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Simple script which checks the modified time (hours) of a log file

Recently I had to monitor a backup log file. If the modification time stamp of the log file was later than at a certain time then SCOM should fire a warning. In my case if the file was modified later than at 05:00 o’clock (24-hour time notation) an alert should occur. There was no characteristic […]

Quick Post – Azure Services Overview

There is a saying “Can’t see the forest for the trees” this could also apply to Azure and its provided services. I haven’t seen a good overview of Azure and the offered services until today. While browsing the internet, I bumped into this site here http://azureplatform.azurewebsites.net/en-us/ . It is an interactive site which shows the […]

PowerShell – Create a Credential Object with NULL Password

In one of my automation tasks I had the need to create a credential object with a $null password – an empty / NULL password. One easy way to do is, create just instantiate a new secure string object using the new() constructor from the .Net class like this: or using New-Object cmdlet like this […]