Posts
2014-07-16
Bulk Importing EC2 Instances
I have been testing a a preview of a new PowerShell command, Import-EC2Instance, that will be added to the AWS PowerShell API next week. The new command allows you to import a VM from VMware or …
Posts
2014-06-20
Writing to the EC2 Console
I have been building a bunch of Windows AMIs for EC2 recently. If the instance fails to build it can be a real bear to diagnose issues. You don't have access to the console to watch what's happening. …
Posts
2014-05-30
Setting the Hostname in a SysPreped AMI
When you create an Windows AMI (Amazon Machine Image) it is configured to generate a random server name. Often this name does not meet your needs. Maybe your company has a specific naming convention …
Presentations
2014-03-07
LI.Net User Group
I'll be presenting on AWS tonight at the LI.Net User Group.
Presentations
2014-02-10
NYC PowerShell User Group
I'll be presenting on AWS tonight at the NYC PowerShell User Group.
Posts
2014-01-25
Decoding Your AWS Bill (Part 1)
As you begin to adopt AWS you will likely be asked to report on both usage and cost. One way to do this is using the Monthly Billing report. In this post I will show you how to download your bill and …
Posts
2014-01-20
Fun with AWS CloudTrail and SQS
CloudTrail is new service that logs all AWS API calls to an S3 bucket. While the obvious use case is creating an audit trail for security compliance, there are many other purposes. For example, we …
Posts
2013-01-09
Using Fiddler with an iPhone/iPad
If you have ever user Fiddler to debug a web application, you know what a invaluable tool it can be. If you have also tried to debug that application from an iPhone or iPad, you also know how …
Posts
2011-12-04
SSL, IIS, and Host Headers
There is a lot of confusion about how IIS handles SSL. With all the confusion out there, I thought I should put together a quick post. This post will also explain the error message: At least one …
Posts
2011-09-30
SharePoint 2010: Full Trust Proxy
If you’re using the multi-tenant features of SharePoint, you will want tenants to use the sandbox. But, you will quickly find limitations. For example, developers cannot call a web service, read data …
Posts
2011-09-23
Multi-Tenant TCO
I recently presented an overview of multi-tenancy in one of my MBA classes. I discussed how multi-tenant applications allow cloud vendors to achieve economies of scale. As an example, I …
Posts
2010-11-13
SharePoint 2010 & PowerShell: Anonymous Web Applications
This is the fourth in a series of posts on scripting administrative functions in SharePoint. I assume you have already created a farm. In this post we will add a new anonymous web application. If you …
Posts
2010-10-30
SharePoint 2010 & PowerShell: Site Collections
This is the third in a series of posts on scripting administrative functions in SharePoint. I assume you have already created a farm and web application. In this post we will add three site …
Posts
2010-10-23
SharePoint 2010 & Powershell: Creating a Web Application
This is the second in a series of posts on scripting administrative functions in SharePoint. I assume you have already created the farm as describer here. Let’s start by creating a simple web …
Posts
2010-10-09
SharePoint 2010 & PowerShell: Creating the Farm
I'm excited about PowerShell scripting in SharePoint 2010. We employ strict separation of duties, and the ability to script tasks for the administrator is high on my list of anticipated features. …
Posts
2010-09-25
Binding not Created for Host Header Site Collections
I noticed what I think is a bug (or maybe a limitation) in SharePoint 2010. When I use PowerShell to create a Host Header Site Collection, SharePoint does not create a binding in IIS. If I add the …