

Posted on Friday 6 January 2017 by richardsiddaway

Two related questions were left on my blog recently. Is PowerShell just for administration? Should I learn PowerShell, VBScript or cmd tools? PowerShell was introduced as Microsoft’s automation engine for the Windows platform. It includes a scripting language, a shell … Continue reading →

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Inertia rules

Posted on Tuesday 27 December 2016 by richardsiddaway

In this article https://powershell.org/2016/12/15/the-key-to-understanding-powershell-on-windows-or-linux/ Don Jones explains Windows administrators have difficulty explaining, and “selling” PowerShell to Linux admins. I’ve known Don for quite a long time and He’ll be the first to tel we don’t agree on everything so It’ll … Continue reading →

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Easy and Expert

Posted on Thursday 13 October 2016 by richardsiddaway

This is a very interesting article – https://powershell.org/2016/10/12/no-easy-button-for-configuration-management/. The premise that there is no “easy” button in IT is spot on and fits with this quote from  Theodore Roosevelt: “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless … Continue reading →

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Too many Windows 10 releases????????

Posted on Sunday 26 June 2016 by richardsiddaway

The last couple of days have seen some incredibly stupid headlines but one that caught my eye was someone from the “computer press” whining that there are too many releases of Windows 10. Unbelievable What part of the Windows Insider … Continue reading →

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PowerShell certifications revisited

Posted on Monday 25 April 2016 by richardsiddaway

Years ago (seems like decades so much has happened) I published my view on PowerShell certification: https://richardspowershellblog.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/powershell-certifications/ A recent comment on the post asked if I still felt the same way. Its not a topic I’d thought about all that … Continue reading →

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Everything is recycled

Posted on Tuesday 29 September 2015 by richardsiddaway

I was just thinking this morning about the DevOps phenomenon. When I started in IT it wasn’t unusual for people to do development work and operations – especially in smaller organisations. Over the years this changed and specialisation became the … Continue reading →

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The PowerShell year – 2013

Posted on Tuesday 31 December 2013 by richardsiddaway

This year has been a pretty good year for the PowerShell community. The highlights include: PowerShell 4.0 becomes available A very successful PowerShell Summit in April A community hosted and judged Scripting Games – though as PowerShell is the only … Continue reading →

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Future thoughts

Posted on Friday 6 December 2013 by richardsiddaway

I spent last night configuring a new Windows 8.1 device – finally retired my venerable HP laptop. One thing that struck me as I was working through the various installs was where my data was.  The last time I’d configured … Continue reading →

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